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December 26, 2012

Google Fellowships

Applications are now being taken for the 2013 Google Fellowships, they’re due by January 31, 2013. From their site: Who should apply? We’re looking for students who are passionate about journalism and the role that technology can play in the industry and the pursuit of their craft. Students from all majors and degree programs who possess the following qualities are...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism

December 26, 2012

Photographic Statues

After reading Mike Johnston’s piece on the statue of John Daniels at Kitty Hawk, I’m wondering – how many other statues of photographers are out there? I have a poster print of Daniels’ image, perhaps one of only a handful he made. It wasn’t his camera, it wasn’t his trade, but he had put himself into a position to make...

Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

December 22, 2012

The First DSLR

The George Eastman House has acquired the first digital single lens reflex camera ever made. Built in 1989 on a Canon F1, only two were ever produced. This predates the tethered Nikon F3 camera by a couple of years which I had thought was the first DSLR. Very cool …

Photojournalism/Tech Talk

December 20, 2012

Tools for Journalists

Over at the Poynter Institute, Chip Scanlan has a list of tools the multimedia journalist needs. I agree with all of them except one – I’ve had two clients and several students bring me files from the Nikon 5100 and every single frame looked horrible. The video is okay, but the still photos looked very over-compressed with more artifacting than...

Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

December 20, 2012

Knowing Your Source

I have, on several occasions, mentioned that I think the work Pete Souza is doing as President Barack Obama’s official photographer is important, historic and not journalism. Chris Cillizza at The Washington Post seems to agree with me, as well – that the work he is doing, in its current context, is more public relations than documentary photography. Worth a...

Business & Industry/Photojournalism

December 20, 2012

Long-time NPPA Leader Charles Cooper Has Passed

The National Press Photographers Association is reporting that Charles Cooper, who served the organization for more than four decades, passed away at 92. I never met Mr, Cooper, but his influence on my coming of age as a photojournalist was massive. It was clear then, as it should be now, that if you're not a member of the NPPA, then...

Photojournalism

December 16, 2012

Facts Matter, So Do People

Charles Apple retells his story from 1995 about a shooting in Chapel Hill, N.C., from a time before instant-reporting took hold. Well worth a read. (And, yeah, it’s more about journalism than visual journalism, but he did draw a map.) Which brings us to the second part of the headline … I got a text message from a former student...

Advice & Learning/Journalism/Photojournalism

December 13, 2012

Moving On

In a few short hours we’ll march another crop of journalism students across a stage, sending them out into the real world at our winter convocation. A quick look at the program saw about 60 in total, four of them are My Kids – fully vetted and prepped. After what has been my most challenging personal year, I’m pretty sure...

Advice & Learning/Photojournalism

December 12, 2012

Why Photography is Great

I am tempted to do one of these, if I ever complete my grading … over at Photoshelter, Allen Murabayashi has a great post up about 57 Reasons to Love Photography in 2012. I don’t know how he stopped at 57 … (Thanks to NPPA President Sean Elliot for the link)

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December 7, 2012

The Ticking Clock on Film

Nice piece from USA Today on the demise of film stocks. In my freezer are handful of rolls of Kodachrome – film I’ll never shoot as I’ll never be able to get it processed. My wife asked me last night why I don’t throw it out … sentimental value is all I could come up with.

Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

Category: Photojournalism

Google Fellowships

Photographic Statues

The First DSLR

Tools for Journalists

Knowing Your Source

Long-time NPPA Leader Charles Cooper Has Passed

Facts Matter, So Do People

Moving On

Why Photography is Great

The Ticking Clock on Film