September 3, 2009 Scott Strazzante on Portraits Are portraits “threatening to become the photographic stable of the newspaper business?” In some places, they already are. Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work
August 20, 2009 Other Orange Moments Every now and then, Mindy McAdams, Flash Goddess, writes something that makes me want to go enroll at the University of Florida so I can take her classes. Of course, then I realize that my University of Georgia colleagues would execute me on Grady College’s front lawn and my alma mater, the really cool (okay, mostly frozen) Syracuse University wouldn’t... Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Craft/Journalism
August 10, 2009 The Death of Photojournalism (Part 217) Ahh, it must be a Monday, because someone is writing about the Death of Photojournalism. It seemed for a few years that this headline popped up in the trade and mass market magazines about every six months. Now, it’s about every seven days. Is my beloved photojournalism in trouble? Yes. Is it dead? No. Dying? Maybe – but it is... Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
June 10, 2009 Branching out – Live Posters Far afield of what we tend to do in the photojournalism realm, but this mini-documentary shows how Alexx Henry used the Red One camera to shoot an entirely new form of movie poster. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X8dsUGCUjQ&hl=en&fs=1&] Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work/Tech Talk
June 4, 2009 Here's a GREAT opportunity for you … or not To go with the last post, here’s a nice Craigslist ad posted by a (probably fictional) photographer looking for some help. Categories At Work/Business & Industry
June 4, 2009 So, are you ready to be a freelancer? It’s a tough market out there – everyone has a tight budget, but, really, if you do this one at a discount, next time we’ll get you the right price … oh, how many times has the working creative heard that? Thanks to Jon-Michael Sullivan for passing this along. And, to those of you hiring photographers, think about how silly... Categories At Work/Business & Industry
May 26, 2009 New locale, new look, same students This is the start of a new blog life – the University of Georgia’s Photojournalism program is on the move. While I don’t have any regularly scheduled summer classes, I am teaching a Maymester course centered on video journalism for the web. The students have been in the field for the last few weeks shooting and are now in-house, storyboarding... Categories At Work/Business & Industry
April 22, 2009 Fisheye on CNN CNN has apparently modified a Flip camera with a fisheye lens and is giving you – yes you! – a tour of their work space. Nice to see they’re using technology to save journalism … (Okay, that was pretty snarky, and it is kind of cool …) Embedded video from CNN Video Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Tech Talk/Video
April 20, 2009 SEPPA Show in Athens The Southeastern Professional Photographers Association’s 2009 convention is being held later this week in Athens. Some things work looking into. Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry
April 3, 2009 Get A Job, Kid … And here’s something that may help: The Poynter Institute’s News University has an upcoming webinar on getting your first journalism job. It’s cheap, and you can do it from the comfort of your chosen coffee shop. It goes live on April 8 from 2-3 p.m. (though they usually archive them for later viewing). Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry