Photojournalism – Page 28 – Visual Journalism

September 27, 2015

Overpowering the Sun

Nice behind-the-scenes look at PetaPixel on how photographer Dustin Snipes made an image of Anthony Davis dunking the sun. Oddly enough, the same day that was published we were doing a similar exercise in my Advanced Photojournalism course, syncing 15 Canon strobes together to overpower the sun … (Exposure was ISO 50, 1/200, f/22 at 4:00 p.m.)

Photojournalism/Tech Talk

September 24, 2015

Photojournalism Ethics Study

Released yesterday by the University of Stirling, the World Press Photo Foundation and the University of Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, a substantial report on ethics in photojournalism drawn from a world-wide sample. I’m still digging through this as there is a lot of data, but I’d start with section 3.4 – that’s the ethics debate and...

Business & Industry/Competitions/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

September 22, 2015

Copyright and the Monkey, Phase Two

Remember the monkey selfie? That’s come back into the news … PETA has filed a lawsuit saying the macaque monkey should own the copyright to a photo it made. I kid you not.

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

September 16, 2015

Stay Off the Tracks

It happened again, another person killed by a train while taking photos on railroad tracks. New class rule: Shoot photos on or near railroad tracks without written permission, you fail the assignment.

Advice & Learning/At Work/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

September 9, 2015

National Geographic Enters Partnership Agreement

There is a great deal of consternation surrounding the announcement that 21st Century Fox has invested $725 in the National Geographic Society and take a 73% ownership of a new media company called National Geographic Partners. The remaining 27% of ownership will remain with the National Geographic Society. There are many questions here, some of which are difficult to parse...

Business & Industry/Photojournalism

September 9, 2015

The Danger of Drones

There has been a lot of talk over the last year about the usage of unmanned aerial vehicles (more commonly called drones) for journalism. There’s a conflict between freedom of the press issues, air safety issues and privacy issues – it’s a phenomenally complex situation and difficult to tease out what is legal from what is ethical from what is...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

September 8, 2015

It’s Never Been Easy

Every now and then one of your photographic heroes writes something about the calling that has us transfixed. This time, it’s Ed Kashi: For those who want to do this, I believe one must possess a voracious appetite for knowledge, a maniacal desire to engage with the world, very deep, personal interests that will you to explore issues, places, themes,...

Advice & Learning/Craft/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

September 8, 2015

Visual Lies and the Loss of Photo Editors

I have lamented the loss of photo editors before, too many times over the years to count. But the evidence continues to pile up that with no one trained in the art and science of visual communication in positions of authority we are undermining all of journalism’s credibility. You will recall my tirades against my local publication, the Athens Banner-Herald,...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

September 6, 2015

Photos, Logic and Emotion

Pictures do not work on our brains according to logic. They hit lower and deeper. Emotion is not reasonable, and in fact, there is undeniable pleasure in being able to submit to un-reason, to feel something strong and true after all the titillation and trash that crosses our visual field every hour of the day. That’s photography curator and historian...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory