Visual Journalism – Page 142 – Notes from aside the camera

January 17, 2012

The Problem with Prizes

Over on the Reuters Photography Blog, Radu Sigheti takes on the question of why so many photojournalism contests are won by images of war and violence. A really good question, and Sigheti handles it nicely with these grass: At some point after being in Croatia in the 90’s I stopped going to conflict zones, because I felt that it will...

Competitions

January 16, 2012

Compositing at the Washington Post

There’s a pretty big discussion going on in various online spaces about the front page of Friday’s Washington Post. The image is of a jet taking off from Reagan National Airport and crossing over the 14th Street Bridge, the site of a crash 30 years ago. The problem? Here’s a segment of the caption: This image is a composite created...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

January 16, 2012

Study Photojournalism in Berlin

I’ve had a few students do this program before and all have come back with glowing reports. Yeah, for you UGA students, having it run through the University of Florida may seem like a problem, but the guy leading this – John Freeman – is a stand-up guy and probably won’t mention football. The three credit hour course runs for...

Advice & Learning/Journalism/Photojournalism

January 14, 2012

On Creativity, with Brian Wilson

Over on CNN.com, Todd Leopold takes a look at the genius of Brian Wilson. Which, you know, is great and all. But what on earth does this have to do with visual journalism? We all love the Beach Boys, right? It’s the angle that he sets out on, though maybe doesn’t fully attain, that intrigues me – it’s the creative...

Craft

January 13, 2012

I Am a Square

I know this. Anyone who talks with me for a bit knows I’m a bit square. And I have a habit of cropping images into squares. I like squares. But there aren’t many square-shaped images sensors out there and … well … there should be. Over on The Online Photographer, Eduardo Cervantes makes an argument for them. I mean, why...

Tech Talk

January 13, 2012

Starting Young, in Iraq

Reuters has posted a story about a young photographer working the streets of Baghdad. Qamar Hashim is 8 and has already won several award from the Iraqi Society Photographic.

At Work/Photojournalism

January 10, 2012

Inside (Covering) Politics

James Estrin interviewed New York Times’ colleague Jim Wilson about covering politics and how it’s changed over the last 30 years for the Lens blog. I did three primaries in New Hampshire, loved every minute of them and would happily spend a few wintry weeks back up there to do it again. Wilson’s comment on access is telling about how...

Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism

January 10, 2012

America at Work

Over at the Atlantic, Alan Taylor has collected a great set of images on the In Focus blog that show Americans at work. Really love this portrayal, feels like a curated, modern WPA show.

Journalism/Photojournalism

January 9, 2012

New Cameras of Note at CES

I never really thought about the Consumer Electronics Show as being a big camera event, but there have been two announcements so far that have me … intrigued. First, Canon has introduced a G1 X – a large sensor compact zoom camera. At $800, it’ll sit at the top of the Canon point and shoot line and features a 14...

Tech Talk

January 9, 2012

Spring 2012 Semester, Day One

In a little less than an hour, I’ll throw open the doors to the Photojournalism Lab and welcome in a new crop of students. They’ll come in having heard some rumors about the class, some believing they know how to do this and some admitting that cameras and computers scare them. Sixteen weeks from now, we should have 32 more...

Advice & Learning