Visual Journalism – Page 145 – Notes from aside the camera

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

December 17, 2011

Time’s Photos of the Year

I’ll probably post a lot of these over the next week or two, so here’s a start: Time.com’s Lightbox has posted their ten best photos of 2011.

Photojournalism

December 14, 2011

Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism

An oddly worded title, but this is a growing event held in Hannover, Germany in mid-June. Worth looking into.

Advice & Learning/Photojournalism

December 14, 2011

Cute, But Bad for Your SEO

I require my upper level students to have a Twitter account. Sometimes we use it extensively, sometimes we don’t. But, darn it, they have one. As journalists, I also tell them that having a private account is generally a bad thing – you want to have open lines of communication, you want your knowledge to be shared. That can’t happen...

Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia

December 13, 2011

Remembering Alexia

Nice column by the Newark Star-Ledger’s Bob Braun remembering Alexia Tsairis, one of 35 Syracuse University students murdered on Dec. 21, 1988, when Pan Am 103 was blown out of the skies over Lockerbie, Scotland. Remember that the Alexia Foundation is now accepting entries for the 2012 competition.

Craft/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

December 13, 2011

Shooting on Spec … for $0.17 Per Hour

Over on Sportsshoter.com, Luke Johnson tells the tale of shooting on spec for the baseball season … and losing $1,028.44 in the process. Yeah, spec? Not a good business plan to start out with. (Thanks to NPPA President Sean Elliot for the link.)

Business & Industry

December 13, 2011

A Flashy Holiday Gift

Last year, David Hobby and Joe McNally hopped on a big bus and spent 42 days wandering around America teaching folks how to use their flashes better. Now, you can buy it on DVD or a download you can play everywhere. Is this the greatest thing you could ever get as a holiday gift? Well, no. For me, that would...

Thoughts & Theory

December 12, 2011

On Failing and Invoicing

I’ve been delinquent in reading my RSS feeds, but in digging through FreelanceSwitch I came up with two things that need to be shared. First is a list of 10 Reasons Your Freelance Career is Failing by James Clear. So many of us are heading in this direction (if we’re not already there) that it’s a good checklist to look...

Business & Industry

December 12, 2011

Teaching Business

Over at Black Star Rising, John Harrington took a look at some Labor Department data and then launched into a rant about photo programs that don’t teach business practices. I use rant specifically – because, honestly, I wish he had gone a lot further than he did. It should be part of the accreditation process for all programs, I think....

Business & Industry