Visual Journalism – Page 129 – Notes from aside the camera

April 13, 2012

Georgie AP Awards

Rumor has it some UGA alums have done well for themselves in the Associated Press’ South Atlantic Region 2011 Awards … the list says it’s not for publication, but congrats to Jon-Michael Sullivan, of the Marietta Daily Journal, and Richard Hamm, of the Athens Banner-Herald, for multiple wins. Also, to one of our past visiting pros, Scott Bryant of the...

Competitions

April 12, 2012

You’re Never Sure, You’re Never Sure

Mary Ellen Mark talking about shooting, love the section about not chimping because you can never be sure that you have it, so you have to keep shooting.

Craft/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

April 11, 2012

Legal Action Planned Over Suffolk County (N.Y.) Police Department’s Obstruction Practices

The National Press Photographers Association, New York Civil Liberties Union and the law firm of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP have a news conference scheduled for 1 p.m. today to discuss legal action against the Suffolk County Police Department. This action apparently stems from the arrest of video journalist Philip Datz last July. Datz released the video of the incident last...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism

April 10, 2012

Resume Tips

Vivian Giang at Business Insider has a short post up that talks about using eye tracking technology to see how recruiters scan resumes. This has been done with newspapers, magazines and web sites – never seen it on a resume. Thinking I may need to redo mine now …

Business & Industry

April 9, 2012

LUCEO Images Student Project Award

LUCEO Images has put out their call for entries in the 2012 student project award. First place is $1,000 and mentorship for the project, application deadline is May 10.

Competitions

April 8, 2012

David Burnett on Digital Imagine

And, of course, a bunch of other things over in an interview with John Camp at The Online Photographer. It’s in two parts, the first dealing with some of what he’s doing day to day and the second delving a bit into some ethical questions. Here’s a graf I love: In the end, when you analyze the characteristics of Tri-X,...

Business & Industry/Craft/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

April 7, 2012

The Cost of Copyright Theft

I am the first guy who screams about copyright – I love my copyrights. To a level that should probably worry my wife. But I’m also reasonably good at math and when I hear the entertainment industry talk about how much copyright violations are costing them I am … skeptical? Turns out, I’m not the only one.

Business & Industry

April 6, 2012

Hiding Time

Michael Schwirtz has a story up on the New York Times’ site about the Russian Orthodox Church trying to hide a $30,000 watch being worn by one of its leaders. Unfortunately, they weren’t too successful at it. (Thanks to NPPA President Sean Elliot for the link.)

Ethics & Legal

April 6, 2012

Silver, Light, Chemistry and a Stunning Hook

I want you to click play on the video below and keep your cursor over the pause button, watching the time tick off. When it hits 57 seconds, stop it and ask yourself what this video is about. Then watch the rest. If that isn’t the greatest lead in ever, I don’t know what is. There is No Way you...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Good Work/Journalism/Tech Talk/Video

April 6, 2012

New Word: Skeuomorphism

I love it when I learn a new word, and today it’s skeuomorphism – the act of creating a new object that looks like, but is neither made like nor functions like, the object which it appears to be. Think of hubcaps made to look like wire wheels, the leather texture around Apple’s iCal application or any image processed through...

Journalism/Thoughts & Theory