March 5, 2013 Kalish Deadline on April 1 The application deadline for The Kalish picture editing workshop is on April 1. Still on my list of things I must do … Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism
March 4, 2013 If You Can’t Shoot It, Build It This has me smiling broadly … over at the Poynter Institute, Andrew Beaujon has the story about why Golden Plec, an Irish website that covers music, used Legos to illustrate a concert review. I totally need to get some minifigs and do some class illustrations this way … Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
March 1, 2013 A Photo That Speaks 1,000 Words The Washington Post has a short piece up about pollution in Beijing that you need to go look at. The story offers no surprises, no new information, but if ever photos told a story better than words, this is it. (Thanks to Jason Flynn for the link.) Categories Journalism
March 1, 2013 Yeah … More Burnett David Burnett did a session at B&H Photo, talking about his work … I think I’ve seen almost everyone of these images, and I still couldn’t click away. Need to get him here in Athens again. Categories Craft/Photojournalism
March 1, 2013 Shooting Weather Nice piece by Les Shu over at Digital Trends about storm-chaser Jim Reed. There’s a small part of me that would love to go document the effects of weather. Not so sure I want to shoot the storms themselves, but certainly focus on how climate change is acutely affecting the Earth. (Thanks to Lance Speere for the link.) Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk
February 28, 2013 When Publishers Get It Right I started reading this piece by Anne Almasy, a wedding photographer who wanted to place an ad in Weddings Unveiled, and went from being really angry to very happy. After talking with them, she sent along her credit card info and the half-page ad she wanted to run. Then, the editor contacted her – could she choose another photo? The... Categories Thoughts & Theory
February 28, 2013 Bookmark This Now: Deadlines for Photo Contests This is a really nice bit of public service – Jasmine DeFoore has collected together, on one page, all of the major photo contests, grouped by the month their deadlines fall in, with links to their sites. All it needs is a downloadable calendar you can import … Categories Competitions/Photojournalism
February 28, 2013 Pricing Guide from PhotoShelter It’s one of the most-asked questions by my students: How much do I charge? Well, if it’s a magazine assignment, PhotoShelter has some answers for you in their newest guide, Pricing Your Work: Magazine Photography. Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism
February 28, 2013 Intimacy Through Living Nice piece by Alex Garcia on why he decided to move into a difficult neighborhood in order to do better journalism. By being there, in the off hours, the photos got better, deeper: Images began to take on the almost elusive element of powerful photojournalism: intimacy. Categories Craft/Photojournalism
February 27, 2013 Ozzie Sweet Has Passed Over at the New York Times, Bruce Weber has a story up on the life of Ozzie Sweet, one of the most prolific photographers of the 20th century. It’s not all journalism, but then he never called himself a journalist. He considered himself not a news photographer but a photographic illustrator, and like the work of the painter Norman Rockwell,... Categories Business & Industry/Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism