Visual Journalism – Page 134 – Notes from aside the camera

March 7, 2012

We’ve Lost Paula Lerner

The National Press Photographers Association is reporting that Paula Lerner, a 52 year old photojournalist from Boston, has lost her battle with cancer. Learner was an ardent voice in the efforts to help photographers get better at the business side of life, speaking through the Editorial Photographers group and at events across the country. She also won an Emmy in...

Business & Industry

March 6, 2012

Did Nikon Use Canon Footage in a Recent Video?

That’s the rumor floating around the web – that some of the footage used in Nikon’s latest D800 promo video was shot on a Canon 5D Mark II. It it’s true … whoops.

Tech Talk

March 5, 2012

One For the Video Geeks …

For fun. Mostly.

Tech Talk/Video

March 5, 2012

Bonus Opportunity If You’re Headed to the NSC

If you’re Virginia bound this week for the National Press Photographers Association’s Northern Short Course, try and book a little time before or after. National Geographic has an exhibit up at their Washington, D.C., headquarters of unpublished image from the 2011 magazine stories. (It would be wicked cool if someone at NG would open this up late for those of...

Good Work/Photojournalism

March 5, 2012

When We Struggle to Report On Our Own …

I think we’re in trouble. Carlos Miller, who runs the Photography is Not a Crime blog on Pixiq, is a bit of a controversial figure in some folks eyes. He has been arrested by police multiple times while doing his job as a photojournalist. So when the Miami Herald ran a story about him being arrested during Occupy Miami protests...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal

March 4, 2012

Cell Phones, Wiretaps and Uneasy Officers

David L. Hudson, Jr., has a nice summation up on the ABA (American Bar Association) Journal web site about some of the most recent court cases involving citizens recording police activities. If you’re headed to the Northern Short Course next week, we’ll be talking about some of these same issues in the Forging a Better Line: Understanding the Police-Photojournalist Relationship...

Ethics & Legal

March 4, 2012

Albert Kahn’s Archives of the Planet

Most of us probably don’t know who Albet Kahn is, but we should. An early Twentieth Century millionaire, he dispatched photographers around the world to shoot color autochromes, a record of who we were then. If you scroll through the images there, take a look at the photo out of Montenegro – that’s not a crack in the picture frame,...

Craft/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

March 3, 2012

He Had the Picture

Stan Stearns, the UPI photographer who made the iconic image of John F. Kennedy, Jr., saluting at his father’s funeral, has passed at 76.

Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

March 3, 2012

This is NOT OKAY (UPDATED)

Over on the National Press Photographer Association’s discussion list, Jim Dean posted a link to a story on PoliceOne.com about Louisiana sheriff’s deputies who were using a photo of a local reporter for target practice. From the story: “I don’t think there was anything sinister about it. I don’t think it was meant to be a threat,” Sheriff Jack Stephens,...

Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

March 3, 2012

The Guardian and Open Journalism

Well, if this doesn’t get you excited about journalism, please lean in close to the nearest mirror … (Thanks to Walt Stricklin of the Birmingham News for the link.)

Business & Industry/Journalism/Thoughts & Theory