Category: Photojournalism

August 25, 2011

Nothing Lasts Forever, Except for What You Make

Here’s a weird pairing of readings for your lunch hour … Scott Bourne over at Going Pro is talking about changes, things disappearing and what will last forever. Which, according to him, is not your business but what it produces. There’s some comfort in that. And once you’ve pondered that, take a run through Jonathan Blaustein’s tale of his visit...

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

August 20, 2011

Shooting a Triple Play

The Boston Globe’s Jim David talks about how he shot all three outs on a triple play.

Categories Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

August 17, 2011

Being Prepared for the Salt Flats

So, your editor says, go our west to the Bonneville Salt Flats for SpeedWeek, when a bunch of nutcases try to go as fast as they can in a big, dried up ocean bed. How hard could this be? Jim Urguhart from Reuters found out. With temperatures well over 100 degrees and no shade anywhere, it’s easy to cook yourself...

Categories At Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

August 17, 2011

Students: One for Your RSS Feeds

Because I know, by now, you have set up an RSS reader, right? Add this one in: The Visual Student is the National Press Photographers Association’s blog for students and, with a new Student Chair, I think it’s going to be getting busier.

Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

August 14, 2011

Five Who Were There

The Huffington Post has put up interviews with five Associated Press photographers who were either in New York City or with President Bush on the morning of September 11, 2001. More of these to come, I’m sure.

Categories Photojournalism

August 12, 2011

Memories of The Wall

Saturday marks the 50th anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall, the wall that was one of the largest physical manifestations of the Cold War, physically splitting Berlin into communist and democratic sides. The Associated Press has moved a story about photographer Peter Hillebrecht who, in the middle of an August night, got a call that the East Germans...

Categories Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism

August 12, 2011

No Comment

Really, I’m not saying anything about this at all. Nope. Okay, maybe one thing: It’s important to know your market. Also, REALLY?

Categories Ethics & Legal/Graphic Design/Photojournalism

August 12, 2011

The Apocalypse is Nigh

For years, I joked that the job I really wanted was Photo Editor at the Wall Street Journal because, well … they didn’t run photos. I envisioned walking into the daily budget meeting and the editors going around the table talking about their pitches for A1 and, when they got to me, I could just say, “Not yet.” Well, now...

Categories Craft/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

August 11, 2011

The White House and the Pentagon At Odds Over Photo Coverage

Interesting piece moved by the Associated Press about an apparent conflict and/or miscommunication between the White House and the Pentagon about photos from Dover Air Force Base of the returning of the remains of the 30 soldiers killed in Afghanistan. While the White House released the photo, the AP stuck to its policy of not moving hand-out photos from situations...

Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

August 10, 2011

Newsweek Under FIre for Michelle Bachman Cover

Newsweek’s cover story on Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and her run for the presidency has come under fire for both the headline (“The Queen of Rage”) and the cover photo. Some of the images used in the article include a “pious-looking portrait” and a frame with “swept-back hair,” according to the Poynter article linked above. The full gallery of images contains...

Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism