Visual Journalism – Page 155 – Notes from aside the camera

October 16, 2011

Behind the Conflict Photographers

Italian photojournalist Ruben Salvadori has turned his cameras away from the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to look at how photographers are covering the (apparently) regular battles. It’s a bit disturbing to see how many of them are, well, faking the news by showing a very narrow slice of what’s happening. Photojournalism Behind the Scenes [ITA-ENG subs] from Ruben Salvadori on Vimeo.

Ethics & Legal

October 15, 2011

National Stories Gone Local, With a Back Beat

The hardest thing to learn in photojournalism is where to point the camera and when to push the button. The rest, well … it’s just mechanics, really. Maybe in between is composition, but a great moment (when to push the button) from a great story (where to point the camera) trumps composition. Usually. So when I talk with my students...

Good Work

October 14, 2011

Lens Genealogy … Super Geeky

Over on the Lensrentals.com site, Roger Cicala has posted a pair of super-geeky pieces on the history of lens designs. The first one looks at three of the six primary lens designs out there – the Petzval Portrait, the Rapid Rectilinear and the Double Gauss. Part two looks at the other three lens types – the Cooke Triplet, the Telephoto...

Tech Talk

October 13, 2011

Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar Registration Now Open

Get it on your calendar and get registered – the 2011 Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar is scheduled for December 2-3 at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter North Hotel. The list of folks there this year is pretty amazing – David Burnett, Rich Addicks, Mary Calvert, Barbara Davidson, Julie Jacobson, Greg Kahn, Mike David, Tom Kennedy … lots of very smart, very successful...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

October 12, 2011

On Being a Creative …

Chase Jarvis has a post up on the 10 Things Every Photographer or Creative Person Must Learn. Worth a look, particularly points seven and 10.

Craft

October 11, 2011

Photographing Steve Jobs

He was an icon before he started putting an “i” before everything and made everything easier, but Steve Jobs was apparently a very difficult person to photography according to a piece on Photo District News.

Business & Industry/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

October 11, 2011

Has a Presidential Candidate Violated a Copyright?

Please note that this post is not about politics, it’s about legal issues surrounding a political ad. The Huffington Post has a story about Texas Governor Rick Perry’s latest campaign ad, a web-only attack on Mitt Romney. At issue is whether the usage of a White House-provided image violates the terms under which it was released. In the ad, an...

Ethics & Legal

October 11, 2011

A Year from the Streets

The BBC’s Phil Coomes has a writeup of a year-long project done by hundreds of photographers, mostly in England. Each week, a message was posted with a theme to shoot and post to a Flickr gallery. It’s a neat idea, one I played with here in Athens a few years ago but didn’t get much traction with. May be worth...

At Work/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

October 10, 2011

Next NPPA Student Chat Set for Oct. 16

Over at the NPPA’s Visual Student blog, they’ve announced the next student chat session. On Sunday, Oct. 16, at 9 p.m. (Eastern, for our western readers) NPPA President Sean Elliot, Student Committee Chair Bettina Hansen, Student Chapters Committee Chair Michael P. King and Student Representative Maddie McGarvey will join me for a live chat about finding internships and jobs. You...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

October 10, 2011

Paying It Forward

Patrick Fallon has a post up on the NPPA’s Visual Student blog asking recent and soon-to-be photojournalism grads what advice they would give freshman or those just starting out. Some good advice in there, particularly about not being negative and building relationships with those a few semesters or years ahead of you.

Advice & Learning/Thoughts & Theory