Category: Business & Industry

July 29, 2011

Magnum Tips for Young Photographers

IdeasTap.com has a post up with advice from a half dozen Magnum photographers for young shooters who want to go professional. Some of it is contradictory (study photography, don’t study photography), but some of it is well put like this comment from Alex Webb: Photograph because you love doing it, because you absolutely have to do it, because the chief...

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism

July 29, 2011

Inside the Bag(s) of a Multimedia Reporter

MediaStorm has an interview up with Rick Gershon that details what he takes while on assignment – it’s a staggering display of nerdy, geeky ecstasy. Why so much stuff? Because he’s paranoid. Each one of these pieces was bought after I wasn’t able to do something that I wanted to do. Shooting, failing, and fixing it. That’s really what it’s...

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

July 28, 2011

Joao Silva Returns to Work

Joao Silva, who lost both of his legs last year while on assignment for the New York Times, landed a front page photo in the gray lady this week. That’s pretty awesome.

Categories Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism

July 28, 2011

Philadelphia Reporter and Photographer Attacked on Live Television

It’s a bizarre story that gets weirder on the evening news … reporter Chris O’Connell and photographer Dave Edwards were attacked while doing a live shot for Fox 29 outside of a house in Philadelphia. Both are okay.

Categories Business & Industry/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism/Video

July 27, 2011

Screwed Up? Own Up

It’s a simple concept, really – take responsibility. I won’t say more, just go read Skip Cohen’s piece over at GoingPro.

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Craft

July 26, 2011

Captioning, From a Non-Journalistic Point of View

Michael Johnston (who I’m thinking I need to meet at some point, because he’s pretty smart) has an interesting post over at The Online Photographer about captions. He’s not looking at them in a journalistic sense, but it does get to the importance of them. For those heading to the PJ lab this fall, pay attention – I love a...

Categories Business & Industry/Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism

July 23, 2011

Objectifying Your Web Site

It’s likely that if you’re reading this, you have a web site. Whether it’s your personal site or your business’s store front, ask yourself this: How’s it working? D. Bnonn Tennant has a post up over at Freelance Switch titled 10 Simple Website Changes to Increase Your Freelance Sales that you should take a look at. Many of these things...

Categories Business & Industry/Graphic Design/Photojournalism

July 22, 2011

Heroes and Mentors

Photo District News has a great series they call Heroes and Mentors and one of the newest ones is Eugene Richards interviewing one of his heroes, Don McCullin. Well worth a read. McCullin on his work in Biafra: When I walked into those camps in Biafra, those children looked at me like I was there salvation. But all I brought...

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism

July 22, 2011

Genuinely Good Souls

As a follow-up to the earlier post about professionalism trumping talent, Ladies Home Journal photo editor Claire Lissaman explains why she continues to hire (my hero) David Burnett in a short piece over on .

Categories Business & Industry/Craft

July 22, 2011

Professionalism Trumps Talent – Every Time

David Saxe, writing over at Black Star Rising, recounts the tale of a copywriter who showed up seven hours late for an interview. And didn’t apologize. He goes on to list six tips for success in the photo business, all of which are right on the money. Any good HR person will tell you that you always hire the best...

Categories Business & Industry