Visual Journalism – Page 159 – Notes from aside the camera

September 22, 2011

Honey, I Bought a Leica M9 Kit … Because the Accountant Said To

I don’t think I could get away with that. And I’m not even sure our accountant would say it’s okay, but if you’re thinking about making some big purchases (and I mean REALLY BIG), go talk with your money-guy because, according to a GoingPro piece by Scott Bourne, there are some tax changes that may make it advantageous to make...

Business & Industry

September 21, 2011

New Nikon Mirrorless Cameras

Hrmm … this could be interesting: Nikon has introduced a new class of “mirror-less” cameras, similar to those from Olympus, Panasonic and Sony. As a big-fan of the Olympus E-P2, I wish Nikon had decided to invest into the Micro 4/3 standard. The chip size there is bigger than what Nikon has decided on. Still, would love to play with...

Tech Talk

September 21, 2011

Milwaukee Photojournalist Arrested at Scene of House Fire

FOX 6 45-year veteran photojournalism Clint Fillinger was pushed back from the scene of a house fire and then arrested for alleging resisting and obstructing an officer. The whole scene was caught on tape. Fillinger was standing behind a taped-off perimeter with the general public when an officer ordered him to back up repeatedly. When he asks why, someone...

Ethics & Legal

September 21, 2011

Photo Education or Fraud?

According to a story by David Walker at Photo District News, the US Department of Justice is suing Education Management Corporation claiming they recruited unqualified students into their for-profit schools to collect student aid money. The suit alleges they fraudulently collected $11 billion in state and federal student financial aid over the last eight years. Because it is in the...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

September 20, 2011

Federal Shield Law

Once again, a bill is headed to Congress that would create a federal shield law for journalists, the fifth one in seven years. This is the fourth time Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana has introduced this sort of legislation and the National Press Photographers Association is supporting this move. “Compelling reporters to testify, and in particular, compelling them to reveal...

Ethics & Legal

September 19, 2011

Start Strong, End Well

Short video interview with the Poynter Institute’s Regina McCombs about online video from the University of Nebraska’s Sue Burzynski Bullard.

Journalism/Video

September 19, 2011

Getting Paid

You get the shoot, you do the shoot … but then the client is slow in paying their bills. Used to be your invoices were paid “upon receipt.” Then it went to 30 days. Then 60 and now some clients are saying they want 90 … ugh. That’s no way to run a business. Over at Black Star Rising, Brandon...

Business & Industry

September 18, 2011

Live Chat with NPPA President Sean Elliot

Sunday night, time to talk … we’ll be having a live chat with Sean Elliot, the current president of the National Press Photographers Association for student members here at 9 p.m. You can join in below as we talk about the organization, its mission and what it offers to students who are passionate about visual storytelling. Elliot is the Chief Photographer...

Advice & Learning

September 17, 2011

Even Writers Have Costs

Pinar Tarhan has a post up at Freelance Switch about the cost of doing business for writers. Yeah, I chuckled, too. The NPPA’s Cost of Doing Business Calculator, with just the basic numbers in it, dwarf this. But it’s a good list – even if it lists coffee as an expense because, you know, if you’re a writer, you have...

Business & Industry

September 16, 2011

Just When I Thought It Couldn’t Get Worse …

I read this article being posted by Jay Gabler at the Twin Cities Daily Planer about, “the brave new world of online journalism and the harsh reality of concert photography.” Go on, read it. Let me quote one graf here: Ironically, with that policy comes a form of independence that traditional journalists didn’t have: instead of one relatively (yes, I...

Business & Industry