Thoughts & Theory – Page 15 – Visual Journalism

November 7, 2014

This Is Not Okay [UPDATED]

No – law enforcement officers should never, under any circumstances, impersonate a journalist. NEVER. This action puts all journalists at risk as it implants the idea that anyone claiming to be a journalist could be a law enforcement officer and that opens them up to a significant level of danger, particularly if they cover controversial or difficult subjects. How serious...

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October 28, 2014

Honoring Those Who Served

Retired Staff Sgt. Stacy Pearsall has a piece up on Guideposts talking about how she started shooting portraits of veterans. Which would be a great story, but the fact that she’s a combat-wounded veteran herself makes it just a little bit better. Almost hidden down at the bottom is a link to Pearsall talking about her portraits. I was lucky...

At Work/Craft/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

October 26, 2014

Maybe My Kids Need More Time …

I try to keep things pretty tight on my academic schedule – assignments for the intro class go out on a Wednesday and are due the following Friday. Nine days seems like enough time for them to do some research, find a subject, try it out, see it doesn’t work, find another subject, get that one to work out then...

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October 24, 2014

Why We Should Have Cameras in the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, the highest court in the country, does not allow cameras – either still or video – in its courtroom for oral arguments. They allow sketch artists and release audio recordings, but no visuals. John Oliver thinks they should … For the record, so do I.

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October 23, 2014

Updating Sideline Policies – Monopods Are Allowed, Stop the Hysteria

Oklahoma University has updated their sideline police following an incident on Saturday where a player was injured after leaving the field and landing on a $10,499 lens. There are many posts in other forums complaining about the banning of monopods used to support long lenses – THERE IS NO SUCH BAN. Read the statement from Oklahoma University: No tripods are...

Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

October 20, 2014

The Dangers of Sideline Work

On Saturday, Mike Simons of the Tulsa World had a $10,499 lens destroyed. Today, he apologized for hurting Oklahoma’s Sterling Shepard. Simons is a class act, folks. Let this be a warning to all shooters on the sidelines – if you watch the video, you’ll see him move out of the way easily. Why? He was on his knees, not...

Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

October 13, 2014

And Over at PBS …

… there’s me prattling on about matching sights and sounds on the EducationShift blog.

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October 10, 2014

New Photojournalism Movie

Opening later this month is 1,000 Times Good Night. The synopsis: Rebecca (Oscar-winner Juliette Binoche) is one of the world’s top war photojournalists, but she’s also a wife and mother, leaving behind a husband and two young daughters every time she travels to a new combat zone. After a near-death experience chronicling the ritual of a female suicide bomber, husband...

Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

October 6, 2014

Being Prepared to Cross the Streams

Very nice post by Sid Ceaser over at DEDPXL on being prepared. Why the odd title? Go read and find out. You can’t cross the streams unless you take a chance.

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September 5, 2014

Are Amateurs the Enemy?

There has been much consternation over the last, oh … 15 years … about the rise of the amateur and how he or she is impacting the profession of photojournalism. It is true that may photojournalists succeeded solely on their technical skills as photographers. Those are the ones who are most worried. As camera technology has advanced, the expertise needed...

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