August 15, 2012 Carlyle Group to Acquire Getty Images Reuters is reporting that the Carlyle Group, a private equity firm, is forming a partnership to take control of Getty Images for $3.3 billion. Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism
August 14, 2012 How Reuters Covered Track and Field in London Reuters produced the video below to give us an idea of how they covered track and field at the Olympics. Think about this: for the 100 meter final, that lasted 9.63 seconds, they had 15 photojournalists covering it. The race started at 9:52 and they had their first photo on the wire at 9:55. Egads. (Thanks to Stephen Terry for... Categories Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
August 14, 2012 When Fair Use Maybe Isn’t Over at the Poynter Institute, Steve Myers has a story about the Portland Press Herald which picked up a woman’s photo off of her Flickr account and then, without attribution or her permission, published it. The paper has agreed to pay the photographer for the usage. The publication claimed they could use the image under the Fair Use segment of... Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
August 14, 2012 Criminalizing Photography Over at The New York Times’ Lens blog, James Estrin has an interview with Mickey Osterreicher about the increase in arrests of photographers around the United States. Osterreicher, who is the National Press Photographers Association’s attorney, has this advice for photojournalists working in tense situations: If you’re stopped on the street, stay calm. Be reasonable, be cooperative — as cooperative... Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
August 13, 2012 NPPA Best of Photojournalism TV Files Available The National Press Photographers Association has announced the the winning entries in the Best of Photojournalism television division are now downloadable from their web site. It’s only open to members and you can burn the files to a DVD for watching on your own set. Guess what I’m doing on the high-speed connection at work today … Categories Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Video
August 13, 2012 Typography and Superheroes I will admit, there’s a typography geek inside of me. When I see some great kerning, it makes me smile … and so did this set of Helvetica letters colored like superheroes designed by René Mambembé. I may need to order a Magneto and Oddjob … Categories Graphic Design
August 13, 2012 Getting Sued for Copyright Violation Over at Blogher, Roni Loren runs through what happened when she lifted images from a Google image search and posted them to her blog – and, as photographers, the right thing happened. The post is a warning to other bloggers – that images are copyrighted, no matter where you find them, and she admits that she was in the wrong.... Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
August 8, 2012 On Interviewing Greg Scoblete has a great piece up on Photo District News about interviewing for video and audio, well worth a read. Will be sharing this with all my students this fall. (Thanks to Curt Chandler for the link.) Categories Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Video
August 8, 2012 When Grand Central Was a Grand Gallery In all my youthful travels to New York, I don’t ever recall getting to see these images. But I wish I had … At The New York Times’ Lens blog, James Estrin takes a look back at the giant Colorama images that use to grace Grand Central Station. Shot on large format cameras, these 60-foot wide images must have been... Categories Craft/Good Work/Tech Talk
August 7, 2012 Nailing the Shot: Practice, Practice, Practice The Poynter Institute’s Steve Myers has a short interview with the Associated Press’ Greg Bull about his image of Gabby Douglas at the Olympics. The image has gotten a strong response because of its clean background and great moment, but how you make a frame like that is simple: Practice. A lot. Categories Good Work/Photojournalism