July 10, 2013 Watch Your Gear Michael Zhang has a post, with video, up over at PetaPixel about camera gear being stolen from someone’s neck. Watch it closely – who ends up with the lens? Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
July 6, 2013 What Makes a Photo Private? Think about the question for a few moments, then head over to read this story from AZCentral.com by Shaun McKinnon and Rebecca McKinsey about an image, released on Facebook, that shows the flag-draped remains of the 19 firefighters who died in Arizona this past week. There is some confusion about who took the photo and how it ended up being... Categories Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
July 6, 2013 Why Photography Wil Survive Nick Bilton has a story up at The New York Times about why the death of photography has been greatly exaggerated. And I agree, completely – the human brain is wired to remember singular moments and context, not fluid spans of time. (Thanks to colleague Prof. Kent Middleton for the link.) Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory
July 5, 2013 Faces of the Sun-Times A little behind on this, but CNN hired one of the Chicago Sun-Times staffers, Brian Powers, to shoot a series of portraits of those let go in the May lay offs. Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism
July 4, 2013 How Kodak Invented the Digital Camera and Destroyed Itself Okay, maybe the digital camera didn’t destroy Kodak, but it certainly played a huge role in the unravelling of the company over the last decade or so. In this Influencers and Innovation video, Steve Sasson talks about how he turned a charge-coupled device and a tape deck into the first digital camera. Petapixel had a lengthy piece by Kenny Suleimangich... Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
July 3, 2013 NPR Photography … Before NPR Existed NPR has posted a set of images it received from a Toronto shop which has a mid-century Crown Graphic with “NPR NY” etched into it. The owner, Al Suke, contacted NPR to ask if it was theirs. Problem is, NPR didn’t launch until 1970. And probably didn’t start shooting photos until a quarter century later. (Thanks to Sean Elliot for... Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk
July 3, 2013 Behind the Ponies CBS’ 60 Minutes did a piece on polo and they’ve posted a behind-the-scenes video of how they learned to shoot the game. Interesting to see the thought process behind it and their willingness to go back and get it right. A little sad watching the GoPro meet its demise … (Thanks to the Poynter Institute’s Al Tompkins for the link.) Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Video
June 30, 2013 Signs You’re an Ex-Journalist Generally that title would turn me off, but I clicked through to John Robinson’s list and so should you. Especially if you’re still working because number two is critical. Categories Journalism/Photojournalism
June 29, 2013 Pictures Don’t Just Happen The Chicago Tribune’s Brian Cassella tells the story of how he made a great image from the Blackhawks’ victory celebration. Categories Good Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
June 26, 2013 Flight to Nowhere This is what international reporting has been lowered to … photojournalists booked themselves on a 12 hour flight from Moscow to Cuba on a tip that Edward Snowden would be on the flight. He wasn’t. Categories At Work/Journalism/Photojournalism