Tech Talk – Page 72 – Visual Journalism

May 21, 2007

Schoolhouse – Homework Managing Software

This got plugged on MacBreak Weekly (a great podcast looking at Mac issues) and it looks like it could be handy – Schoolhouse is a free (Mac-only) software program that will help you keep all your assignments lined up. You can keep all your notes together (including rich text format stuff), PDFs, other files, due dates and grades. Looks pretty...

Advice & Learning/Tech Talk

May 20, 2007

11 Tips for Landscape Photography

(Those coming into JOUR3710 pay attention here – your first few assignments will be on pictorials and all of this applies.) Over at The Digital Photography School, there’s a great post talking about landscape photography. Not journalism, but some of the tips apply to seeing something we can all work on. (Thanks to Brother Brian for the link.)

Good Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

May 5, 2007

Apple Insomnia Photofest

So far, I’ve heard from one student who entered the Apple Insomnia Photo Festival competition – so, go vote for Danielle Hutlas’ image. (And if there are more of you, let me know and I’ll plug your work, too.)

Advice & Learning/Tech Talk

May 4, 2007

Start Small, but Start Now

Mindy McAdams, the Goddess of Online Journalism (she probably won’t like that …), has a post up today about a graduating student who came seeking advice. Her problem: she wants to be an independent video journalist but has no web skills. Mindy recommends building a simple blog and getting content up on it, not worrying about a fancy web site....

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Tech Talk

May 3, 2007

Geek Alert – Lego Cameras

Lindy Dugger found a web site that explains how to build a medium format camera out of Legos. Or how to build a 35 mm camera, again out of Legos, if you want a more, er, compact camera … Where can I find black legos?

Advice & Learning/Tech Talk

May 3, 2007

Portrait Tricks

So, People magazine has a cover story on the most beautiful people (erp), now photographed without make-up or retouching (eck). (Okay, I have NO idea why I’m writing about this, but breakfast is gurgling a bit, so you know.) And I really COULDN’T CARE LESS. But PopPhoto has posted a short piece on how to photograph people and make them...

Tech Talk

May 2, 2007

Lighting 102 – An Online Lighting Workshop

David over at Strobist has announced their second online lighting workshop, which will start June 4. Partnering the blog and Flickr groups, you’ll be able to follow along and work on your lighting techniques, post them to Flickr and see how other people handle the assignments. Not familiar with Strobist? Go poke around – their moto is “Less Gear. More...

Photojournalism/Tech Talk

April 27, 2007

Insomnia Photo Festival – Friday, April 27

Want a new MacBook Pro, 80 GB iPod and a copy of Aperture? Then plan on being wide awake for 24 hours starting at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 27, for Apple’s Insomnia Photo Festival. Register in advance and at 5 p.m. Apple will give out the info on what to shoot. Pay close attention to the details on how...

Advice & Learning/Tech Talk

April 12, 2007

Six-part Video Series on Remotes

Over on SportsShooter.com, they’ve posted a six-part series on remotes – how to shoot them, the gear you’ll need, tips, etc. Good info.

Photojournalism/Tech Talk

April 12, 2007

News from Elsewhere

We have Kate Marymont, editor of the Fort Myers News-Press in town for a few days. She gave a great talk on the University of Georgia campus Wednesday about Gannett’s “Information Center” concept and how her paper is applying it. With a few minutes of spare time, I headed over to the News-Press web site and found this entry on...

Ethics & Legal/Multimedia/Tech Talk

Category: Tech Talk

Schoolhouse – Homework Managing Software

11 Tips for Landscape Photography

Apple Insomnia Photofest

Start Small, but Start Now

Geek Alert – Lego Cameras

Portrait Tricks

Lighting 102 – An Online Lighting Workshop

Insomnia Photo Festival – Friday, April 27

Six-part Video Series on Remotes

News from Elsewhere