Visual Journalism

January 13, 2013

The Value of Planning

I’d love to know some more about the planning for this clip of Dean Potter tightrope walking across Cathedral Peak. As a full moon rises behind him. Very nice cinematography by Mikey Schaefer and Bryan Smith. Moonwalk from Reel Water Productions on Vimeo. If you check the Vimeo page, you’ll see that’s shot with, ahem, a 1600 mm lens. On...

Categories Good Work/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Video

January 11, 2013

Cowboys in Manhattan

Fred R. Conrad wanted to be a cowboy when he was a kid., but that didn’t happen – he ended up as a staff photographer for the New York Times. After three decades there, he finally got a chance to cover cowboys in Manhattan. Really nice gallery of images. Pay close attention to the subtle moments and the exquisite edge...

Categories Good Work/Photojournalism

January 10, 2013

Everyone Is Guilty

Michael Zhang at Petapixel has collected a pair of videos about paparazzi and how they harass celebrities when they venture out. It’s despicable how these people act …

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

January 10, 2013

Streaming Faster

NPR’s Sami Yenigun takes a look at bandwidth and video streaming, something almost all of us need to be paying attention to these days.

Categories Multimedia/Tech Talk/Video

January 10, 2013

Another Eulogy for Kodak

I should probably stop posting these, the end times for my yellow memories is pretty near … but the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a piece up looking back at how Kodak influenced the growth of their staff over the years. And since we can’t bring Kodak back, maybe we can bring back the company-supplied scooter and side car? I really...

Categories Business & Industry/Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

January 9, 2013

New WordPress Themes for Photograhers

WordPress.com has launched a new series of themes aimed at photographers. If you're not self-hosting your photo portfolio, this just became a better option for you.  

Categories Graphic Design/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

January 9, 2013

A Funny Camera?

I will admit, and I hate to do this, but … I miss brasses-out cameras. The paint on old film bodies used to wear off from years of use, letting you see the brass top and bottom plates. Some people would be horrified at the idea of a worn camera, but so some of us … well … It was...

Categories Craft/Tech Talk

January 9, 2013

Looking in the Right Direction

Over at the Poynter Institute, David Griner looks at the history of a 1992 photograph from a Ku Klux Klan rally in Gainesville, Georgia – and how it has come back to life over the last 20 years. The photojournalist who made the image, Todd Robertson, is an alum of the program I now teach in, though he’s not in...

Categories Craft/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

January 8, 2013

Humor for the Old Timers

Never seen this comic before today, but if you’ve been around long enough, you’ll laugh.

Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk

January 7, 2013

NPPA Best of Photojournalism Call for Entries

It’s contest time … the Best of Photojournalism competition run by the National Press Photographers Association is now taking entries. And … it’s free to enter. You’ve got until the end of the month to get your 2012 images together and entered.

Categories Competitions/Craft/Photojournalism