February 18, 2014 Momenta in New Orleans There are only a handful os slots left for the Momenta Workshop in New Orleans. Another thing on my proverbial bucket list … Categories Advice & Learning/Photojournalism
February 14, 2014 Eight Percent of World Press Photo Finalists Disqualified You read that right – eight to nine percent of all the entries in this year’s World Press Photo competition were disqualified for being “materially or substantially changed.” To the judges – THANK YOU. Thank you for standing up for ethics and honest reportage. Categories Competitions/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
February 14, 2014 The Cost to Photojournalism Seen Through Competitions Interesting comments from Gary Knight, one of the judges in the World Press Photo, over at the British Journal of Photography. These awards show the consequences of a lack of resources in the industry. Categories Advice & Learning/Photojournalism
February 13, 2014 10 Photographers to Ignore And, by “ignore,” we mean learn from, not emulate … over at Wired.com, they put together a list of ten photographers who too many people try to copy and why you shouldn’t. Categories Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism
February 13, 2014 The Rules Were Different … For Smith Ben Cosgrove looks into one of W. Eugene Smith’s iconic stories for Life magazine on Dr. Albert Schweitzer. And it’s the last graf that has me pondering … W. Eugene Smith, on the other hand, has largely escaped such censure for one reason, and one reason only: he was W. Eugene Smith, and for better or worse, when it comes... Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
February 12, 2014 Interview with William Albert Allard There is a level of documentary photography that I shall forever aspire to … because I fear I’ll never get there. At that level are folks like William Albert Allard, who was interviewed by Barbara Davidson for the Los Angeles Times’ reFramed blog. I approach a story the same way today as I did with my first assignment on the... Categories Advice & Learning/Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism
February 11, 2014 How Technology Will Change the Look of Hollywood I’ve been moving to more and more LED lights around the house. They’re still pricey, but they’re efficient and the light quality is pretty nice. Now some municipalities are switching streetlights over to LEDs for the same reason … and that can have some dramatic effects for our friends in the movie business. Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Video
February 11, 2014 Lens Guide Probably not needed for most of the readers here, but point your friends to this piece by Simon Crisp on how to choose your next camera lens. *Thanks to Ken Kaminesky for the link.) Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk
February 10, 2014 Photography Is One Little Hammer Randy Olson talks about covering cultural differences. Reminding us it is not about photography, it’s about what you can do with photographs. Categories Advice & Learning/Good Work/Photojournalism
February 7, 2014 Instagram and the AP’s Guttenfelder I really wanted this piece to go so much deeper … the Associated Press’ David Guttenfelder talks about shooting and posting to Instagram. Categories Good Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk