Tech Talk – Page 3 – Visual Journalism

March 3, 2017

Another Camera Store Shuttered

Many years ago, I sold cameras. I worked in a catalog showroom, running the photo area for a while. I worked in a one-hour photo lab for a while and did time behind the counter at one of the major retailers in Washington, D.C. Every one of those businesses is gone now. The shops I frequented in Boston, places where...

Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

February 22, 2017

160 Years of The New York Times Front Pages

This is just awesome: Every front page of The New York Times – watch the way it changes over time put together by Josh Begley. (Thanks to DL Cade at PetaPixel for the link.)

Business & Industry/Good Work/Graphic Design/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

September 21, 2016

Well, That Escalated … SanDisk Announces 1 TB Card

Yes, you read that headline right – SanDisk unveiled a prototype of a 1 TB – terabyte SDXC card at Photokina this week. That’s … so frightening to me. To have so much data in one tiny card, it gives me palpitations just thinking about the risk of losing it.

Photojournalism/Tech Talk

August 24, 2016

Visuals at the Olympics

This is a look into how Getty Images handled images at the Olympics. I suspect it’s a little different than how we will handle them at the Paralympics … we won’t have the robotic cameras. And a few other things they have.

At Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

August 23, 2016

Photo Editors Please, or At Least Visual Awareness (Updated)

It seems that I am on a multi-year rant about my local news organization. I pay my subscription, I read it every day online, spend time with the delivered Sunday edition and I truly appreciate that they are severely understaffed. That the depth of their coverage has suffered is sad and I do not find fault with the individual journalists...

Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

May 25, 2016

Expired, but Still Working

An interesting project by Chip Litherland – taking expired film to major events, just to see what happens. Yeah, it’s art … but it’s sort of cool. And I’ve probably got 20 rolls of various film in the freezer or drawers around here …

Good Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

April 13, 2016

Would HCB Use a Cellphone?

It’s an interesting question, whether Henri Cariter-Bresson would convert from his Leica to a smartphone were he alive and working today. William Dalrymple believe he would have and, as much as I adore the craft of photography … I guess I agree HCB would be wielding an iPhone 6s. But definitely not a 6s Plus, that would be too big....

Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

April 8, 2016

Photography Without Vision

Om Malik has a wonderful piece up at the New Yorker, triggered by Google’s announcement it is making the Nik Collection of software tools free. This idea that we are photographing everything, never seeing anything and, perhaps worse, not remembering anything is troubling to me. I have a very large collection of family photos, somewhere in excess of 20,000 images,...

Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

April 5, 2016

Defending McCurry

There’s been a bit of a storm brewing over a New York Times piece by Teju Cole about the work of Steve McCurry, one of the legendary National Geographic photojournalists. I … don’t agree with his assessment but don’t feel qualified to take it on. Allen Murabayashi from PhotoShelter, though, has completely encapsulated my thoughts on the matter. Having an...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

March 13, 2016

Times Changes

So you’ve spent you morning reprogramming the microwave and oven clocks, maybe you even reset your alarm clock last night. You’ll get to your watch later … But, right now, pull out all your cameras and reset those clocks, as well. It’s usually pretty easy to find in the menus, but while you’re in there take a look at all...