Visual Journalism – Page 121 – Notes from aside the camera

June 24, 2012

Too Deep or Not Too Deep

Over at The Online Photographer, John Kennerdell has a column up about the desire for shallow depth of field and the believe amongst new shooters that large sensors and wide apertures equate to professional images. Several grafs down, he gets to the core of the issue. It’s not that wide apertures make images better, it’s that it makes them easier...

Craft/Tech Talk

June 22, 2012

NPPA Business Blitz Dates Announced

The National Press Photographers Association has announced the dates and locations for the 2012 Business Blitz conferences. If there’s one near you, you need to get there.

Business & Industry/Photojournalism

June 20, 2012

Cell Phone Cameras and the Pros

Over at the Poynter Institute, Keith Jenkins has a post up about professional photojournalists using cell phone cameras for their work assignments. It’s a nice introduction to the topic, though I wish it delved a little deeper. Yesterday I was interviewed by a reporter for our student newspaper about the effects of Instagram on professional photographers (will post a link...

Craft/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

June 18, 2012

Instagramming the Icons

Over at PetaPixel, Allen Murabayashi takes a look at the current practice of “re-taking” iconic images with Instagram – essentially applying filters to classic photos. It’s pretty horrifying …

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

June 18, 2012

Cameras on the Course

A little behind on this one … ESPN has a story, with video*, up about cell phone cameras on the course and how that may have contributed to one player withdrawing from an event last month. If you’ve ever covered golf as a professional, you know the rule of etiquette is you don’t fire your camera until the player has...

Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism

June 14, 2012

MediaStorm Goes to a Paid Model

A few days ago, MediaStorm rolled out their new fee structure – about $2 to see the stories they produce. Which, you know, is ridiculously cheap … But, as you could expect, people don’t like paying to see stories. Unless it’s $10 for a movie. Or $8 for Netflix. Or $2.50 for The New York Times. So, of course, people...

Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism

June 14, 2012

First Chris Hondros Award Given to Andrea Bruce

James Estrin at The New York Times’ Lens blog has the story of Andrea Bruce winning the first Chris Hondros prize.

Journalism

June 14, 2012

NPPA Short Grants 2012

Still a few weeks off, but you should be getting your plans together to apply for one of six National Press Photographers Association Short Grants. The $3,000 grants are designed to help promote community photo stories, “small in scale and focused.”

At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

June 13, 2012

Emotional Rollercoaster

Three Facebook posts this morning … Former student Allison Carter posted she’s heading to a new job at The Times Daily in Florence, Alabama. Former student Amanda Duval posted a video she shot and edited for her current job which has her at the (ahem) Circuit de la Sarthe for the 24 Hours of LeMans. (As much as I love...

Business & Industry

June 12, 2012

Video at the Wall Street Journal

Andrew Beaujon has a short post up over at the Poynter Institute that links to a Wall Street Journal video on the Facebook IPO. The video, which runs about 10 minutes long, was produced by an independent filmmaker and is, apparently, indicative of the expansion the Wall Street Journal is expecting in this area. Go ahead and watch the video,...

Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Video