Photojournalism – Page 52 – Visual Journalism

July 2, 2014

A Good Eye Doesn’t Make You a Good Photographer

An old piece by legendary photo editor John Loengard rumbled into view on the Nieman Reports web site and it included this gem that I’d lost along the way: Before I became a picture editor, I assumed that “good photographers” took “good pictures” because they had a special eye. What I found was that good photographers take good pictures because...

Advice & Learning/Craft/Photojournalism

June 29, 2014

Widgets for Smartphone Video

I’m recently back from a week of teaching teachers at the Poynter Institute where I did a pair of sessions on using your smartphone for video journalism. As part of those sessions I showed off a bunch of widgets I’ve found useful … Stability A big issue with shooting small is getting stable video – the light weight of smartphones...

Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Video

June 27, 2014

Diving In

This is pretty wild … photographer Clark Little specializes in photographing surf, from inside the waves. (Thanks to Sara Quinn for the link.)

Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

June 26, 2014

Four Photographers Named as National Geographic Explorers

The National Geographic Society has their first set of visual storytellers to be added to their Explorers program. Previous Explorers have come primarily from areas of science, research and innovation. David Guttendelder, Lyn Johnson, Cory Richards and Brian Skerry will spend two years, “sharing their visual expertise with diverse areas of the National Geographic Society and with the public, producing...

At Work/Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism

June 17, 2014

Something to Hold Over Their Heads – Education

Three years ago, independent journalist Phillip Datz was ordered to leave a public street where a police stop was occurring. After moving, he called the Suffolk County Police Department’s public information officer who told him, essentially, he was fine. When he started to record again, Suffolk County Police Sergeant Michael Milton arrested him. Earlier on the recording Sergeant Milton said,...

At Work/Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

June 14, 2014

Copyright Terms: Get Them Right

Good post by Jonathan Bailey on the terms tossed about in regards to copyright that most folks get wrong. (Thanks to John Harrington for the link.)

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

June 13, 2014

News Photographer Now Online

The National Press Photographers Association has announced that news Photographer magazine, the only publication dedicated to news photography that I know of, is now available in an online format. The current issue and last two years worth can be viewed for free right now.

Business & Industry/Photojournalism

June 12, 2014

Promote Yourself

Neat Tumblr from Photo District News on promotional pieces being sent out, triggered by this post on Dave Cooper’s.

At Work/Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism

June 10, 2014

Small Screen Impact in Photos

Over at the Poynter Institute, Sam Kirkland put up a piece about consuming photojournalism on smartphones. This is something I’ve been thinking about and trying to find a place for in my program – we have to be thinking of how our audience is looking at our work and mobile devices is a huge percentage now. Solid advice from Kirkland...

Advice & Learning/Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

June 9, 2014

Compact Communication

A little off topic, but Roy Peter Clark has a piece up on what we can learn from 1954 Don Zimmmer’s baseball card. Even with all this information – words and numbers – there is room for not just one but two captioned illustrations, a lovely blend of language and visuals. Under the logo “Inside Baseball,” we learn that “Don...

Craft/Graphic Design/Photojournalism

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