Business & Industry – Page 56

November 3, 2011

Behind the Photos on the Campaign Trail

The Concord Monitor’s John Tully wrote a post a few weeks back about covering the primary debated in New Hampshire, it’s a great look at the minimal access being allowed now.

At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

November 2, 2011

Two Weeks with Stanley

My friend Stanley Leary has a post up on his site that walks you through two separate weeks of his life, will give students and potential freelancers a good idea of what it’s like to work that life. I miss those NPS calendars, lived by them for years, too …

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

November 1, 2011

Gannett/US Pressire Contract Breakdown

John Harrington has done it again … over at the Photo Business Forum he goes through the entire Gannett/US Presswire contract, explaining what each clause means to you if you sign the contract. Read this carefully – there’s a ton of great info in that post.

Business & Industry

November 1, 2011

Young Conflict Photographers

Michael Kamber has a great piece up over on the New York Times’ Lens blog about the explosion of young photojournalists showing up in conflict zones. A good read where he talks with several of the top war photographers of our time and explores why there were so many young shooters in Libya this year.

Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

October 30, 2011

How to Be A Critic

David Saxe over at Black Star Rising has posted four simple rules for critiquing other’s work. It’s a good list. Because I can, here’s my companion list for being critiqued: Be Aware of Time: Depending on the environment you are in, you may have get a long critique or a short one. If you’re doing evening portfolio reviews at a...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

October 27, 2011

Registration for the Northern Short Course Now Open

It’s the one I started at more than 20 years ago, the one I can’t wait to get back to in March – the NPPA’s Northern Short Course will be in Fairfax, Va., March 8-12, 2012 and your an now register online. Do it early, do it often … I mean, if you can afford to …

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

October 26, 2011

Terrorism, Tornados and Telling Visual Stories

A reminder that David Handschuh from the New York Daily News and Jeff Roberts of the Birmingham News will be talking about covering major events in their communities at 10:30 this morning in the Grady College’s Drewry Room as part of the McGill Symposium on Journalistic Courage.

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Thoughts & Theory

October 25, 2011

Web Site Design Tips

Everyone will, eventually, have a web site. Or so it seems with the continued explosive growth we’re seeing. If you’re a photographer, the question becomes what should yours look like? Over at Black Star Rising, David Saxe approaches this from the other end – how should you build it? But I think he buried the lead – his fourth point,...

Business & Industry/Craft/Tech Talk

October 24, 2011

Role Reversals and Fun with Lights

There’s a great interview over at The Image, Deconstructed with Matt Roth, formerly of Patuxent Publishing, about a series of portraits for a lifestyle magazine on Howard County, Maryland. The lead image is worth the click-thru alone. Love his take on lighting: Uh, a lot of people have me pegged as a lighting wizard… which I’m not. I think I’m...

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