Visual Journalism – Page 121 – Notes from aside the camera

June 27, 2012

Historical Nikon Geekiness

Did you know there’s a Facebook group for the Historical Nikon Society? I’m not sure why, but there’s a part of me that would love to shoot with an original Nikon F or, more so, an SP rangefinder …and, of course, a Canon New F-1 again. (I had one, with the monster, 12-AA battery motor and the AE Finder FN...

Photojournalism/Tech Talk

June 26, 2012

New Alexia Foundation Grant

The Alexia Foundation has announced a new grant program that focuses on stories about issues surrounding the abuse of women. The Women’s Initiative In every country in the world, women are being abused, trafficked, bartered, sold, burned by fire and acid and killed, sometimes by their own families, for “honor” or anger. The Alexia Foundation, recognizing that most of the...

Business & Industry/Competitions/Craft/Photojournalism

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