January 14, 2014 Creating Sustainability target=”_blank”>Wonderful infographic by Fotoseeds walks you through the process of moving from amateur to professional … and whether you should. Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism
January 1, 2014 We’ve Lost Dave Martin Didn’t really want to start 2014 with two downbeat posts, but I must … Associated Press staff photographer Dave Martin collapsed and died at the end of last night’s Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta. Martin had been on staff with the AP for nearly 30 years and, while I never met him, knew his work and his reputation well. He has... Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism
January 1, 2014 Search, Seize and/or Copy Traveling with sensitive material on your laptop is always a challenge. What happens if it’s lost or stolen? Turns out, even if you never lose possession of your laptop while traveling, going through U.S. Customs may open your data up to the government. This is chilling: (U.S. District Judge Edward R.) Korma, a judge in the Eastern District of New... Categories Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory
December 28, 2013 The Scariest Thing I’ve Read That dubious award goes to Luke O’Neil at Esquire for a piece titled The Year We Broke the Internet. Think on this segment about why he linked to stories without fact checking anything: Like buying into an insurance plan, it’s a pooled-risk version of Internet writing: The sheer ubiquity of suspect stories provides cover for all of us. Nice, huh?... Categories Business & Industry/Journalism
December 12, 2013 Yet More on Visual News Releases Santiago Lyon, vice president and director of photography for the Associated Press, has an op-ed piece in The New York Times about the current White House administration’s restrictive access policies to the president. If it feels like I’m posting about this all the time, it’s probably because I am – and because everyone needs to be aware of it. The... Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
December 9, 2013 Again, Private or Not Makes me happy when the dean of my old school agrees with me on something: “I am very disappointed in President Obama for trying to limit press access,” said Lorraine Branham, dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University … “You cannot say it is private and then turn around and put out photos.” Also from... Categories Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism
December 1, 2013 White House Wedding Over at The New York Times, Mark Lander has a story about the ongoing debate between the press and the White House over visual access to the president. The news hook for this story seems lad little weak – the president’s photographer, Pete Souza, was recently married in the Rose Garden. Still, the limited access needs to be rectified. “The... Categories Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism
November 30, 2013 Gear Week: Accessorize Throughout the week, I’m writing a series of posts about buying gear. As we near the end of the semester with graduations and holidays approaching, the number of questions I get from students about putting together a kit skyrockets. So, now you have your camera, lenses and strobes all picked out. You’re almost ready to head out on your first... Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
November 30, 2013 Presidents and the Press Photographers Really nicely curated photo gallery by Dennis Brack over at Politico that looks at the relationships between news photographers and presidents. The cutlines reveal some surprising information on who had warm relationships and who had icy ones. Categories Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism
November 29, 2013 Gear Week: Strobes Throughout the week, I’m writing a series of posts about buying gear. As we near the end of the semester with graduations and holidays approaching, the number of questions I get from students about putting together a kit skyrockets. It is the bane of almost every young photographer and many seasoned ones – what to do with the dark. With... Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk