Visual Journalism – Page 158 – Notes from aside the camera

September 29, 2011

Media Law in the Digital Age Conference

FYI … for those in Georgia, this is something you should get on your calendar: October 22 at Kennesaw State University (just north of Atlanta) the Citizen Media Law Project and KSU will be running a Media Law in the Digital Age conference. Great lineup of speakers, including the NPPA’s own Mickey Osterreicher. UGA students, if you’re interested, see me...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

September 29, 2011

Behind E:60

The crew of ESPN’s E:60 show has a Production Notes blog that tells the stories of telling their stories. If you’re interested in sports video storytelling, worth sticking in your RSS reader.

Craft/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

September 28, 2011

Fox Hunt, Deconstructed

I’m really enjoying this new (to me) site, The Image, Deconstructed. They have an interview up with Andrew Craft where he talks about shooting a Thanksgiving Day fox hunt, gives a nice insight into what it was like. Well worth sticking the RSS feed in your reader.

Good Work/Photojournalism

September 27, 2011

NPPF Offering Scholarships for Photojournalists Returning to School

The National Press Photographers Foundation is offering up six, $4,000 grants for pros who are returning to the classroom. The Career Expansion Scholarships are available to photojournalists with at least three years of experience who have returned to school.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

September 27, 2011

UGA NPPA Student Chapter Meeting

Hyper-local announcement … we’re launching an effort to fire up the UGA National Press Photographers Association Student Chapter with an initial meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 4, in the Photojournalism Lab (room 130 in Grady College). The college has given us a budget to bring in some speakers and run some programs, time for you to get involved. Not a member?...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

September 26, 2011

Fiction, Out of Focus

There’s a novel to be released later this week, an English translation of Susana Fortes’ Waiting for Robert Capa. Originally published in Spanish, it is based on the romantic relationship between Robert Capa and Gerda Taro, who was killed in Spain in 1937. I’ve thrown it into my shopping cart, will let you know how it is … if I...

Craft

September 26, 2011

Over at the Gear Geek …

This week I take a look at the Gymbl, a case and tripod combo for the iPhone that will help smooth out your video and make panoramas easier to stitch together.

Tech Talk

September 24, 2011

When Corporations Follow Communications Companies …

If you’ve been in the photojournalism business long enough, you probably worked somewhere that required you to supply all your own gear. Cameras, lenses, filters, monopods and bags – we shelled out tens of thousands of dollars that, effectively, subsidized our newspapers and magazines. Many publications saw the light at the turn of the century and, as they moved away...

At Work

September 23, 2011

Time for Shooting

The Image Deconstructed has an interview up with Leah Nash where she talks about a project she’s working on documenting a woman with Aspergers Syndrome, a form of high-functioning autism. Some nice insights into working with folks that exist in a sometimes closed community. (Thanks to Melissa Lyttle for the link.)

Journalism/Photojournalism

September 23, 2011

Deals on Macs

I tend not to get involved with these things, but this may be useful for some students … CowBoom.com (proving, again, that all the good domain names are taken) is running a MacAttack Deal of the Day – all day long, they’re featuring refurbed Macs of various vintages at pretty good prices. A few things to note … some of...

Tech Talk