October 15, 2013 Drone Photography Webinar Hmmm … this looks like it’ll be cool: PhotoShelter has Eric Cheng doing a drone photography webinar on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 4 p.m. ET. No charge, as usual. Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk
September 26, 2013 Watch Out for Lasers Since many of my students shoot concerts, I now need to have a discussion about laser beams. Which is both cool and terrifying … Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk
September 23, 2013 Not in a Million Years … … do I think I could do what The New York Times’ David Frank did to get this story on a window washer. And that’s why he’s at the Times … Categories Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
September 13, 2013 On the Ken Burns Effect I love Ken Burns, I love his research, I love his style, I love his storytelling. Chances are, you’re not Ken Burns. From xkcd. (Thanks to Michael Johnston at The Online Photographer for the lede.) Categories Advice & Learning/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory
September 13, 2013 Inside the Magnum Darkroom We talk a lot about the wonders and perils of Photoshop. Are we over-toning our images for journalism? Would we have done this in a darkroom? That last question is lost on many photojournalists coming of age now as they have never worked in a darkroom. So, what was it like? Over at The Literate Lens they have a look... Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
September 5, 2013 Adobe Alters Creative Cloud Pricing At Photoshop World this week, Adobe announced a change in the pricing of their Creative Cloud service. If you’re a current owner of Photoshop CS3 or higher, you can join the cloud and her Photoshop CC, Lightroom 5 and 20 GB of online storage for $10 a month. So, looking back at the math for photographers, even if you only... Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Tech Talk
September 4, 2013 One Lens, Many Stories I have several little mantras I teach my kids about how to do what we do and, more importantly, why we do what we do. To me, this is the most important: To Inform: To let our community know what has happened To Educate: To let them know what it means and how it affects them To Resonate: To create... Categories Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
September 4, 2013 If You’re in the Executive Portrait Business … Well, you now have an app as competition. Not sure you have a lot to worry about … yet. Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
September 3, 2013 Vandalization Through Colorization A few folks have sent me a link to a site that has colorized versions of iconic black and white images. I have resisted commenting or posting because … well … I don’t know that I could properly explain my feelings toward them. Over the weekend, though, Michael Johnston did a pretty good job with it over at The Online... Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
August 19, 2013 Behind the Lion Story National Geographic’s Michael Nichols and Nathan Williamson were on CBS This Morning to talk about their latest feature on the lions of Africa and some of the technology they used. I wanted way more on the tech, but that’s me being a geek … (Thanks to Andrew Smith for the link.) Categories Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk