Thoughts & Theory – Page 25 – Visual Journalism

April 15, 2013

Searching for the Seventies

The Denver Post’s Captured blog has a great collection of images from the Documerica project of the 1970s. Prepare for a flashback to my youth … only my early images were nowhere near as nice as these. Pay attention to both the subject matter and the way the images are composed – there’s more here than a primary subject, this...

Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

April 5, 2013

Save One or Save Many?

Donna Ferrato talks about the images of domestic violence made by Ohio student Sara Lewkowicz, and you have to read into the comments. In the comments, someone using the handle union fan takes Lewkowicz to task for shooting and not helping, something that may seem like an obvious choice. It’s a hard choice, but I’d side with the photographer on...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

April 1, 2013

Don’t Play Dumb

I think I want every one of my students to read Peter Iglinski’s Poynter piece on avoiding science writing mistakes. Especially number seven – nothing drives me crazier than when a student closes their $2,000 laptop and puts down their smartphone and says, “Computers and me just don’t get along …”

Advice & Learning/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

March 29, 2013

Dave Labelle at Grady College

[View the story “Dave Labelle at Grady College” on Storify] Dave Labelle at Grady College On Thursday, March 28, the National Press Photographers Association’s Student Chapter at the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication brought Dave LaBelle to campus. The room was packed, here’s some of what was said. Storified by Mark E. Johnson· Fri, Mar...

Advice & Learning/Craft/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

March 29, 2013

Far Afield, But Parallel

My friend Arlo Abrahamson, a public affairs guy in the Navy, sent me a link to an OpEd in The Washington Post by the Navy’s chief information officer, Rear Adm. John F. Kirby, in which he talks about the need for service members to do a better job of explaining what they do to their fellow citizens. As I read...

Journalism/Thoughts & Theory

March 28, 2013

A Really Good Underwater Housing

This is the kind of story that restores my hope for humanity … and makes me want to get an underwater housing for my camera.

Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

March 28, 2013

Legal? Yes. Right? Uhhh …

In another case of the paparazzi having a run-in with a celebrity and his family, USA Today is reporting about the son of Sean Penn cursing at a videographer. So, issue one, does anyone really still care about Sean Penn? Issue two, why does anyone care this much about any celebrity? (Yeah, there’s my whole the world is doomed because...

Thoughts & Theory

March 27, 2013

On Fauxtojournalism

I want to give Alex Garcia at the Chicago Tribune an award. A plaque, a statue, name a bridge after him, something, anything, as a token of thanks for his latest Assignment Chicago blog entry. This has become a must-read for everyone of my students. And I think maybe every student of journalism, everywhere. The thoughts are not necessarily new,...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

March 5, 2013

Grady College’s Bluejeans Workshop – March 23

If you’re anywhere near Athens on Saturday, March 23, get yourself over to Grady College for the annual Bluejeans Workshop. It runs from 8:30 to 4:30 and it’s cheap – just $35 for the whole day, and that includes lunch. (Price goes up after March 18.) It opens with a panel discussion that has been phenomenally good in the past,...

Advice & Learning/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory/Video

February 28, 2013

When Publishers Get It Right

I started reading this piece by Anne Almasy, a wedding photographer who wanted to place an ad in Weddings Unveiled, and went from being really angry to very happy. After talking with them, she sent along her credit card info and the half-page ad she wanted to run. Then, the editor contacted her – could she choose another photo? The...