Craft – Page 44 – Visual Journalism

December 27, 2009

Peeve Pathology

Not my phrase, tribute goes to Michael Johnston over at The Online Photographer in a post that’s up now. He defines it as those little things in photography that drive individuals insane – blue replacement, noise, grain, whatever. I’m a bit torn on this as I’ve been wrestling with the concept of craft in photojournalism over the last few months....

Craft/Tech Talk

December 18, 2009

On Craft, Again

There are times I wish I could fit more discussions about the craft of both photojournalism and its underlying photography into my courses. Alas, with only three semesters to prepare my students for a lifetime of visual storytelling, it gets left on the side. At least one of my professors will be aghast when I admit I don’t teach printing...

Craft/Good Work

December 13, 2009

Do We Have Any Effect?

Years ago I went to an Investigative Reporters and Editors conference in Washington, D.C. It was an odd trip – I was on the photo staff of my student newspaper, the football team was playing someone around the Washington area, there was a big protest heading for the mall and then there was this conference. Somehow, we covered it all...

Craft/Journalism

November 24, 2009

Dave Labelle in Athens – Dec. 1

He’s big, he has a big heart and he has a big passion for community journalism. He’s the legendary Dave Labelle, and he’ll be make a big presentation next week at Grady College. Labelle is the author of what is arguably the greatest community journalism book ever – The Great Picture Hunt, a book that explores enterprise photography through community...

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

November 20, 2009

On Craft

Greg Mironchuk on gear … which matters very, very little.

Craft/Thoughts & Theory

November 19, 2009

David Guttenfelder’s Visual Variety

I talk with my students – constantly – about visual variety. About finding different ways of showing a story, about giving their readers a different perspective on the story at hand. We also talk about how it helps page designers – not having four medium shots from three stories makes the page look a lot better. Over the years, I’ve...

Craft/Good Work

November 18, 2009

6×6 – 36 Tips to Make You a Better Multimedia Storyteller

Stolen, quite simply, from Richard Koci Hernadez’s Multimedia Shooter site – Adam Westbrook gives you six tips in six areas that will help improve your skills and your stories. The video section sums up what I try to teach so nicely I may not need to teach it anymore.

Audio/Craft/Multimedia/Tech Talk/Video

November 5, 2009

Rules Are Good

The legendary David Burnett writes about rules and how technology has changed the way photojournalists have worked over his 40 year career. How digital imaging (man, I hate that phrase) made so many of our old means seem quaint. And how, now, we have all new ethical dilemmas to obsess over. I’m actually glad the rules exist (such as they...

Craft/Ethics & Legal

August 24, 2009

What Are You Tired Of?

Wired magazine has a listing of things in the photo world they believe need to be dumped down a black hole. I agree with most of them, though, as I wrote to Tommy McGahee who sent me the link, watermarks – if done reasonably – don’t bother me much. And I’m getting tired of HDR, too … and the megapixel...

Craft/Tech Talk

August 20, 2009

Other Orange Moments

Every now and then, Mindy McAdams, Flash Goddess, writes something that makes me want to go enroll at the University of Florida so I can take her classes. Of course, then I realize that my University of Georgia colleagues would execute me on Grady College’s front lawn and my alma mater, the really cool (okay, mostly frozen) Syracuse University wouldn’t...

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