Thoughts & Theory – Page 14 – Visual Journalism

November 25, 2014

See Anew

What if everything you photograph has already been seen? What’s the point? See something new. Everyday.

Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

November 20, 2014

Poynter-ONA Leadership Academy

This looks pretty cool … and free. The four-and-a-half day program for 25 promising women leaders will include guidance on the business of journalism, individual leadership style, navigating newsroom culture, entrepreneurship and one-on-one coaching. Poynter and ONA will collaborate to build an agile, interactive curriculum led by prominent women faculty in the startup, tech, media and academic fields. Applicants will...

At Work/Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

November 19, 2014

Photos With Words

One of my favorites, Peter Turnley, posted a small piece to one of my favorite web sites, The Online Photographer. It’s a simple set of photos – a train ride through New York on Halloween. Elegant and evocative and, for all my intro kids, with IDs … Love this comment from a gentleman called Paul: His apparent lack of interest...

Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

November 19, 2014

Gordon Parks Show in Atlanta

This opened last week and should be a spectacular show: Gordon Parks at the High Museum in Atlanta. Many of these images have never been seen before, including some color images three families in the south. Hours are available on the High Museum’s site. And November is college month – $5 with your college ID to get in.

Advice & Learning/Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

November 16, 2014

Get a Grip

We don’t deal much with grip equipment in our visual journalism sequence, but some of my kids wander off into commercial/corporate/advertising work where they’ll suddenly have to know what a C-stand is or how to load V-flats for transport. Cinescopophilia has a collection of three videos on what goes into a grip truck. Every photographer who ever leaves their office...

Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

November 13, 2014

In Search of a Processing Boundary

Scott Alexander at American Photo has a post up on how far is too far when it comes to processing images, including a set of before-and-after images to study. The images, at the top of the page, are … startling. The toning on two of them is, to me, completely reasonable. The other two … well … what do you...

Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

November 13, 2014

How to Recognize When the Problem Is You

Don Giannatti has a great rant over at Lighting Essentials about photographers who suck but don’t yet know it. He runs through 10 clear reasons why you aren’t successful and he’s on target with all of them. As we approach the end of the semester, I’m starting to get the gear questions*. Most of my kids get that it’s not...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

November 10, 2014

Sixteen Tips

Kathryn Henderson at Complex.com asked 16 people in the photo industry what photographers should know. My feeling is the most important one comes from Molly Clifford: Understand your business, not just the technique needed for making a photograph. If you don’t have a business plan, you have a hobby.

Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

November 10, 2014

Will Smartphones Be the Death of Us?

No. But they are forcing some changes to the way we work and how the public processes images. The literacy that has developed over 180 years of photography is changing, some would say in the say way the English language is changing – a devolution in style, structure and tone. A PhotoPlux Expo this year, a panel was put together...

Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

November 7, 2014

Balancing Journalism and Graphic Images in Sports

There’s been a lot of talk about the Opelika-Auburn News’ front page photo form last Sunday. an image that clearly shows both a game-changing fumble and a season-ending injury. Where is the line between being too graphic and a need to see? For me, this isn’t really debatable – the image tells the story and the offense some feel is...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

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