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April 23, 2012

Olympic Photographic Trials

Seems the private security firm hired for the London Olympics needs some more training, as the British Journal of Photography has reported. For those traveling to the games, be aware of where you are when shooting.

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

April 19, 2012

MaryAnne Golon Named new DoP At the Washington Post

Word is out that MaryAnne Golon will be taking over the reigns as Director of Photography at The Washington Post. Golon has served in similar capacities at US News and World Report and Time.

Business & Industry

April 19, 2012

“Lots of Future Work …”

I still love these …

Business & Industry

April 18, 2012

Raising Visually Literate Thieves

John Harrington takes on Getty Images CEO Jonathan Klein for comments he made at SXSW last month. The contradictions are nearly endless …

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal

April 18, 2012

Transom Story Workshop Opens Application Period

If I had eight weeks, I would totally do this … the Transom Story Workshop is a two month long radio storytelling workshop in Woods Hole, Mass. I met Rob Rosenthal, the lead teacher for this, at the NPPA’s Northern Short Course and would love to spend more time learning from him – he’s one of those guys who understands...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

April 17, 2012

Nah, You Don’t Need Photo Editors …

Unless, you know, you run photos. Then you might want picture editors looking at pictures before you send thousands of copies of your newspaper out the door with a profanity in a photo. Strong language in that link.

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal

April 16, 2012

Tax Day: Prepping for Next Year

A little late in getting this back out, but Grover Sanschagrin wrote a post for PhotoShelter two years ago about the Seven Common Tax Mistakes Made by Photographers. And while today is tax day (you’ve filed, right?), there are some good tips in here to help you get prepped for next year. (Thanks to about a dozen different people for...

Business & Industry

April 11, 2012

Legal Action Planned Over Suffolk County (N.Y.) Police Department’s Obstruction Practices

The National Press Photographers Association, New York Civil Liberties Union and the law firm of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP have a news conference scheduled for 1 p.m. today to discuss legal action against the Suffolk County Police Department. This action apparently stems from the arrest of video journalist Philip Datz last July. Datz released the video of the incident last...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism

April 10, 2012

Resume Tips

Vivian Giang at Business Insider has a short post up that talks about using eye tracking technology to see how recruiters scan resumes. This has been done with newspapers, magazines and web sites – never seen it on a resume. Thinking I may need to redo mine now …

Business & Industry

April 8, 2012

David Burnett on Digital Imagine

And, of course, a bunch of other things over in an interview with John Camp at The Online Photographer. It’s in two parts, the first dealing with some of what he’s doing day to day and the second delving a bit into some ethical questions. Here’s a graf I love: In the end, when you analyze the characteristics of Tri-X,...

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Category: Business & Industry

Olympic Photographic Trials

MaryAnne Golon Named new DoP At the Washington Post

“Lots of Future Work …”

Raising Visually Literate Thieves

Transom Story Workshop Opens Application Period

Nah, You Don’t Need Photo Editors …

Tax Day: Prepping for Next Year

Legal Action Planned Over Suffolk County (N.Y.) Police Department’s Obstruction Practices

Resume Tips

David Burnett on Digital Imagine