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June 7, 2008

The Long Train Ride Home

As most of you know, we just passed the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Robert Kennedy. CNN has posted a photo montage with narration by Magnum photographer Paul Fusco commenting on what he saw out the train windows. NPR has an interview with Bill Eppridge, who made the infamous image of Kennedy lying on the floor, being held by...

Advice & Learning/Craft/Good Work/Journalism

May 18, 2008

"Pay More Attention"

That title is a bit of a play on what this post is about. In, ahem, January 2007, my colleague Tim Atherton launched a blog – Muse-ings. I noted its existence and made a note to follow it … sigh, then never did. I stumbled across the note this morning and started poking at it. I came across one recent...

Craft/Photojournalism

May 4, 2008

Community Building

Something I can’t really talk about with any level of expertise (yet), but something I think we need to talk about: Internet communities. My reason for being a journalist was always community based – in order to succeed as a democratic institution, I believe it is imperative that we understand our community. And that’s where journalism comes in. Steve Yelvington...

Craft/Journalism

March 3, 2008

John Kao on Innovation

This is SO WORTH an hour of your day – Robert Scoble interviewing John Kao about innovation. In fact, I may require every one of my students watch this. And suggest it be played at the Northern Short Course and the Southern Short Course. Some quotes I pulled out of it: People sometimes confuse creativity and innovation. On General Motors...

Advice & Learning/Craft

January 29, 2008

Speaker: Dennis Dimick, Thursday, Jan. 31

Dennis Dimick, executive editor at National Geographic, will be in the photo lab from 11 a.m. to 12 noon on Thursday, talking about environmental coverage. All are welcome. This precedes his Charter lecture in the afternoon.

Advice & Learning/Craft/Photojournalism

January 26, 2008

"The Capa Cache"

This is amazing … 70-year-old negatives, long since thought lost, from Robert Capa have turned up in Mexico, according to a New York Times article.

Business & Industry/Craft/Ethics & Legal/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

January 23, 2008

Bernie Boston, 74

Bernie Boston has passed. Boston was the D.C. photo chief for the L.A. Times when I met him in 1992. Several of you have heard the story of that very uncomfortable meeting. He was as kind and gracious as any one could ever be, yet I was scared to death he was about to sue me … I wish I’d...

Business & Industry/Craft/Thoughts & Theory

January 12, 2008

Mike Johnston on Lens Sharpness

Over at The Online Photographer, Michael Johnston has a piece up on lens sharpness – how sharp is sharp enough? Does lens resolution affect the apparent sharpness of an image as much as we think?Geeky, in an old school kind of way. Every photographer develops, over time, a favorite lens. One that does something special that they can capitalize on....

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October 20, 2007

You Can Fool Some of the People All of the Time …

So, Leica is well known for special edition cameras that commemorate all kinds of things (such as the M6J, the MP Hermés or the Royal Wedding M6), but this is just silly … for $180, you can get a White Stripes Special Edition Holga or Diana camera (turn down your volume before clicking). Current price of a Holga online: about...

Craft/Tech Talk

October 19, 2007

Our Consitutional Responsibility

Greg Mironchuk, an old friend and a damned fine photojournalist, sent the following to the National Press Photographers Association’s discussion list. I’m reposting it with his permission because, every now and then, we need to be reminded of why we are journalists … Newspapers are an integral part of the “System Of Checks And Balances,” here in the United States....