December 2, 2015 Where the Tourists Are Interesting piece at Time by Olivier Laurent and Josh Raab looking at the most Instagrammed places in America. Now we know where not to bring our cameras, I suppose. Categories Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
December 2, 2015 Finding Your Color I have a small list of photojournalists who never disappoint me, storytellers who always make me stop and stare, ponder what they’re showing me, force me to rearrange the neurons in my brain. Michael S. Williamson of the Washington Post is on that list. For years I’ve come back to his work, to his way of seeing, to understand my... Categories At Work/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
December 1, 2015 Photoshelter’s Guide to Photo Contests Updated for the 2016 competition season, worth plowing through as it gives you some insight into the benefits and risks of more than 30 contests worldwide. Categories Competitions/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism
November 30, 2015 Giving Back From What Was Taken This … this is why I love photojournalists: Yunghi Kim announced in a private Facebook group last week that she was creating ten, one-time grants of $1,000 each to support independent photojournalists. Where did the funds come from? From money she recouped from copyright infringements. You probably can’t enter (unless you were already part of the online group), but that’s... Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Competitions/Photojournalism
November 30, 2015 Walter Iooss, Jr., on College Football Nice collection of images by the legendary Walter Iooss, Jr., from his early days covering college football. This was pre-autofocus, pre-14 frames per second, pre-64 GB memory cards, pre-histogram. Old school – manual focus, manual exposure, shooting on chrome film so the exposure has to be perfect in the camera. Ahh, those were the days … And if you scroll... Categories At Work/Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism
November 30, 2015 Deadlines Today – NPPA Elections, ViewFind Grants Up first, elections for the National Press Photographers Association’s board of directors and regional chairs ends tonight at 11:59 – log in to your NPPA account, read the bios and vote. Also with a deadline today are the ViewFind grants for stories about race – there are four grants, each worth $5,000 available. Categories Business & Industry/Competitions/Photojournalism
November 23, 2015 Remembering Dickey Chapelle The first time I head her name was in a song. But it was enough for me to search out more information on Dickey Chapelle. Now, 50 years after she was killed, few know who she is as Jackie Spinner reports at the Columbia Journalism Review. That should really change. Categories Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism
November 19, 2015 Reuters Goes to All JPGs Michael Zhang at PetaPixel is reporting that Reuters has issued a directive to all its photojournalists to only submit images that were shot as JPGs in the camera – no more raw files allowed. (Side note: Why do we always capitalize RAW? It’s not an acronym so far as I can tell.) Why would the wire service want to give... Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory
November 17, 2015 The Legacy of King Cotton Really nice package from Reuters photojournalist Brian Snyder on how little cotton is being grown in the south now. A very elegant presentation and a nice slice of life in the former land of King Cotton. Categories Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism
November 16, 2015 The Rest of the Missouri Video Bob Sullivan, a University of Missouri alumnus, has his take on what happened last Monday when journalists were harassed on campus – and it’s worth looking at. Most of us have probably already seen the first seven minutes of Mark Schierbecker’s video, but watch what happens from seven minutes on – including the sarcastic (my interpretation that aligns with Mr.... Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory