Tech Talk – Page 5 – Visual Journalism

September 9, 2015

The Danger of Drones

There has been a lot of talk over the last year about the usage of unmanned aerial vehicles (more commonly called drones) for journalism. There’s a conflict between freedom of the press issues, air safety issues and privacy issues – it’s a phenomenally complex situation and difficult to tease out what is legal from what is ethical from what is...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

August 20, 2015

Our French Gift

A little bit of history today from The Atlantic’s Alan Taylor, something I didn’t know: In 1839, the French government acquired the rights to Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre’s photographic process, the Daguerreotype … and then made it publicly available, for free.

At Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

August 12, 2015

Before Digital Ruled Us All

A month ago I wrote a bit about how long it was taking to send photos back from Pluto. Today, The New York Times’ James Estrin looks at the work of Steve Sasson, the man who invented digital photography at Kodak some 42 years ago. How are these related? Read on … Mr. Sasson made a series of demonstrations to...

Photojournalism/Tech Talk

July 19, 2015

Go Wide for Context

Nice piece by Jordan G. Teicher at Slate that looks at the ultra wide angle work of Paolo Pellizzari. Mr. Pellizzari uses a Noblex camera designed for ultra wide work, though it’s usually used for landscapes and group portraits, not sports. The way it lets you see the context in competition is particularly spectacular. (Thanks to colleague Dr. Alan Campbell...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

July 17, 2015

Transmitting Speeds

Okay all you kids out there – don’t ever complain about how slow your internet connection is. Ever. When I began my Associated Press days, in 1993, the first transmitter I worked off of was a Leafax I, one of the earliest portable film scanners. It was wonderful … compared to the option of having to process film, dry it,...

Photojournalism/Tech Talk

July 6, 2015

Mountain Workshops Application Open

Applications for the 2015 Mountain Workshops (October 20-24 in Frankfort, Kentucky) are now being accepted. In addition to the traditional photojournalism track, there are also opportunities to learn about picture editing, video storytelling, time-lapse photography and data visualization.

Advice & Learning/Graphic Design/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

June 6, 2015

Time Lapse of the Making of Graveyard of the Great Lakes

Eric Seals posted a time lapse video on the editing of his latest documentary film for the Detroit Free Press. Very cool to watch … now I need to see the whole film.

Good Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Video

May 31, 2015

Sacha on Technology, Business and Seeing

Andrew DeVigal linked out to this short video interview with Bob Sacha and it’s worth six minutes of your day. He wanders through the technical transformation of photography, the business side of it and into ways of seeing beyond technical perfection. One quote resonates with me: I think that you want to make enough money to live but not be...

Advice & Learning/Good Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

April 20, 2015

Seats Still Available at Multimedia Immersion

FYI, there are a couple of seats still open for the National Press Photographers Association’s Multimedia Immersion workshop which runs May 12-16 at Syracuse University. From the site … What You Will Learn: Effectively planning and developing your story to save time on your workflow and increase the quality of your pieces Professional audio recording techniques in the field from...

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

April 14, 2015

The Processes of Ansel Adams

This is a nearly 60 year old short documentary on Ansel Adams, but it’s still relevant – the level of preparedness comes through nicely. Of course, now I want a battered limousine with a shooting platform on it …

Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

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