February 27, 2013 And for Some Light Entertainment … … today we have Iran doctoring an image of Michelle Obama at the Oscars. Seems like they’d have better things to do than worry about her dress, but whatever … Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
February 27, 2013 Luck Is the Residue of Hard Work The Boston Herald has a piece up looking at the work of Stanley Forman. Forman won two Pulitzer Prizes in the 1970s and in the video he talks about one of them. “You can be good,” Stanley said, “but if you’re not lucky, it ain’t gonna happen. And luck, as Leo Durocher once said, is the residue of hard work.” Categories Advice & Learning/Craft/Photojournalism
February 27, 2013 Copyright and the Fan Over at the Poynter Institute, Al Tompkins has been looking into the issue of copyright infringements as it relates to video of the crash on Saturday at the Daytona International Speedway. A fan in the stands recorded the incident, posted it to YouTube and NASCAR, the race’s sanctioning body, had it pulled initially claiming a copyright violation. (They later changed... Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
February 26, 2013 Is It Lying? Even more on the ethics of photos this week … Samuel Corum has an excellent take on Paolo Pellegrin debacle. And, yeah, it is a debacle. Is this what Magnum has sunk to? Wasn’t that supposed to be the preeminent photojournalism agency, where all the greats went? Now they have incomplete and inaccurate captions going out with their images? How... Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
February 26, 2013 Photojournalism or Movie Ad? Continuing on my catching up … over at PhotoShelter, Allen Murabayashi takes on the question of over toning images, to the point they look like movie posters. I fully support Murabayashi except for the first part of this excerpt: To be clear, I’m not suggesting that there has been any manipulation that falls outside of the rules of the contest,... Categories Competitions/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
February 26, 2013 Questions About POYi Winner A winning entry in the Pictures of the Year International competition have been raised by many people. Good summations available by David Gonzalez and James Estrin at the New York Times’ Lens blog as well as by Donald Winslow on the National Press Photographers Association’s site. There are warnings to be heeded in here, particularly about captions and making sure... Categories Competitions/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
February 26, 2013 WHNPA Disqualifies a Winning Image I have a backlog of stories to get through, so there may be a lot of posts in the next few days. Between our annual Weekend Workshop and our server having to be rebuilt, things have been … hectic? So on to the news … The White House News Photographers Association has disqualified an image for digital manipulation. The image,... Categories Competitions/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
February 26, 2013 Nothing Is Free Not much to say about this … (Thanks to my good friend Woody Marshall for the link.) Categories Business & Industry/Journalism/Tech Talk
February 25, 2013 Transmitting Photos, Circa 1937 This is so cool … I totally want a Chevy panel van now … (Thanks to Scott Miller for the link.) Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk
February 25, 2013 Webinar: Get Organized The folks at PhotoShelter have a webinar on getting your portfolio organized scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 4 p.m. Registration is free, well worth looking into. From the email: Get Organized & Build a Better Portfolio with Jasmine DeFoore As an award-winning photo editor, Jasmine DeFoore knows what busy editorial and commercial clients are looking for when hiring new... Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism