Visual Journalism – Page 144 – Notes from aside the camera

December 26, 2011

Memory Tips

You never want to forget anything, so a bigger memory bank would be great, right? Same thing goes for memory cards, right? Bigger is better, so the Lexar 128 GB SD card would be awesome. Wouldn’t it? Uh, no. Scott Bourne over at PhotoFocus gives us five tips on how to handle memory cards, and I’ll add one more –...

Thoughts & Theory

December 25, 2011

Happy Holidays

Here’s hoping your culturally relevant December celebrations bring you much joy. An maybe some cool stuff …

Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

December 23, 2011

Yearend Reading

I’m on the road, catching up with family and friends for a while, so it will be quiet the next few days around here. But, to keep you busy, Photoshelter has posted list of what they think are the best photo blog posts of the year – that’ll keep you busy for a while. (Thanks to NPPA President Sean Elliot...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Good Work/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism

December 22, 2011

Winter Break Project for Students

Over at the NPPA Visual Student blog, Brian McDermott has posted the last of a three part series on Designing a Better Portfolio Website. Part one looked at understanding your audience and building a better structure. Part two looked at finding inspiration and developing a basic understanding of the coding that underlies all sites. Part three looks at the design...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Graphic Design/Photojournalism

December 22, 2011

Western Weegee

Arthur Felig, much better known as crime photographer Weegee, spent more than four years out west working in Hollywood. Over at the New York Times’ Lens blog, David W. Dunlop takes a look at the western Weegee work that is now being exhibited in a museum.

Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

December 21, 2011

The Digital Darkroom

In the old days, it was not unusual for photojournalists to ship unprocessed film from wherever they were in the filed back to a central lab. That lab would process, edit and print the film, then send it off to various publications. The printer had to interpret the images and adjust contrast and tonality to match what they perceived as...

Business & Industry/Competitions/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

December 20, 2011

I Want a Balloon

And not just some little mylar thing, a big, red, helium filled balloon that carries a camera on an intravalometer. Why? Because my next big hobby could be grassroots mapping. It’s a process that lets you map an area on your own. Because I, in my mind, apparently have too much time on my hands …

Graphic Design/Journalism/Multimedia/Tech Talk

December 19, 2011

Advanced Storytelling Workshop Registration Opens

FYI, registration for the NPPA’s Advanced Storytelling Workshop has opened. It’s running April 15-20 in San Marcos, Texas.

Advice & Learning/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism

December 19, 2011

“Citizen Journalists” and Understanding Ethics

The Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner picked up a photo from a regular “citizen journalist” contributor of a train passing over another on a set of elevated tracks. A dramatic image, one that requires planning and patience to make. Or, well, ten minutes in Photoshop … the photo, from a “trusted contributor,” was a fake. Two images, shot ten minutes apart, were...

Ethics & Legal

December 19, 2011

Holiday Deal on a Pocket Camera

I try not to make this a shopping site (my wife does that, much better than I ever could), but sometimes a deal comes along that’s too good not to pass along. Most of us have out big honking DSLRs and maybe some sort of a pocket/compact camera. I’ve been thinking about getting one for a while, something that slots...

Tech Talk