March 10, 2021 The Family Business Touching story by Alix Strauss in The New York Times about the 80 year history of Fred Marcus Studios. Now run by a third generation, they’ve done more than 30,000 weddings since opening in 1941. Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work/Thoughts & Theory
January 8, 2021 Inside the Capitol I am still processing the events of Wednesday. Three journalists from The New York Times, including photojournalist Erin Schaff, wrote up their experiences from inside the building. It is terrifying. Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism
January 2, 2021 Two Hundred Fifty Things a Photojournalist Should Know In 2018, architectural critic and designer Michael Sorkin published a list of Two Hundred Fifty Things an Architect Should Know. Sorkin, who wrote for the Village Voice for many years, was an early victim of the pandemic. I heard excerpts of his list on a podcast one evening in the spring and it got me to noodling. Every few mornings,... Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
September 30, 2020 The Value of Metadata My colleague Kyser Lough sent this along – a look back in time to when Jose R. Lopez photographed Ruth Bader Ginsburg on her first day on the Supreme Court. Why is this important? Aside from it being a very strong image, it was his ability to find that image, 27 years after it was made – this is a... Categories Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
August 21, 2020 App Failures and Lost Images Within the last week, two significant coding errors wreaked havoc on Photographer’s who relied on a pair of popular imaging platforms. It appears that image.canon was hit with a ransom ware attack and an Adobe Lightroom update wiped out images and presets for users on iOS. This is another example of why why it’s critical that you establish and execute... Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
August 18, 2020 Ethics, Automation and the Humanist Disconnect A lot of turmoil swirling around Magnum, one of the pre-eminent photographic agencies. This piece by Andy Day asks a lot of questions and is a must-read for those of us in the industry right now. At the end, he lists a series of questions that Magnum must answer about the images (particularly of children documented in sexual situations) within... Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
July 25, 2020 Seattle County Court Orders Media to Turn Over Raw Material A King County judge Washington state has ordered that the Seattle Times and several television stations turn over all photos and videos f a May 30 protest. Local officials have said the material is necessary for the identification of individuals who committed crimes after breaking off from the main protest. The National Press Photographers Association has issued a statement that... Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
July 23, 2020 Associated Press Switching to Sony for all Still and Video Photojournalist If you ever needed a sign that mirrorless was the future, it’s today’s news that the Associated Press is moving to Sony equipment for both their still and video photojournalists. While not a huge sale (or lease, more likely), the impact on both profesisonals and amateurs of this move could be immense. Canon and Nikon have had a stranglehold on... Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
July 21, 2020 Detroit Officer Charged for Firing at Photojournalists Corporal Daniel Debono has been charged with felony assault after firing rubber pellets at three photojournalists covering protests in late May, according to The New York Times. All three were leaving the scene of a protest and had identified themselves as journalists when the incident happened. Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
April 16, 2020 Sinclair vs. Mashable and the Consequences of a Lack of Focus There are dangers to writing before finishing the morning coffee and I entered that realm today. I saw a link online to something that had been brewing, I tapped out an impassioned response with a call to action on Facebook and hit the post button. Within a few minutes, it had a couple of shares and likes. Then the phone... Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism