Advice & Learning – Page 75 – Visual Journalism

May 13, 2007

NPPA Region 6 Regional Director's Tour

Bob Carey, the new R6 Regional Director for the National Press Photographers Association, will be in Atlanta on Monday, May 14 for a chat session. He’s touring the region to see what members want and/or need out of the NPPA. Monday, May 14 1-4 pm Professional Photo Resources667 11th St, NWAtlanta, GA 30318404-885-1885in the rental studio

Advice & Learning

May 7, 2007

Annie Leibovitz at Atlanta's High Museum

The High Museum in Atlanta has a special event for the opening of Annie Leibovitz’s new show, “Celebrating a Photographer’s Life,” this Friday, May 11. Tickets are only $250 … Or maybe you just want to go see the 175 photos that are on exhibit from May 12 through September 9. I know I do.

Advice & Learning/Good Work/Photojournalism

May 5, 2007

Apple Insomnia Photofest

So far, I’ve heard from one student who entered the Apple Insomnia Photo Festival competition – so, go vote for Danielle Hutlas’ image. (And if there are more of you, let me know and I’ll plug your work, too.)

Advice & Learning/Tech Talk

May 4, 2007

Start Small, but Start Now

Mindy McAdams, the Goddess of Online Journalism (she probably won’t like that …), has a post up today about a graduating student who came seeking advice. Her problem: she wants to be an independent video journalist but has no web skills. Mindy recommends building a simple blog and getting content up on it, not worrying about a fancy web site....

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Tech Talk

May 3, 2007

Geek Alert – Lego Cameras

Lindy Dugger found a web site that explains how to build a medium format camera out of Legos. Or how to build a 35 mm camera, again out of Legos, if you want a more, er, compact camera … Where can I find black legos?

Advice & Learning/Tech Talk

May 2, 2007

"Get busy living, or get busy dying"

The quote is from “The Shawshank Redemption,” and it shows up in a post by Orlando Sentinel journalist Matt Waite where he talks about training for the new world. (This post sourced from Mindy McAdams, where else?)

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

April 27, 2007

Insomnia Photo Festival – Friday, April 27

Want a new MacBook Pro, 80 GB iPod and a copy of Aperture? Then plan on being wide awake for 24 hours starting at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 27, for Apple’s Insomnia Photo Festival. Register in advance and at 5 p.m. Apple will give out the info on what to shoot. Pay close attention to the details on how...

Advice & Learning/Tech Talk

April 26, 2007

Irreversible vs. Irrevocable

A recent entry by Ray Bacchetti on the Tomorrow’s Professor Blog has had me playing with words. Towards the end of a piece titled “Birthright” he has a simple three word sentence – “Education is irreversible.” And I like that sentiment, but in talking about the line I quoted it wrong to my class today, saying instead, “Education is irrevocable.”...

Advice & Learning

April 24, 2007

What The Duck's 200th strip

Today, Aaron Johnson posted his 200th What the Duck comic – a must read for photo-folks. In addition, he asked others to post their versions of some older strips – his drawings, their text – and they are a riot. (The Ansel Adams-button made me laugh out loud.)

Advice & Learning/Thoughts & Theory

April 23, 2007

Bad Exit Interviews

When you wrap up a job, either of your own volition or your now-former employers, you’ll usually go through an exit interview. Across the transom came this report today: We let a photo intern go today because he was nuts. During his exit lunch he was talking about how he thought he’d improved and his boss here said, “If it...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry

Category: Advice & Learning

NPPA Region 6 Regional Director's Tour

Annie Leibovitz at Atlanta's High Museum

Apple Insomnia Photofest

Start Small, but Start Now

Geek Alert – Lego Cameras

"Get busy living, or get busy dying"

Insomnia Photo Festival – Friday, April 27

Irreversible vs. Irrevocable

What The Duck's 200th strip

Bad Exit Interviews