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July 19, 2013

Covering the Zimmerman Trial

The Orlando Sentinel's Gary Greene shares some of his experiences covering the George Zimmerman trial. The one surprising thing for me: remote cameras in the courtroom. I suspect this is more common than I'm aware of, but thinking back to my courtroom coverage, that option would have been fantastic for better telling those stories.

At Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

June 26, 2013

Flight to Nowhere

This is what international reporting has been lowered to … photojournalists booked themselves on a 12 hour flight from Moscow to Cuba on a tip that Edward Snowden would be on the flight. He wasn’t.

At Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

June 1, 2013

More Thoughts on Chicago

I have been reading a lot of stories and posts about the elimination of the Chicago Sun-Times' photo staff this week, the most recent by Vincent Laforet. A few more random thoughts to fill up a Saturday morning from me … One of the great challenges of staff photojournalists is getting the newsroom to understand and, by extension, respect what...

At Work/Photojournalism

May 31, 2013

More on the Sun-Times Debacle

The Chicago Tribune's Alex Garcia on what happened yesterday and why it is so wrong.

At Work/Photojournalism

May 21, 2013

Covering the Tornadoes

Associated Press photographer Sue Ogrocki talk about covering Monday's Oklahoma twisters. Worth a read.

At Work/Photojournalism

May 15, 2013

The Perfect Portfolio

Over at the National Press Photographers Association’s web site, Jim Colton has put together a series of posts on building the perfect portfolio. In the third part of the series, he quotes MaryAnne Golon of the Washington Post: You need to care deeply about every image in your portfolio. If you don’t care about your pictures, why would anyone else?...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

May 3, 2013

We’re Done

It’s a little past 5 p.m. and I’ve just closed up the Photo Cave. Spring semester 2013 is essentially done. Well, except for the grading. And conducting exit interviews early next week. And then I’ll start teaching a Maymester class in a little over 10 days … still, the first-semester students have pixel-peeped and clicked their way through final projects...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Photojournalism

April 24, 2013

Photographic Privacy

The laws regarding our ability to make photographs in public places is pretty clear here in the United States. Across the ocean, though, the French are struggling to redefine privacy.

At Work/Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

April 22, 2013

Why the Photographer Matters

I don’t talk much about shooting weddings here, but I know a lot of my students and readers either shoot or think about doing those happy day photos. There’s a lot of value in it, both financial and creative. But you don’t want to get too creative, if you can call this creative – the Daily Mail has the story...

At Work/Business & Industry

April 15, 2013

A Dark Day in Boston

I covered eight or nine Boston Marathons, I know a lot of the photographers who were at the finish line when the bombs went off today. My thoughts are with them as well as all of the victims – the scars of what they felt and saw will take a long time to fade. I pray that every single friend...

At Work/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

Category: At Work

Covering the Zimmerman Trial

Flight to Nowhere

More Thoughts on Chicago

More on the Sun-Times Debacle

Covering the Tornadoes

The Perfect Portfolio

We’re Done

Photographic Privacy

Why the Photographer Matters

A Dark Day in Boston