Category: Photojournalism

January 17, 2013

Creativity on a Deadline

Poynter’s NewsU has a workshop on Saturday titled Video Storytelling with the Pros: Creativity on a Deadline. It’s all online, with a steep discount for NPPA members (pro and student). Will run through the day and, if you can’t watch it live, you’ll have access to the archives afterwards. I would hate to catch a cold and not be able...

Categories Advice & Learning/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Video

January 17, 2013

Photo Data Verification

The Knight News Challenge has decided to fund a smartphone app that will allow editors to verify an image and have it transmitted securely. There are some significant limitations in this plan, but there’s some value, too.

Categories Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

January 17, 2013

How Another Portion Rolls

I read a lot of stuff, some of it far afield of the journalism realm. One of my favorites is Life of an Architect, where owner Bob Borson has let architectural photographer Brad Feinknopf talk about what it takes to shoot buildings. Don’t complain about the cost of gear in photojournalism …

Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

January 16, 2013

NPPA Introduces a First Amendment Award

Very cool news … the National Press Photographers Association has named an award after member Alicia Calzada, honoring her for all her work on first amendment issues over the years. The NPPA Alicia Calzada First Amendment Award will be given annually to individuals or organizations who have supported First Amendment freedoms. Great news.

Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

January 16, 2013

Investigating the End of Investigating

The Daily Show takes on the loss of investigative news teams at CNN and elsewhere … so sad that this resonates as so true.

Categories Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism

January 13, 2013

The Value of Planning

I’d love to know some more about the planning for this clip of Dean Potter tightrope walking across Cathedral Peak. As a full moon rises behind him. Very nice cinematography by Mikey Schaefer and Bryan Smith. Moonwalk from Reel Water Productions on Vimeo. If you check the Vimeo page, you’ll see that’s shot with, ahem, a 1600 mm lens. On...

Categories Good Work/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Video

January 11, 2013

Cowboys in Manhattan

Fred R. Conrad wanted to be a cowboy when he was a kid., but that didn’t happen – he ended up as a staff photographer for the New York Times. After three decades there, he finally got a chance to cover cowboys in Manhattan. Really nice gallery of images. Pay close attention to the subtle moments and the exquisite edge...

Categories Good Work/Photojournalism

January 10, 2013

Everyone Is Guilty

Michael Zhang at Petapixel has collected a pair of videos about paparazzi and how they harass celebrities when they venture out. It’s despicable how these people act …

Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

January 10, 2013

Another Eulogy for Kodak

I should probably stop posting these, the end times for my yellow memories is pretty near … but the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a piece up looking back at how Kodak influenced the growth of their staff over the years. And since we can’t bring Kodak back, maybe we can bring back the company-supplied scooter and side car? I really...

Categories Business & Industry/Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

January 9, 2013

New WordPress Themes for Photograhers

WordPress.com has launched a new series of themes aimed at photographers. If you're not self-hosting your photo portfolio, this just became a better option for you.  

Categories Graphic Design/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk