Category: Photojournalism

June 20, 2012

Cell Phone Cameras and the Pros

Over at the Poynter Institute, Keith Jenkins has a post up about professional photojournalists using cell phone cameras for their work assignments. It’s a nice introduction to the topic, though I wish it delved a little deeper. Yesterday I was interviewed by a reporter for our student newspaper about the effects of Instagram on professional photographers (will post a link...

Categories Craft/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

June 18, 2012

Instagramming the Icons

Over at PetaPixel, Allen Murabayashi takes a look at the current practice of “re-taking” iconic images with Instagram – essentially applying filters to classic photos. It’s pretty horrifying …

Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

June 18, 2012

Cameras on the Course

A little behind on this one … ESPN has a story, with video*, up about cell phone cameras on the course and how that may have contributed to one player withdrawing from an event last month. If you’ve ever covered golf as a professional, you know the rule of etiquette is you don’t fire your camera until the player has...

Categories Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism

June 14, 2012

MediaStorm Goes to a Paid Model

A few days ago, MediaStorm rolled out their new fee structure – about $2 to see the stories they produce. Which, you know, is ridiculously cheap … But, as you could expect, people don’t like paying to see stories. Unless it’s $10 for a movie. Or $8 for Netflix. Or $2.50 for The New York Times. So, of course, people...

Categories Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism

June 14, 2012

NPPA Short Grants 2012

Still a few weeks off, but you should be getting your plans together to apply for one of six National Press Photographers Association Short Grants. The $3,000 grants are designed to help promote community photo stories, “small in scale and focused.”

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

June 12, 2012

Video at the Wall Street Journal

Andrew Beaujon has a short post up over at the Poynter Institute that links to a Wall Street Journal video on the Facebook IPO. The video, which runs about 10 minutes long, was produced by an independent filmmaker and is, apparently, indicative of the expansion the Wall Street Journal is expecting in this area. Go ahead and watch the video,...

Categories Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Video

June 11, 2012

New Orleans News

If you follow the media, you know it’s been a rough few weeks down in New Orleans. The Times-Picayune announced it was cutting back on its printed edition, dropping to just three days a week. The response, as you’d expect, has been fairly strong with a lot of people questioning how a city the size of New Orleans is “losing”...

Categories Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

June 11, 2012

Martin Parr, Picturing the South

The High Museum of Art in Atlanta has shows up titled Picturing New York and Picturing the South, hoping to get in to see these in the next few weeks. Additionally, on Thursday, June 14, photographer Martin Parr will be onsite talking about his documentary project, Up and Down Peachtree.

Categories Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

June 11, 2012

Beneath the Lively Morgue

A while back, The New York Times launched a new Tumblr site, The Lively Morgue, that features archival prints and shows the backside, the notes and captions. It’s kind of addictive. Now, NPR’s Claire o’Neill has the story behind the site and talks with Jeff Roth, the last man in the photo morgue.

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism

June 7, 2012

The Story Behind the “Napalm Girl”

A really well-done history on Nick Ut’s Pulitzer Prize winning photo, and the girl in it. There are some details in there (about Kim Phuc’s defection) that I didn’t know, about her struggles to heal and take control of her own story. Worth the read.

Categories Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism