Tech Talk – Page 3 – Visual Journalism

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...

Photojournalism/Tech Talk

January 5, 2016

The Last Peels

Elsa Dorfman is retiring after shooting with the same oversized Polaroid camera for 30 years.

Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

December 10, 2015

Why Some Lenses Cost $1,799

We are at that point in the year where a bunch of kids are turning in their gear and need to go buy their own. It’s a wonderful support system we have here, but it also shelters them from understanding the costs of this stuff. Which means when they finally wander over to one of the online retailers and start...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

December 2, 2015

Eye Tracking Your Obsession

Interesting video made by Canon to promote one of their printers … Not without some criticism, as well. I have a touch of experience with eye tracking (mostly from hanging around very smart people who do it like Sara Quinn and my college Bart Wojdynski), so I think this stuff is really cool. My dream is to take entries from...

Advice & Learning/Graphic Design/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

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