Category: Photojournalism

August 26, 2012

How to Get Better

Over at the Online Photographer, Mike Johnston talks about how to learn to love a camera. His advice is two fold: learn the camera, then use it. A lot. The advice I give my students is equally simple (and appropriate since the intro kids will be getting their cameras tomorrow): the camera has to disappear in your hands. Much as...

Categories Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

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...

Categories Advice & Learning/Competitions/Photojournalism

August 23, 2012

Going Pro

Sometimes, the line between satire and reality is hard to see. Thankfully, some people will tell you when it’s satire. (Thanks to Paul Barrows for the link to a laugh.)

Categories Advice & Learning/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

August 22, 2012

LUCEO Loses Three Members

LUCEO, one of the most talked about photo collectives of the last five years, is losing three of its founding members. David Walter Banks, Kendrick Brinson (both of whom are UGA grads) and Matt Eich have deiced to leave the six-person group.

Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism

August 20, 2012

Hipstamatic’s Foundation for Photojournalism in Jeopardy?

The British Journal of Photography is reporting that Hipstamatic has laid off several people and may be facing financial challenges. Earlier this year, the company, which makes imaging software for smartphones, announced it was going to launch a Foundation for Photojournalism. From the BJP piece: “Letting people go is never an easy decision,” [Lucas Allen Buick, the company’s CEO] explains....

Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

August 15, 2012

Carlyle Group to Acquire Getty Images

Reuters is reporting that the Carlyle Group, a private equity firm, is forming a partnership to take control of Getty Images for $3.3 billion.

Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism

August 14, 2012

How Reuters Covered Track and Field in London

Reuters produced the video below to give us an idea of how they covered track and field at the Olympics. Think about this: for the 100 meter final, that lasted 9.63 seconds, they had 15 photojournalists covering it. The race started at 9:52 and they had their first photo on the wire at 9:55. Egads. (Thanks to Stephen Terry for...

Categories Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

August 14, 2012

When Fair Use Maybe Isn’t

Over at the Poynter Institute, Steve Myers has a story about the Portland Press Herald which picked up a woman’s photo off of her Flickr account and then, without attribution or her permission, published it. The paper has agreed to pay the photographer for the usage. The publication claimed they could use the image under the Fair Use segment of...

Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

August 14, 2012

Criminalizing Photography

Over at The New York Times’ Lens blog, James Estrin has an interview with Mickey Osterreicher about the increase in arrests of photographers around the United States. Osterreicher, who is the National Press Photographers Association’s attorney, has this advice for photojournalists working in tense situations: If you’re stopped on the street, stay calm. Be reasonable, be cooperative — as cooperative...

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

August 13, 2012

NPPA Best of Photojournalism TV Files Available

The National Press Photographers Association has announced the the winning entries in the Best of Photojournalism television division are now downloadable from their web site. It’s only open to members and you can burn the files to a DVD for watching on your own set. Guess what I’m doing on the high-speed connection at work today …

Categories Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Video