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November 29, 2011

Rating Manipulation

Harry Farid, a professor of computer science and digital forensics at Dartmouth College, is developing a software program to rank the level of Photoshop manipulation on images according to a Steve Lohr story in the New York Times. The emphasis is on portraits and images of models now, but I’d love to know if this is looking at content or...

Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

November 26, 2011

America in Environmental Crisis

In the 1970s, the Environmental Protection Agency dispatched photographers across the country to document environmental issues and every day life. The DOCUMERICA project produced more than 80,000 image and The Atlantic’s In Focus photo blog has a selection of 46 of them. I’d never heard of this project, now I want to see more … and maybe do a summer...

Photojournalism

November 24, 2011

NYC Police Told to Not Harass Media

It’s a sad moment when it comes to this, but New York Police Department Commissioner Raymond Kelly has ordered a “Finest” message to be read at 10 consecutive roll calls, according to the National Press Photographers Association. The Finest message highlights various guidelines that instruct police on how to deal with the media, including that “Members of the service will...

Journalism/Photojournalism

November 23, 2011

The Photographers, Now Online

The 1996 National Geographic film The Photographers is now available for online streaming. This is a great look at a bunch of their shooters and what they go through to get an image. Well worth spending an hour of time watching it. (Thanks to Greg Mironchuk for the link.)

At Work/Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism

November 18, 2011

What Photographers Should Care About

Over at GoingPro, Scott Bourne writes about the things we, as photographers, should and should not care about. This … this is a topic I could go on about for days. Here are a list of things I could not care less about: Cameras Lenses Flashes Software Computers Social media Megapixels Filters Plugins Photoshop actions Workflow However, there are things...

Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

November 16, 2011

Expression Over Perfection

Over at PhotoFocus, Scott Bourne writes about how to relax your portrait subjects. He’s got five tips that will help you get a better expression out of them. I’ll add one more: Whenever I get a reluctant subject who says they’ve never had a picture of themselves they like, I simply respond, “Well, then you haven’t found your right photographer...

At Work/Photojournalism

November 15, 2011

NPPA Grant Winners Announced

Congratulations to Victor J. Blue, Gabriela Busilova, Mary F. Calvert, Matt Eich, and Mark Ovaska who have all won a $3,000 grant to continue work on stories from the National Press Photographers Association.

Business & Industry/Competitions/Journalism/Photojournalism

November 15, 2011

The Need for Photo Editors

National Press Photographers Association President Sean Elliot wrote in a recent edition of News Photographer about the need for photo editors and a dangerous trend that seems to be spreading – the laying off of them. His column is now on the NPPA web site and worth a read.

Business & Industry/Photojournalism

November 13, 2011

After 42 Years, Bill Luster Retires

Heather Graulich has a piece up on the NPPA web site looking at the retirement of a legend, the Louisville Courier-Journal’s Bill Luster. Congrats, Mr. Luster – but keep shooting.

Craft/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

November 11, 2011

Vietnam Images from Eddie Adams

The News & Observer has posted a gallery of recently scanned photos from the Associated Press’ Eddie Adams from his time in Vietnam. Most of these images haven’t been seen before.