Visual Journalism – Page 143 – Notes from aside the camera

January 8, 2012

To D4 or Not to D4

Over at the Strobist, David Hobby has his take on the new Nikon D4 … and why he won’t be getting one. As I am no longer a Nikon shooter, it’s a bit silly for me to weigh in on this. But why should I let this stop me? It’s a great camera and, if you need a new camera...

Tech Talk

January 6, 2012

Kodak Edges Towards Bankruptcy

It’s just painful to watch … but on Thursday, shares of Kodak were trading for less than $0.50 amid speculation they would file for bankruptcy protection.

Business & Industry/Tech Talk

January 6, 2012

Nikon Announces the D4

Dpreview.com has a story up on the announcement of Nikon’s D4, their new top-of-the-line pro camera. They also have an overview story up … drooling a touch. Nikon’s release was posted this morning, as well. This is expected to ship in February for a suggested price of (gulp) $5,999.95.

At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

January 6, 2012

Eve Arnold Passes at 99

Magnum Photos announced on Thursday that Eve Arnold has died in London at the age of 99. Arnold was the first woman admitted into the exclusive agency. “Her intimate, sensitive and compassionate 10-year collaboration with Marilyn Monroe has cemented her as one of the most iconic portrait photographers of our time, but it is the long-term reportage stories that drove...

Business & Industry/Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism

January 5, 2012

Video Game for Photojournalists

Arstechnica’s Andrew Webster reported a few months ago about Warco, a first-person video game about a photojournalist covering a war zone. The company working on it, Defiant Development, doesn’t appear to have done anything more with it since the early fall. (Thanks to Dorie Griggs for the link.)

Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

January 5, 2012

Inside National Geographic, 19 Years Ago

Joe McNally has posted a video done about him working on the Sense of Sight story in National Geographic nearly 20 years ago. Runs about 16 minutes, but well worth it as it gives you a sense of how stories were built back then.

Craft/Photojournalism

January 4, 2012

365 Days in Photographs

Time’s Lightbox blog has put together a photos-of-the-year collection with a twist – one for every day of the year. Prepare to lose a big chunk of your morning.

Photojournalism

January 3, 2012

NPPA Best of Photojournalism Call for Entries

The National Press Photographers Association’s 2012 Best of Photojournalism is now accepting entries. The whole process is done online and, if you’re an NPPA member, there’s no charge to enter. Deadline to enter is February 3.

Competitions/Photojournalism

January 1, 2012

When Seeing Isn’t Enough

Another link from Black Star Rising today … David Saxe talking about the photographers role in image making, that simply being there isn’t enough, that there’s a need to share your vision, your feeling, your emotion.

Craft

December 31, 2011

Licensing Music Made Hard

David Walker has an article up at Photo District News about the troubles photographers have – and are getting into – in using copyrighted music in wedding videos. It’s hard, from all reports, to get a license for use in these videos so many photographers just do without. That’s coming back to bite some of them. I am constantly stunned...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism