Advice & Learning – Page 9 – Visual Journalism

December 2, 2015

Eye Tracking Your Obsession

Interesting video made by Canon to promote one of their printers … Not without some criticism, as well. I have a touch of experience with eye tracking (mostly from hanging around very smart people who do it like Sara Quinn and my college Bart Wojdynski), so I think this stuff is really cool. My dream is to take entries from...

Advice & Learning/Graphic Design/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

November 30, 2015

Giving Back From What Was Taken

This … this is why I love photojournalists: Yunghi Kim announced in a private Facebook group last week that she was creating ten, one-time grants of $1,000 each to support independent photojournalists. Where did the funds come from? From money she recouped from copyright infringements. You probably can’t enter (unless you were already part of the online group), but that’s...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Competitions/Photojournalism

November 11, 2015

Documenting the Fullness and Complexity of Life

Given the news out of the University of Missouri this week – which is overwhelming in its complexity and very difficult to thread an education lesson through in a short time – the timing of Maurice Berger’s story about a new Gordon Parks exhibit in New York on The New York Times’ Lens blog is stunningly relevant. The exhibit details...

Advice & Learning/Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism

November 6, 2015

How Do You See Someone?

Canon did a little experiment …

Advice & Learning/At Work/Craft/Photojournalism

October 23, 2015

Opening Up

One of the great challenges in photojournalism is establishing a comfort level with those we report on. Sometimes it comes easily, sometimes it’s not really needed. But for some stories, we need to feel connected for those deeper, truer stories to come out, so people will open up their lives and, more importantly, hearts to us. One of the best...

Advice & Learning/Journalism/Photojournalism

October 13, 2015

Big List of Internships

Benjamin Mullin at the Poynter Institute has pulled together a list of 70 internships – a quick search shows the word photo popping 24 times. Get your resume together.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

September 16, 2015

Stay Off the Tracks

It happened again, another person killed by a train while taking photos on railroad tracks. New class rule: Shoot photos on or near railroad tracks without written permission, you fail the assignment.

Advice & Learning/At Work/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

September 8, 2015

It’s Never Been Easy

Every now and then one of your photographic heroes writes something about the calling that has us transfixed. This time, it’s Ed Kashi: For those who want to do this, I believe one must possess a voracious appetite for knowledge, a maniacal desire to engage with the world, very deep, personal interests that will you to explore issues, places, themes,...

Advice & Learning/Craft/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

September 6, 2015

Ethics and the Role of Photojournalism Organizations

Rachel Donadio has a piece up at The New York Times talking about this year’s Visa Pour l’Image Festival in Perpignan, France, that’s worth a read. Perpignan is the annual gathering of photojournalism, one of (if not the) largest exhibition of work each year. Donadio’s piece runs through some of the big issues of the last year, including the decision...

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September 2, 2015

ASMP Business of Photography Workshop in Atlanta

The American Society of Media Photographers is holding a two-day workshop in Atlanta, September 19-20. Great line-up of material to be covered, including client development, analyzing and negotiating contracts, website and platform options, copyright and infringement, social media workflow, digital asset management, cost of doing business, creating revenue from licensing and rate standards. Students can register at the ASMP member...