August 17, 2016 The Value of Photo Editors, Olympic Edition Allen Murabayashi has a nice analysis of image usage out of the Olympics – and why having an experienced photo editor makes a difference. No ethical issues … this time. Categories Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism
August 16, 2016 Support the HPR Something a little light for a Tuesday afternoon. “Here at Hipster Photographer Rescue we give these kids options, and make them see that lurking self-consciously on street corners, wearing a messenger bag filled with old cameras, cigarettes, a James Joyce novel, organic cashews and a Macbook Pro, does not make you a professional photographer. “Still, we can only detox, de-program... Categories Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
August 15, 2016 Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar – $50 for Students Egads … Nikon has signed on to sponsor student registrations for this year’s Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar – $50 gets you into everything. Both days, all sessions. That’s a crazy good deal. The seminar is November 11 and 12 this year, get it on your calendar now. Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism
August 10, 2016 GeekFest in DC Looks like a great lineup at this year’s GeekFest in Washington, D.C. Get registered, folks. Categories Advice & Learning/Multimedia/Photojournalism
August 5, 2016 Getty Images Sued, Again Can a photo agency license public domain works? That’s the question that will come up in a copyright claim case that Carol Highsmith is filing against Getty Images, claiming they have pulled images she holds the copyright to but put in the public domain (through the Library of Congress) and has been charging fees on. Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
August 3, 2016 Grace and Power I suspect there will be a lot of discussions in my classes about Jonathan Bachman’s image of two Baton Rouge police officers approaching a woman to arrest her. Allen Murabayashi has a nice compilation of commentary over at PhotoShelter, a good starting point. Categories Ethics & Legal/Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
July 26, 2016 The Moments in Between Anderson Cooper did a segment for 60 Minutes on music photographer Danny Clinch. View More: 60 Minutes News|Live News|More News Videos His phrasing about looking for the moments in between, I concur that’s where the magic happens. Miss growing out of mouths are just not that interesting, but when someone gets lost in her music … that’s the moment. Also,... Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Good Work/Photojournalism
July 25, 2016 Photographing What You’re Interested In This is an interesting video where Lee Friedlander talks about how his projects come together. And that wording is precise – he and the other panelists talk about the process of making images and then looking to see what you’re making images of and from that deciding if there’s a project. Friedlander says, “I don’t know what I’m interested in... Categories Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
July 17, 2016 On Photographing Everything Here comes the cynical me … Jonathan Freeland wrote a pice for The Guardian about our penchant to record everything. They will not need to look at sunsets and palm trees, for they will have flawless copies on their devices (click!). The great scale of the Notre Dame cathedral, in Paris, or the Colosseum, in Rome, will bring no risk... Categories Advice & Learning/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
July 16, 2016 How Photographing Objects Leads to People One of the great challenges in photojournalism is being told to photograph a thing. It may be a building or a bridge or a birdcage, but, chances are, unless you have the ability to light the daylights out of it, it’s going to be static. And static isn’t great for news photographs. My mantra has always been we tell stories... Categories Advice & Learning/Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory