Advice & Learning – Page 28 – Visual Journalism

October 29, 2012

Tips for Teens

That’s a quote from one of my high school teachers (also, “One for those cheese dips,” which takes some more explaining. Over on the European Canon site, Nick Papadopoulos has some great, practical advice for your shooters, well worth your time.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

October 25, 2012

Cue up the VCR …

Photography-News.com has a list of 56 documentaries about photography up … and I haven’t seen a lot of them. I think I know what I’m doing over winter break now …

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

October 21, 2012

UGA PJ at Petit Le Mans

Saturday’s 15th running of the American Le Mans Series’ Petit Le Mans was also the seventh edition of our motorsports photojournalism workshop. In addition to photo-blogging the event for the ALMS, AutoWeek Magazine has posted a gallery of some of the student work.

Advice & Learning/Photojournalism

October 19, 2012

Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar

It’s time to register for the 2012 Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar. They’ve expanded and added a third day for video storytelling. Very cool.

Advice & Learning/Good Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

October 17, 2012

News Video Workshop Returns

After taking a year off, the NPPA’s News Video Workshop is back on for March 17-22 in Norman, Oklahoma. Some very cool things planned for this, worth getting yourself to if you can.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Video

October 9, 2012

Barnstorm at 25

This past weekend, the 25th annual Eddie Adams Workshop wrapped up, an event that I now wish I’d tried to get into in my youth. It’s limited to students and early-career shooters and, for reasons I don’t fully comprehend, I never applied … Time’s Lightbox blog took a look back at the first quarter century of the event and the...

Advice & Learning/Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism

September 24, 2012

Truth with a Camera Workshop

Scheduled for Nov. 10-17 in Washington, D.C., registration is now open for the 2012 Truth with a Camera workshop. From the release: The workshop focuses both on teaching visual communicators how to work with and for non-profits as well as instructing non-profits how to work with photographers and use powerful photography. This years instructors include National Geographic photographers Lynn Johnson...

Advice & Learning/Photojournalism

September 4, 2012

How National Geographic Catches Lies

Over at the Poynter Institute, Craig Silverman has a post up about how the National Geographic catches faked photos in its contests. (Dan) Westergren (Senior Picture Editor at NatGeo’s Traveler magazine) says one fundamental question judges ask of every entry is, “Does this picture show what it felt like to be there at that moment, to combine the human elements...

Advice & Learning/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

August 27, 2012

How to Pitch a Story

Over at the Poynter Institute, Tom Huang has an excellent post up about how to pitch a story. One of my great struggles in the classroom is moving students from shooting items or events to documenting ideas and issues – this will be brought into all my classes now.

Advice & Learning/Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism

August 23, 2012

Mountain Workshops Offers Scholarships

The Mountain Workshops are considered to be among the best in the country, but they can get a little pricey. This year, there’s a scholarship available that’s worth applying for. The Mountain Workshops is excited to announce the opportunity to win an all-tuition paid scholarship to attend the 2012 Mountain Workshops. Jonathan Woods photo editor of TIME.com, will be offering...

Advice & Learning/Competitions/Photojournalism

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