Visual Journalism – Page 131 – Notes from aside the camera

April 1, 2012

Smartphone as Movie Studio

The BBC decided to try and make a short film using just a smartphone, some apps and a handful of accessories. In addition to posting the resulting movie, they also put up a video about the making of it that talks about all the tech stuff. Kind of cool … (Thanks to Mindy McAdams for the link.)

Tech Talk/Video

March 29, 2012

Handout Photos and Flying Liars

Happened again … in a rush to get a story up on the new Shelby 1000, a highly-modified, 950 horsepower Ford Mustang, many websites used a couple of handout photos from the manufacturer, Shelby American. The images were impressive, showing the car lifting its front end off the ground because it was delivering so much power to the rear wheels....

Ethics & Legal

March 27, 2012

Temple University Journalism Student Arrested

The Associated Press has reported that Temple University photojournalism student Ian Van Kuyk was arrested on March 14, 2012, while taking photos outside of his residence. Uniformed police officers from the city of Philadelphia were performing a routine traffic stop at the time of the arrest. Additionally, Van Kuyk’s girlfriend, Megan Feighan, attempted to retrieve his camera as he was...

Ethics & Legal

March 27, 2012

Wired.com on the Kalish Workshop

Wired.com has a short piece up about The Kalish, a week-long picture editing workshop held at Ball State University. This year’s workshop runs June 11-15 and the application deadline is April 1.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

March 26, 2012

Magic Hour App

Okay, this is uber-geeky … Elfinda Apps has a free app for iOS called Magic Hour that takes your current location and tells you when the photographic “magic hour” will be. You can even set it up to give you a heads-up when you’re coming close to the times of day when the light will be best. Cost? Free. (Thanks...

Craft/Tech Talk

March 26, 2012

Photo Geeks: Buy This Book

I have it sitting on my desk, I don’t have time to read it but I keep sliding back over to it … Todd Gustavson published this great book called 500 Cameras: 170 Years of Photographic Innovation. Pages and pages of classic cameras. I want one of each.

Craft/Tech Talk

March 23, 2012

Eddie Adams Workshop Now Taking Applications

Applications are now being accepted for the 25th Annual Eddie Adams Workshop, which will run from October 5-8, 2012. Get your stuff together an in NOW.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Competitions

March 23, 2012

A Black and White Leica?

Well, LeicaRumors.com believes that an upcoming Leica announcement will be for a black-and-white chipped rangefinder camera. Now, be aware, that all digital sensors are monochromatic – the Bayer pattern array of colored filters, combined with post-processing, gets you actual color. And while there have been some black-and-white, modern digital cameras out there, there haven’t been that many. So … I...

Tech Talk

March 22, 2012

The Business of Visual Journalism

Today’s the day … THE BUSINESS OF VISUAL JOURNALISM WORKSHOP Thursday, March 22, 10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Journalism Building, Drewry Room This visual workshop will be a day of smart people helping you get smarter about the business of visual journalism. There is no charge for any of these sessions, but please register in advance so we have an...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

March 21, 2012

BANG!!

Again, head into the desktop. This time, Nieman Reports has let Mike Pride, the (to me, thankfully) former editor of the Concord Monitor prattle on about how he would change the news organization if he were in charge again. The changes I’d make to the photography department would be similar to the ones in sports. The Monitor has a fine...

Thoughts & Theory