Category: Craft

December 2, 2010

Channeling, Seeing and Growth

Last night was not an easy night. Lot of stress right now, a lot of things that are out of my control–the ends of the semester always seem this way. At the start, it’s trying to get ready, to be ready. At the end, it’s trying to get them ready. I headed up to my office when the house got...

Categories Craft/Thoughts & Theory

December 2, 2010

Taking Ansel Adams With You

On my (ever growing) list of Photographic Things I Must Do, near the top is to see an exhibition of Ansel Adams’ work, printed by him. I learned his Zone System for black and white exposure when I was an undergrad and, while it’s not an active part of my daily shooting, it’s certainly a part of it, helping me...

Categories Advice & Learning/Craft/Tech Talk

November 30, 2010

What She Said

Melissa Lyttle, just go read it. NOW. Create a body of work that’s a collection of more than just daily singles, and NPPA clip contest categories. Find a theme in your work and a thread that runs through it. Find a way to present that larger body of work to make a statement about the place you live and the...

Categories Craft

November 29, 2010

Arghhh!! How Can These be Sold Out?

I admit to having a small (and non-growing) collection of old cameras. Most of the ones on my shelf are cameras I actually shot with at some point, a few were gifts from folks. I don’t think I’ve ever bought a camera just to display it. (Though if I ever find a Speed Graphic at a decent price, I may.)...

Categories Craft/Tech Talk

November 21, 2010

The President’s Photographer

Pete Souza is on his second tour as a presidential photographer and CBS profiled him and his work recently. The thought of the access makes many photojournalists drool, I’m sure …

Categories Business & Industry/Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

November 15, 2010

Is This the First Multimedia Story Ever?

CNN.com has a story up about Christiann Snouck Hurgronje, a Dutch adventurer, scholar and possible spy, who visited Mecca in 1885, carting a camera and an Edison wax cylinder recorder. Which is pretty forward thinking …

Categories Craft/Good Work/Tech Talk

November 2, 2010

“I Want to Buy a Rangefinder”

These you script-we animate things are a riot … here’s one on buying a rangefinder. “It is traditional and not to be questioned.” Ha!

Categories Craft/Tech Talk

October 6, 2010

Just in Time for the Holidays …

Okay, even I think this is excessive … a Leica M9 and 35 mm Summicron lens have been inclided in the Nieman Marcus Christmas Book. At $7,000 for the body and $3,000 for the lens, I think it’s overpriced. But at $17,500 for the body and lens … well, that’s just insane. Even if it does come with brown ostrich...

Categories Craft/Tech Talk

October 4, 2010

Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar – Dec. 3 & 4

It’s coming up again, get it on your calendar and plan on being there. It’s that time of year again to begin planning for the winter migration to Atlanta on December 3rd & 4th, for the 38th Annual Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar. This years Friday offerings include workshops by Paula Lerner “The Art & Commerce of Multimedia”, SI’s Bob Rosato “Inside...

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

September 16, 2010

Optimism in Photojournalism

As promised, here’s the optimism for today … on the New York Times‘ Lens blog, James Estrin writes about Luzeo Images, a photojournalism collective founded by several UGA Photojournalism alumni, and how they are combatting the “photojournalism is dead” mantra we’ve been hearing since … um … 1930? No, wait, then we had the Farm Securities Administration work … 1936? No, that’s...

Categories Business & Industry/Craft/Journalism