Visual Journalism – Page 139 – Notes from aside the camera

February 3, 2012

WHNPA Student Photographer of the Year Competition

Details are out on the White House News Photographers Association’s 2012 Student Photographer of the Year competition. Submissions can be made, online, through March 15 and there is a nominal fee of $26 (which can also be put towards your membership in the WHNPA). From the rules: Portfolio General Requirements – Each student will submit a portfolio of a minimum...

Advice & Learning/Competitions/Photojournalism

February 2, 2012

Documentary Filmmaker Arrested at Congressional Hearing

First, be careful of what you read about this story – there are multiple reports out there as to what happened prior to the meeting. The New York Times post on this is brief but seems to have the salient points. The Huffington Post entry is longer and appears to have more details in it, though it’s tone is more...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

February 1, 2012

Um … STUFF Photographers Say

Not that I think the language would bother anyone, but you never know … a video about the STUFF Photographers Say. I’m thinking we may need a Stuff UGA VJ Kids Say … (Thanks to Sarah Osbourne for the lede.)

Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

February 1, 2012

Competing for the Cover

Adorama has an interview up with two of Sports Illustrated photojournalists who will be covering the Super Bowl on Sunday. Peter Read Miller and Damian Strohmeyer will be two of, ahem, 11 SI shooters on the field. (Go Pats!)

Photojournalism

January 31, 2012

On Rights Licensing and Visibility

Good read by Jim Pickerell over at Black Star Rising on how images get selected from online databases. I really want a much deeper conversation on this, though. Perhaps some case studies on how images were chosen when things went wrong or went really right. This section is where I want more from: Algorithms Have Replaced Editing Twenty years ago...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

January 31, 2012

NPPF Scholarships

The National Press Photographers Foundation offers several scholarships for college students – and you don’t need to be an NPPA student member. (Though, really, if you’re reading this, why aren’t you?) The scholarships are worth $2,000 and you’ll need to be in school in the fall to be eligible. From the release: NPPF scholarships are awarded to encourage those with...

Advice & Learning/Competitions

January 30, 2012

Firecracker Photographic Grant for Women

It only applies if you were born or reside in Europe, but the British Journal of Photography has a brief piece up on the Firecracker Photographic Grant that will be given out this year. The Firecracker organization is dedicated to promoting female photographic projects, worth poking around on their site a bit.

Business & Industry/Competitions/Photojournalism

January 27, 2012

NPPA Tuition Grants

On the fence about heading to the Northern Short Course? Or maybe the Advanced Storytelling Workshop or Multimedia Immersion? Is it because of the registration cost? The National Press Photographers Association has announced a grant program, funded by the Authors Coalition of America, that may be able to help you out.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

January 27, 2012

In Britain, Copyright Law Implodes

In a court case that’s being talked about all over the interwebs, a bizarre British ruling has stipulated that if you photograph anything that someone else has already photographed in any similar way, you’re violating the original shooter’s copyright. Shock. Fear. Paranoia has swept through the industry. But another article, this one on the British Amateur Photographer web site, has...

Ethics & Legal

January 25, 2012

The Spot News Photo Master at ICP

There is one undisputed master when it comes to spot news and crime photography, and that’s Weegee. Prowling the streets of New York City in the 1930s and 1940s, he was there first more often than the cops were. The International Center of Photography in NYC has a show of his work up now, apparently including a replica of the...

Business & Industry/Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism