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November 3, 2011

Behind the Photos on the Campaign Trail

The Concord Monitor’s John Tully wrote a post a few weeks back about covering the primary debated in New Hampshire, it’s a great look at the minimal access being allowed now.

At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

November 1, 2011

Young Conflict Photographers

Michael Kamber has a great piece up over on the New York Times’ Lens blog about the explosion of young photojournalists showing up in conflict zones. A good read where he talks with several of the top war photographers of our time and explores why there were so many young shooters in Libya this year.

Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

November 1, 2011

Life In A Day Now Online

In July 2010, Ridley Scott and Tony Scott teamed up to ask people around the world to shoot videos of their day. Partnering with YouTube, the entire 90+ minute video is now online. From the 4,500 hours of video, from 192 countries, this is the story of July 24, 2010 – now available online at YouTube.

Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

October 30, 2011

How to Be A Critic

David Saxe over at Black Star Rising has posted four simple rules for critiquing other’s work. It’s a good list. Because I can, here’s my companion list for being critiqued: Be Aware of Time: Depending on the environment you are in, you may have get a long critique or a short one. If you’re doing evening portfolio reviews at a...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

October 28, 2011

Kodak, Then and Now

Kodak has been in the news a lot lately and most of it hasn’t been good. The New York Times reported last week about their woes and how the stock price has been tumbling. It’s not looking great for Big Yellow. Which is sort of stunning. The company brought us photography as we know it and has managed to have...

Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

October 28, 2011

Study Photojournalism in Berlin

Since it’s time for the annual Georgia-Florida football war, let’s talk about the University of Florida for a few moments … Professor John Freeman has built an excellent summer workshop in Berlin for photojournalism students, one that’s open to those from UF as well as other universities. It’s limited to 12 students and runs for two weeks in the second...

Advice & Learning/Photojournalism

October 27, 2011

Multimedia Boot Camp at the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute

Just a few days left to register for the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute’s Nov. 16-20 Multimedia Boot Camp in Nashville, Tenn. There are reportedly just a few seats left as they’re capping the class at 18. From the flier: Participants will learn how to: Produce multimedia on a budget, buy the right gear and find cheap ways to record and...

Advice & Learning/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism

October 27, 2011

Registration for the Northern Short Course Now Open

It’s the one I started at more than 20 years ago, the one I can’t wait to get back to in March – the NPPA’s Northern Short Course will be in Fairfax, Va., March 8-12, 2012 and your an now register online. Do it early, do it often … I mean, if you can afford to …

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

October 23, 2011

The Sunday Storytelling Slide

If you’re reading this soon after posting, it’s Sunday morning. Maybe you’ve got your coffee going and are padding your slippered feet out the driveway to grab your Sunday paper. (Remember when newspaper carriers delivered papers to your door? Dang, I’m old …) Sunday front pages are centerpieces, something the newsroom spends days, if not weeks, prepping for you. Big...

Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism

October 20, 2011

Hmmm … I Sense a Class Project …

The New York Times’ Librado Romero has been working on a series of images shot “round midnight,” a semi-homage to the classic jazz tune. Makes me wonder if my students would show up for a class that starts at 12:01 a.m.

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