At Work – Page 11 – Visual Journalism

November 3, 2014

Wish I Knew Then …

Many, many people have uttered the phrase I wish I knew then what I know now … and often they’re lamenting not learning something in school that they had to figure out on their jobs. In that vein, Sarah Jacobs at PhotoShelter has a post of the Top 10 Things Photographers Wish They Learned in Photo School that you should...

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October 28, 2014

Honoring Those Who Served

Retired Staff Sgt. Stacy Pearsall has a piece up on Guideposts talking about how she started shooting portraits of veterans. Which would be a great story, but the fact that she’s a combat-wounded veteran herself makes it just a little bit better. Almost hidden down at the bottom is a link to Pearsall talking about her portraits. I was lucky...

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October 26, 2014

Maybe My Kids Need More Time …

I try to keep things pretty tight on my academic schedule – assignments for the intro class go out on a Wednesday and are due the following Friday. Nine days seems like enough time for them to do some research, find a subject, try it out, see it doesn’t work, find another subject, get that one to work out then...

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October 26, 2014

A Photojournalist-Eye View of Covering Football

The Columbia Tribune’s Daniel Brenner mounted a camera to his head and let it roll for eight hours while covering the Missouri-Georgia football game. They get shuttles at Missouri? Nice … (Thanks to Jake May for the link.)

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October 24, 2014

On the Ground Coverage

The New York Times’ Lens blog has a post and video up of staff photographer Ozier Muhammad covering the People’s Climate March. A simple take, but worth spending a few minutes on. Sometimes the size is so overwhelming it’s hard to find a picture. (Thanks to Grant Blankenship for the link.)

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October 22, 2014

MediaStorm Internship Applications Due November 1

MediaStorm, one of the top multimedia production companies, is looking for spring interns. You won’t create, but you will help produce.

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October 6, 2014

Being Prepared to Cross the Streams

Very nice post by Sid Ceaser over at DEDPXL on being prepared. Why the odd title? Go read and find out. You can’t cross the streams unless you take a chance.

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October 6, 2014

A Politician Documents Politicians

Short piece by the Washington Post’s Jackie Kucinich on Senator Patrick Leahy’s photo exhibit. Towards the end of the video is a nice segment about how he’s the only one photographing president’s actually signing documents – it’s a nicely different perspective.

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September 5, 2014

Are Amateurs the Enemy?

There has been much consternation over the last, oh … 15 years … about the rise of the amateur and how he or she is impacting the profession of photojournalism. It is true that may photojournalists succeeded solely on their technical skills as photographers. Those are the ones who are most worried. As camera technology has advanced, the expertise needed...

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August 17, 2014

Photoshelter Deal for Students

To all the students heading back to campus, PhotoShelter has a deal for you – a year of free services and a massive 70% off the second year. If you don’t have a solid web presence yet, this is the time to get working on it.