Category: Business & Industry

May 25, 2007

Don't Delete – So Says Avedon. Sort Of.

If you’ve sat through one of my classes, you know how paranoid I am. I show up early, I stay late, I have backup gear and escape plans. Need to transmit? I find two or three ways of doing that. I’m like that. On top of that, I never delete files. Not at home and, absolutely, never in the field....

Categories Business & Industry/Tech Talk

May 25, 2007

Oh, the Email I Get

Across the transom this morning came this … I am a graduate student at UGA, and have an impending wedding on July 29th. Due to the budgetary constraints I face, I am unable to hire a professional photographer for the wedding. I talked to a few of my friends who went through Grady for their undergrad and they suggested that...

Categories Business & Industry/Thoughts & Theory

May 19, 2007

Job Opp

MediaStorm.org is looking for an interactive designer and a developer. For those living in a cave, Brian Storm is one of THOSE REALLY BIG PEOPLE in the industry. His company has produced some of the most amazing pieces over the last few years, and he speaks at conferences seemingly constantly. MediaStorm packages are not about technology, they’re about great storytelling....

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Multimedia

May 15, 2007

Useful Web Sites for Journalists**

Former student Chuck Thomson sent this along – a web page with links to all kinds of sources of online information. Everything from government records to vehicle identification number records, all linked from one handy place. Bookmark the page, it’ll be useful at some point. ** And this post marks the 100th entry since the UGA Photojournalism Blog started in...

Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Journalism

May 7, 2007

FreelanceSwitch.com – and Working for Free

FreelanceSwitch.com, a new blog for “freelancers of all varieties – designers, writers, programmers, illustrators, photographers …”, has opened shop and has a great post on when it’s okay to work for free.

Categories Business & Industry

May 7, 2007

Maybe "Spiderman 3" Can Save the Freelance World

John Harrington has been serving the industry well the last few years with constant talks at conferences about the business of photography. Now, he takes on movie reviews will a similar bent – his review of the new Spiderman film might help editors and, more appropriately, publishers understand why work-for-hire and lowest cost isn’t the way to go.

Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal

May 4, 2007

Start Small, but Start Now

Mindy McAdams, the Goddess of Online Journalism (she probably won’t like that …), has a post up today about a graduating student who came seeking advice. Her problem: she wants to be an independent video journalist but has no web skills. Mindy recommends building a simple blog and getting content up on it, not worrying about a fancy web site....

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Tech Talk

May 3, 2007

Flickr Photo Sales

Photo District News has a short piece on the rise of Flickr as a stock photography site. Though the terms of service prohibit using Flick to market products, lots of folks are getting found and, the smart ones, are making some money.

Categories Business & Industry

May 2, 2007

"Get busy living, or get busy dying"

The quote is from “The Shawshank Redemption,” and it shows up in a post by Orlando Sentinel journalist Matt Waite where he talks about training for the new world. (This post sourced from Mindy McAdams, where else?)

Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Multimedia

April 23, 2007

Bad Exit Interviews

When you wrap up a job, either of your own volition or your now-former employers, you’ll usually go through an exit interview. Across the transom came this report today: We let a photo intern go today because he was nuts. During his exit lunch he was talking about how he thought he’d improved and his boss here said, “If it...

Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry