February 25, 2013 Transmitting Photos, Circa 1937 This is so cool … I totally want a Chevy panel van now … (Thanks to Scott Miller for the link.) Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk
February 25, 2013 Webinar: Get Organized The folks at PhotoShelter have a webinar on getting your portfolio organized scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 4 p.m. Registration is free, well worth looking into. From the email: Get Organized & Build a Better Portfolio with Jasmine DeFoore As an award-winning photo editor, Jasmine DeFoore knows what busy editorial and commercial clients are looking for when hiring new... Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism
February 17, 2013 The Last Roll of Kodachrome Here’s the National Geographic piece on Steve McCurry and the last roll of Kodachrome, a little something to spend your Sunday morning on. Categories Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
February 16, 2013 Finding Vivian Maier Trailer Released The movie trailer for Finding Vivian Maier has been released … can’t wait to see this. Categories Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism
February 15, 2013 Stopping Stock This has been a pet peeve of mine for years so I’m thankful that Jeff Sonderman at Poynter is taking a look at the use of stock photographs on news web sites. They are misleading to the viewers, essentially visual lies – would you ever use a stock story to go along with an actual photograph? Seems absurd, doesn’t it?... Categories Business & Industry/Graphic Design/Photojournalism
February 15, 2013 On Moonlighting Bob Borson reposted a piece he did on moonlighting architects and it’s well worth a read as there’s a lot of crossover with that and what staff photographers (and their employers) have to deal with. Be wary when acquaintances invite you to their weddings, too … just sayin’. Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism
February 15, 2013 Will Watchup Work? There’s a new iPad app called Watchup that, if you have an iPad and are concerned about journalism, you should look at. The free app will let you collate video streams and then play them back automatically – essentially, you can curate your morning news show and then set it to run while you do other things. I grabbed it... Categories Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Video
February 14, 2013 When Vermonters Get Cabin Fever … They start writing insane legislation, apparently. I don't see how this could ever hold up in court, let alone pass through the legislature. This may be worse than Georgia's latest bit of craziness, except it has been unseasonably warm here. (Thanks to Mickey Osterreicher for the Vermont link.) Categories Photojournalism
February 12, 2013 Interview with John Morris John Morris is a legend, there’s just no other way to frame a discussion about him. A picture editor for Life and The New York Times, he was everywhere, it seemed, when the great images were being made. Think about this: he edited Robert Capa’s D-Day film, producing the iconic image of a soldier crawling up out of the surf,... Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Craft/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
February 12, 2013 So God Made a Photographer The folks at the Santa Fe Workshops have a little too much time on their hands … (Thanks to Ethan Rocke for the link.) Categories Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory