Visual Journalism – Page 167 – Notes from aside the camera

August 13, 2011

Golf, Gear and Wishful Thinking

It’s an interesting dilemma I face on a regular basis. I love telling stories, and I love telling them visually. Even those little snippets of life that I capture and post on one of my other sites, they’re just my way of triggering memories. Little ironies, little slices of a life that’s still racing by me, a life I’ve enjoyed...

Craft/Tech Talk

August 12, 2011

Memories of The Wall

Saturday marks the 50th anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall, the wall that was one of the largest physical manifestations of the Cold War, physically splitting Berlin into communist and democratic sides. The Associated Press has moved a story about photographer Peter Hillebrecht who, in the middle of an August night, got a call that the East Germans...

Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism

August 12, 2011

No Comment

Really, I’m not saying anything about this at all. Nope. Okay, maybe one thing: It’s important to know your market. Also, REALLY?

Ethics & Legal/Graphic Design/Photojournalism

August 12, 2011

The Apocalypse is Nigh

For years, I joked that the job I really wanted was Photo Editor at the Wall Street Journal because, well … they didn’t run photos. I envisioned walking into the daily budget meeting and the editors going around the table talking about their pitches for A1 and, when they got to me, I could just say, “Not yet.” Well, now...

Craft/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

August 11, 2011

The White House and the Pentagon At Odds Over Photo Coverage

Interesting piece moved by the Associated Press about an apparent conflict and/or miscommunication between the White House and the Pentagon about photos from Dover Air Force Base of the returning of the remains of the 30 soldiers killed in Afghanistan. While the White House released the photo, the AP stuck to its policy of not moving hand-out photos from situations...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

August 11, 2011

What’s Your Clipboard?

This is a stretch, I’m going to tell you that right up front … Skip Cohen, over at GoingPro, writes about the Key Traits of the Photographic Icons. He talks about how you need to build confidence, but not let people know that your confidence is a little shaky. It reminded me of this great scene from The Paper, a...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Thoughts & Theory

August 10, 2011

Newsweek Under FIre for Michelle Bachman Cover

Newsweek’s cover story on Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and her run for the presidency has come under fire for both the headline (“The Queen of Rage”) and the cover photo. Some of the images used in the article include a “pious-looking portrait” and a frame with “swept-back hair,” according to the Poynter article linked above. The full gallery of images contains...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

August 10, 2011

A Desperate Leap in London

Time’s Lighbox blog has the backstory on the series of images by Amy Weston of a woman leaping to safety in London. There has been some speculation that the photo was faked, but WENN, her agency, has released the four-frame sequence that convinces me it’s authentic and a great bit of photojournalism.

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

August 10, 2011

“A Great Shot Is …”

The New York Times’ Lens blog has a short interview up with Finnish photojournalist Jussi Leinonen where he talks about a photo that helped him become Finland’s Press Photographer of the Year in 2008. Loved this quote: A great shot is always there to be had, but you can’t get tired of searching for it. I had already sort of...

Advice & Learning/Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

August 9, 2011

Raising Rates Without Raising Ire

Freelancing is a tough gig – on your own, no security, no safety net. But it’s also a reality for more and more journalists. Getting in is hard, getting a few good clients is hard, but once you do, how do you keep growing your revenues? Over at FreelanceSwitch, James Clear has three quick tips on how to raise your...

At Work/Business & Industry