Photojournalism – Page 88 – Visual Journalism

March 19, 2013

Your Shot, or Mine

Nice piece over at PetaPixel looking at James Hodgins marketing idea – let the client bring a camera, then compare their images to his. Certainly is making a case for hiring him.

Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

March 19, 2013

Avoiding the Surface

Over at Wired.com, Jakob Schiller has a post up about Lisa Krantz, the San Antonio Express-News photojournalist who recently won her second Scripps Howard Award for photojournalism. Should you read it? Yes. Of course you should. Why else would I link to it? “Most people’s lives have a lot of depth and so the photos should show that,” Krantz says....

Craft/Photojournalism

March 18, 2013

Nature vs. Nurture

Nice post by my friend Stanley Leary about the nature versus nurture debate in photography – are you born good or is it that you just have a nice camera? The answer? Neither. I believe it is the combination of nature and nurture that makes for the great photographers. What this means is that those who work hard and learn...

Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

March 17, 2013

Are We Losing Photojournalism?

Yes, that’s practically a link-bait headline … but it mirrors one on an EPUK column by Graham Harrison titled The Year We Lost Sight of What Photography Can Achiece. If you haven’t read it yet, you must. You cannot read anything else about photojournalism nor even discuss it’s current state until you read that. Because, based on the we we...

Business & Industry/Craft/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

March 17, 2013

Why We Need to Better Explain Copyright

The Detroit News has a story about about a copyright lawsuit filed by photographer Brian Masck. The story probably wouldn’t have made the news except it involves an iconic image, made by Masck, of a famous football player, Desmond Howard. What troubles me is not in the story, it’s in the comments – resounding evidence that the vast majority of...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

March 14, 2013

Once It Exists, It Exists

Poynter’s Andrew Beaujon has a piece up on one of Vice President Joseph Biden’s staffers ordering someone to delete images from their camera after a Maryland appearance. Um, no. The journalist in question owns those images, this is akin to the staffer walking up and demanding his coat and then destroying it – it’s vandalism, in a way. Thankfully, the...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

March 13, 2013

Facts Matter

The Washington Post has a piece up that looks back at a controversial photo it published last November. The image, of a Palestinian man allegedly holding the body of his child, originally carried a caption indicating the boy had been killed by an Israeli airstrike. After an investigation, a United Nations commission has determined the boy was most likely killed...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism

March 13, 2013

Shooting in Extreme Conditions Webinar

On April 2, you can join former Combat Photographer Stacy Pearsall for an online webinar on Shooting in Extreme Conditions. It is free, but there are a limited number of seats available for this. I would love to say Pearsall is one of my former students, but I'm pretty sure I just stood at the front of the classroom and...

Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

March 12, 2013

It’s Not About the Lens …

… it’s where you point it. Of course, with that lens, it is kind of about the lens …

Photojournalism/Tech Talk

March 11, 2013

To Press Pass or Not to Press Pass

That, it would seem, is the new question. Elliot Spagat at the Orange County Register has a story about how the San Diego police chief is issuing, or not issuing, press passes to some members of the “media.” There are several questions that need to be answered here, the first of which is should journalists even be issued media credentials...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

Category: Photojournalism

Your Shot, or Mine

Avoiding the Surface

Nature vs. Nurture

Are We Losing Photojournalism?

Why We Need to Better Explain Copyright

Once It Exists, It Exists

Facts Matter

Shooting in Extreme Conditions Webinar

It’s Not About the Lens …

To Press Pass or Not to Press Pass