Thoughts & Theory – Page 29 – Visual Journalism

June 10, 2012

Revisiting the BBC-Syria Massacre Image

Several weeks ago I linked to a piece by John Harrington about a photo the BBC published claiming to be from a massacre in Syria. As a quick recap, the BBC published a photo they were sent from an “activist” that claimed to show rows of white-clad bodies, the victims of a massacre in Houla. The problem was the images...

Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Thoughts & Theory

June 7, 2012

Going Old School for a New President

Over at The Online Photographer, Michael Johnston linked off to a series of photos of French photographer Raymond Depardon shooting the official portrait of the new French President, Françios Hollande. There are some interesting comments, including one by Johnston himself, about the camera that made the final image – a 1962 Rolleiflex. More interesting, to me, are the comments about...

Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

May 2, 2012

Pursuing Pulitzers

Wired.com’s Jakob Schiller has a piece up about Tim Rasmussen, the Denver Post’s assistant managing editor for Photography and multimedia. Should you care? I don’t know … since getting to Denver six years ago, his staff has won two Pulitzer Prizes … he’s kind of a smart guy.

Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

April 30, 2012

Webinar: What Photo Buyers Want

Get your popcorn and Coke ready, Photoshelter is running a webinar on Tuesday, May 1, at 4 p.m. Eastern, with Jamie Wellford, the senior international photo editor for Newsweek. No cost, but you do need to register.

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

April 20, 2012

Poetry About Photography

Watch, listen, remember. (Thanks to Melissa Harward for the link.)

Craft/Thoughts & Theory

April 12, 2012

You’re Never Sure, You’re Never Sure

Mary Ellen Mark talking about shooting, love the section about not chimping because you can never be sure that you have it, so you have to keep shooting.

Craft/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

April 6, 2012

New Word: Skeuomorphism

I love it when I learn a new word, and today it’s skeuomorphism – the act of creating a new object that looks like, but is neither made like nor functions like, the object which it appears to be. Think of hubcaps made to look like wire wheels, the leather texture around Apple’s iCal application or any image processed through...

Journalism/Thoughts & Theory

April 5, 2012

“It was the first time my camera felt like an extension of my hands.”

Joe McNally … my God, he gets it so right. Just this one graf from a letter he sent to a guy in the military who, when he finishes his time, wants to do this … Part of the pull of course is that photography involves an all out effort. You have to be at the top of the ladder...

Thoughts & Theory

April 4, 2012

A Vintage Nikon Bokeh Meter

I am, by my count, exactly three days late with this story, but it’s worth a read. Over in the Photo.net forums, Matt Laur is looking for a manual for a vintage Nikon bokeh meter he found in a storage auction. Fascinating read, especially some of the early comments … (Thanks to Michael Johnston at The Online Photographer for the...

Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

April 3, 2012

What if We Talked of Hammers Like Cameras?

Every time a new camera comes out, some troll lights up dozens of message boards about how bad it is. Or how much better their choice is. And heaven help the poor soul who goes looking for advice in the wrong forum … Over at LensRentals.com, Roger Cicala decided to have a bit of fun, creating a thread about nails...