July 3, 2011 The Hard Part of Photojournalism I have always said the hardest part of what we do is deciding where to point the camera and when to push the button … Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk
July 1, 2011 John Stanmeyer on the Long Term Story National Geographic shooter John Staneyer is starting a series of blog posts about working on in-depth pieces for the yellow-bordered magazine. From his first post, comes this bit of wisdom: Some stories visually speak for themselves — war/conflict, social revolutions, famine and other event driven stories are primarily (though not all) about recording the occurrence transpiring before us. Long term... Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism
June 30, 2011 World War II in Photos The Atlantic’s In Focus photo blog has started a 20 part series looking back at World War II through photos. The first two segments are up and are a telling look at where photojournalism was in the 1930s. Worth a bit of time. Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism
June 28, 2011 A: Because Sometimes the World is Funny Q: Why do you always carry a camera? Need proof? I give you the Los Angeles Times. Categories Good Work/Photojournalism
June 28, 2011 What Students Should Do with Their Summer Break Michael P. King gives a list of tips over on the NPPA Visual Student blog about what photojournalism students should be doing this summer to improve their portfolio. I’d add a 13th: Make yourself uncomfortable. Self-assign yourself a project or single image that is so wildly beyond what you’re used to doing that it makes you sweat, that you can’t... Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism
June 28, 2011 Africa by Air MediaStorm has published a short documentary by George Steinmetz, African Air. It’s a look at the continent as only Steinmetz sees it – usually from his powered paraglider, sailing above deserts and villages. Stunning imagery. Flying in a motorized paraglider over one of the most diverse continents in the world, George Steinmetz captures in his photographs the stunning beauty, potential... Categories Good Work/Multimedia/Photojournalism
June 27, 2011 UGA PJ Alum on NPR.org David W. Banks, a UGA alum and co-founder of Luceo Images, has a photo gallery up on the NPR Picture Show blog. He’s working on a project about his new hometown, Atlanta: I’ve found that Atlanta is in many ways defined by a past marred with racial tension and a craving for rapid development and progress. The city’s current identity... Categories Advice & Learning/Good Work/Photojournalism
June 27, 2011 The Strobist Launches Boot Camp III David Hobby, more commonly known as The Strobist, has launched a summer photo project/contest. You’ll get five assignments over the course of the summer, to be posted to a Flickr group. Each will need to be limited to two speedlights to keep the costs reasonable. The first assignment came out this morning and it’s designed to get photographers out of... Categories Good Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
June 24, 2011 Heisler on Heisler: Memories From Before He Was Born Over on the New York Times’ Lens blog, Todd Heisler writes about going through his father’s Kodachrome slides, many from before he was born. (Yes, this is a recurring theme in what I post here as I am fascinated by the photographic archive of our personal lives.) Categories Craft/Photojournalism
June 23, 2011 The Shot That Nearly Killed Them The Guardian has a collection of images up from conflict photographers with a short description, from the shooters, of what was happening and how they were almost killed in making the image. There are some very graphic images in here, be aware of that. From Greg Marinovich, talking about an execution he witnessed in Soweto in 1990: The victim was... Categories Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism