Tech Talk – Page 65 – Visual Journalism

January 7, 2008

The TRUE story of Dixville Notch

Okay, we should not be proud of this story of the press manipulating time for their own means … but it’s a great story. Bill Greene at the Boston Globe takes a look at how Dixville Notch, N.H., garnered its “first in the nation” reputation for primary voting. For what it’s worth, I did the Dixville Notch shoot for Agence...

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December 26, 2007

Sports Shooter Academy V – March 5-9

Passing this along … I’ve heard from several people that this is well worth your time and money to attend … SPORTS SHOOTER ACADEMY V SET FOR MARCH 5 – 9, 2008 Sports Shooter Academy V will be held March 5-9, 2008 in Orange County, California. This hands-on, 5-day shooting workshop will have the “best schedule of events ever,” according...

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

December 20, 2007

DotCom go BOOM*

Okay, this started as something fun … The Richter Scales posted a paradoy song and video about the second coming of the Internet bubble. It’s catchy, it’s funny (especially for those of us who sort-of survived the first bubble) … and the original apparently used some copyrighted material without the permission of the owner. I started to scan through the...

Ethics & Legal/Multimedia/Tech Talk

December 18, 2007

Stand Ups

Robert Capa said, “If you’re pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.” I guess that may not apply to television news … [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3chKKm-IWgQ&rel=1]

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December 18, 2007

Flash Duration

File under Geek Alert … some of what you need to know about flash duration and sports photography, courtesy of Shawn Cullen over at SportsShooter.com.

Photojournalism/Tech Talk

December 7, 2007

ScanAthens.com

One of the Advanced Photojournalism students, Richard Hamm, pointed out that Clarke County police, fire and emergency medical services, as well as University of Georgia campus police, have their radio traffic broadcast on the web through ScanAthens.com. Looks like you can have it fed into iTunes, a Real Audio player, Windows Media player and a few others.

Advice & Learning/Tech Talk

December 5, 2007

Passed Along …

While heading to lunch, one of my colleagues, Dr. Hugh Martin, said one of our shared students came in to class on Monday a little frazzled. Seems she’d spent most of the weekend working on an audio editing project and said, “I now know what an ‘um’ looks like …“

Multimedia/Tech Talk

December 3, 2007

"Ian's Peace"

The Raleigh (N.C.) News & Observer has posted a video package on Ian Creath, a 19-year-old who died at a local quarry. A team from the paper had been working on a project at the quarry when they met Creath a month before he died. The piece is narrated by his mother and is very well shot and edited.

Good Work/Multimedia/Tech Talk

November 28, 2007

60 Ways to Find Inspiration

Over on the Photopreneur blog, they’ve got a list of 60 things you can do to get inspired.

Good Work/Tech Talk

November 25, 2007

REVIEW: Flip Ultra

My wife was sent a Flip Ultra video camera from Pure Digital Technologies for her to review on her bargain finding web site. Since she doesn’t deal with technology stuff as much as we do, she handed it off to me. First impressions were positive. It’s a simple little device, easily fits in a shirt or jeans pocket. The model...

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