Tech Talk – Page 58 – Visual Journalism

July 17, 2009

Video Workshops at Home

We all know friends and colleagues who are worried – will their paper survive, will they survive the next round of cuts … so how do you prepare yourself to either find a new line of work or keep your current one? If you’re a (youngish) dinosaur like me, who grew up with Tri-X, Fujicolor and F3HPs you need to...

Advice & Learning/Multimedia/Tech Talk/Video

July 11, 2009

Style, In Great Light

New series on the Washington Post called “Scene In” that looks at personal style. First segment is shot at Dupont Circle as a series of person-on-the-street interviews, which could have gone horribly awry – but didn’t. Very clean, great details, gorgeous light and composition and a nice pacing, assisted by some nat sound music. And I love the way they’re...

Competitions/Tech Talk/Video

June 23, 2009

WeeGee and Cartier-Bresson speak!

This is excellent – an out of print LP of photographers talking, and Ted Barron has made a pair of them available as mp3 files. And they are good ones – WeeGee, the infamous crime photographer, and Henri Cartier-Bresson. (Thanks to The Online Photographer for the link.)

Audio/Craft/Good Work/Tech Talk

June 22, 2009

Momma, they're taking my Kodachrome away

It’s official – Kodak has announced it will no longer produce Kodachrome. After 74 years of production, the last batch is the last batch. (Sales had declined to where they were only making it once a year.) Having grown up on Kodachrome 25 and 64, I’m pretty saddened by this. Though I’m part of its demise – I haven’t shot...

Craft/Tech Talk

June 20, 2009

The High Line

Also first seen on the New York Times‘ Lens blog … a marvelously simple and effective documentary piece on the conversion of the abandoned High Line railway into a park. The framing of the two interviews is bordering on exquisite and there are some artsy camera movements that work amazingly well to help the viewer get s sense of place...

Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Video

June 10, 2009

Branching out – Live Posters

Far afield of what we tend to do in the photojournalism realm, but this mini-documentary shows how Alexx Henry used the Red One camera to shoot an entirely new form of movie poster. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X8dsUGCUjQ&hl=en&fs=1&]

At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work/Tech Talk

June 9, 2009

"Chain of Life" – Video storytelling at its best

My good friend Seth Siditsky at the Newark Star-Ledger sent along a link to his staff’s latest project – a look at a chain of kidney donors and recipients. It’s an amazing story, and one that works amazingly well in video. Spend the time watching it.

Good Work/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Video

June 8, 2009

The other side of Polaroids

Many of you know that Polaroid has shut down production of its instant films – the days of those white bordered prints are seriously numbered. But there is another, lesser known, Polaroid film that has been a mainstay of photographers for years – Type 55, a 4 inch by 5 inch instant negative film. On the New York Times’s Lens...

Craft/Good Work/Tech Talk

May 27, 2009

Start your multimedia kit NOW

One of the easiest ways to start doing simple video is with a Flip Ultra or Mino – and you can get the Mino for $95, shipped, now on Woot.com. We have an Ultra and a newer Mino and use them far more than we expected to – great fun and, if you treat it well, great quality.

Multimedia/Tech Talk/Video

May 7, 2009

NY Times Audio Slide Show on Layoffs

Nicole Bengiveno of the New York Times takes a look at the person who has to make the layoff decisions and notifications. While the shooting is clean, it’s the interview that gets to you. It has no natural sounds, but it works – solemn, serious.

Audio/Good Work/Multimedia/Tech Talk

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