Thoughts & Theory – Page 30 – Visual Journalism

March 21, 2012

BANG!!

Again, head into the desktop. This time, Nieman Reports has let Mike Pride, the (to me, thankfully) former editor of the Concord Monitor prattle on about how he would change the news organization if he were in charge again. The changes I’d make to the photography department would be similar to the ones in sports. The Monitor has a fine...

Thoughts & Theory

March 20, 2012

Raw or JPEG?

I converted over to a fully-raw workflow a few years ago, sucking up hard drive space and slowing down my workflow in an effort to get every bit of pixel quality I could. Now, over at The Online Photographer, Ken Tanaka has a post up on how using the raw format is throwing away a lot of engineering expertise the...

Craft/Thoughts & Theory

March 19, 2012

Moving Light

Sometimes, I think I see light in the same way David Parker does … Light from Sunday Paper on Vimeo. And sometimes, I think I need to sleep more. (Thanks to Jim Richardson on Twitter for the link.)

Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory/Video

March 13, 2012

OUT OUT OUT IN – The POYi Chatroom

Those crazy kids over at S*** Photojournalists Like have decided to skewer the contest judging that’s going on around the world at this time of year, specifically the Pictures of the Year International folks and their online chatrooms. Be warned – the language is strong here, but you’re smart enough to have figured that out form the redacted site headline...

Competitions/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

March 3, 2012

This is NOT OKAY (UPDATED)

Over on the National Press Photographer Association’s discussion list, Jim Dean posted a link to a story on PoliceOne.com about Louisiana sheriff’s deputies who were using a photo of a local reporter for target practice. From the story: “I don’t think there was anything sinister about it. I don’t think it was meant to be a threat,” Sheriff Jack Stephens,...

Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

March 3, 2012

The Guardian and Open Journalism

Well, if this doesn’t get you excited about journalism, please lean in close to the nearest mirror … (Thanks to Walt Stricklin of the Birmingham News for the link.)

Business & Industry/Journalism/Thoughts & Theory

March 1, 2012

UGA Career Week

This is a long, long post, so it will continue after the break … While we believe that a university education should prepare you more to be a productive member of society than for a specific career, we understand there’s a need for that latter directive. We teach a lot of classes, talk about industries and prepare kids, intellectually and...

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

February 12, 2012

Impossible Photography

Photogrpaher Erik Johansson talks about his artwork at TED. Not journalism, but the conflict of what we do and what artists do is always in our heads and he has a nice line around the five minute mark that touches on ethics: I personally think that it’s easier to actually create a place than to find a place because then...

Craft/Ethics & Legal/Thoughts & Theory

February 10, 2012

Friday Humor: Shtuff People Say to Photographers

I’m starting to love this meme …

Craft/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory/Video

February 9, 2012

Is it the Camera or the Photo?

(Thanks to Jason Flynn for the link.)

Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

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