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December 30, 2011

How to Get Better

Some day, I want to have lunch with Scott Bourne … just to find out how he finds the time in his day to think and write. He’s updated an older post on 15 Ways to Improve Your Photography Without Buying Gear over at PhotoFocus, and I want you to pay special attention to number six: Work hard. And then...

Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

December 22, 2011

Western Weegee

Arthur Felig, much better known as crime photographer Weegee, spent more than four years out west working in Hollywood. Over at the New York Times’ Lens blog, David W. Dunlop takes a look at the western Weegee work that is now being exhibited in a museum.

Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

December 13, 2011

Remembering Alexia

Nice column by the Newark Star-Ledger’s Bob Braun remembering Alexia Tsairis, one of 35 Syracuse University students murdered on Dec. 21, 1988, when Pan Am 103 was blown out of the skies over Lockerbie, Scotland. Remember that the Alexia Foundation is now accepting entries for the 2012 competition.

Craft/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

December 8, 2011

UGA Alumn on The Image, Deconstructed

Kendrick Brinson is featured in a recent post on The Image, Deconstructed about her work in Sun City, Arizona. Love this quote: My advice is to photograph what interests and pulls you, even if it isn’t necessarily the path you think you are supposed to take. If you’re just going through the motions doing what you think a photographer is...

Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism

December 5, 2011

Portfolio Website Advice

Over at the NPPA’s Visual Student blog, Brian McDermott has a great post up (the first of three) on building your online presence. Great advice, make sure you’re tuning in to this series – a great winter break project. I need to go look into the Google Keyword Tool now …

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November 30, 2011

A New Book! A New Flash!

I am significantly more excited about the announcement buried in this Joe McNally blog post where he talks about a new Nikon SB-910 flash – he has another book coming out. Sketching Light: An Illustrated Tour of the Possibilities of Flash is due to ship soon, it would seem. Going to go ahead and preorder it – why not, we...

Craft/Tech Talk

November 23, 2011

The Photographers, Now Online

The 1996 National Geographic film The Photographers is now available for online streaming. This is a great look at a bunch of their shooters and what they go through to get an image. Well worth spending an hour of time watching it. (Thanks to Greg Mironchuk for the link.)

At Work/Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism

November 18, 2011

What Photographers Should Care About

Over at GoingPro, Scott Bourne writes about the things we, as photographers, should and should not care about. This … this is a topic I could go on about for days. Here are a list of things I could not care less about: Cameras Lenses Flashes Software Computers Social media Megapixels Filters Plugins Photoshop actions Workflow However, there are things...

Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

November 17, 2011

Past as Prelude

David Hobby has a great post up over at the Strobist about emulating those who inspire you to help you learn technique. Has me thinking about a whole new class of assignments that look to the past to help teach the present and inspire future innovation.

Craft/Thoughts & Theory

November 13, 2011

After 42 Years, Bill Luster Retires

Heather Graulich has a piece up on the NPPA web site looking at the retirement of a legend, the Louisville Courier-Journal’s Bill Luster. Congrats, Mr. Luster – but keep shooting.

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