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February 13, 2012

Craig Walker POYi Newspaper Photographer of the Year

The Denver Post’s Craig F. walker was named the 2011 Newspaper Photographer of the Year by the 69th Annual Pictures of the Year International competition over the weekend. I had the pleasure of meeting Walker during the National Press Photographers Association’s Convergence 2010 conference, where he talked about his 2010 Pulitzer Prize. It would be hard for me to name...

Competitions/Photojournalism

February 10, 2012

Friday Humor: Shtuff People Say to Photographers

I’m starting to love this meme …

Craft/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory/Video

February 8, 2012

Gear Lust

Okay, everyone else may be salivating over the upcoming Nikon D4 or D800, or perhaps it’s the Canon EOS 1D X that has your blood pressure rising. And that’s all fine – if either Canon or Nikon would like to send me one, I’d be more than happy to push its pixels around. But the message in my email box...

Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

February 8, 2012

The Education of Walter Iooss, Jr.

Sports Illustrated has posted an autobiographical piece by one of their legends, Walter Iooss, Jr. It’s a long read, but worth it as he tells tales of shooting the greats over the last 50 years. My self-aggrandizing moment: I assisted for Iooss once, in about 1995, on a shoot of Mo Vaughn at Fenway Park. Learned a ton, even if...

Business & Industry/Craft/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

February 6, 2012

Lantern Slides of Washington State

The NPR Picture Show blog has a post up about the work of Asahel Curtis who, in the early 1900s, was shooting photos around Washington state. In the 1920s, he was commissioned by the Department of Conservation and Development to create a set of images to advertise the state. The images were hand-colored lantern slides, designed to be projected and...

Good Work/Photojournalism

February 3, 2012

WHNPA Student Photographer of the Year Competition

Details are out on the White House News Photographers Association’s 2012 Student Photographer of the Year competition. Submissions can be made, online, through March 15 and there is a nominal fee of $26 (which can also be put towards your membership in the WHNPA). From the rules: Portfolio General Requirements – Each student will submit a portfolio of a minimum...

Advice & Learning/Competitions/Photojournalism

February 2, 2012

Documentary Filmmaker Arrested at Congressional Hearing

First, be careful of what you read about this story – there are multiple reports out there as to what happened prior to the meeting. The New York Times post on this is brief but seems to have the salient points. The Huffington Post entry is longer and appears to have more details in it, though it’s tone is more...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

February 1, 2012

Um … STUFF Photographers Say

Not that I think the language would bother anyone, but you never know … a video about the STUFF Photographers Say. I’m thinking we may need a Stuff UGA VJ Kids Say … (Thanks to Sarah Osbourne for the lede.)

Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

February 1, 2012

Competing for the Cover

Adorama has an interview up with two of Sports Illustrated photojournalists who will be covering the Super Bowl on Sunday. Peter Read Miller and Damian Strohmeyer will be two of, ahem, 11 SI shooters on the field. (Go Pats!)

Photojournalism

January 30, 2012

Firecracker Photographic Grant for Women

It only applies if you were born or reside in Europe, but the British Journal of Photography has a brief piece up on the Firecracker Photographic Grant that will be given out this year. The Firecracker organization is dedicated to promoting female photographic projects, worth poking around on their site a bit.

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