Visual Journalism – Page 176 – Notes from aside the camera

July 8, 2011

NPPA Announces Short Grants for Community Stories

FYI … DURHAM, NC (July 8, 2011) – The National Press Photographers Association is pleased to announce the 2011 Short Grants program, five grants of $3,000 each that will be awarded to support photojournalists who are creating compelling picture stories in their communities. “Budgets for newsrooms are shrinking and one of the greatest victims is the community photo story,” NPPA...

Business & Industry/Competitions/Photojournalism

July 8, 2011

Summer Tips for Your Vacation Photos …

Tech Talk

July 8, 2011

Mount the Ridiculous on Your Magical iPhone

Since everyone (and my brother) has been talking about this, I’d better mention it, too … Photojojo is now marketing an adaptor that will let you mount your Canon EOS or Nikon lenses on your iPhone. There’s even one if you’re still rocking you 3G or 3Gs phone. No, really – strap your $14,000 Canon EF 800 f/5.6L USM lens...

Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

July 8, 2011

Wait, the Fireworks Were Altered?

Having grown up outside of Boston, I can tell you that it has the best Fourth of July celebration in the country. The Boston Pops playing at the Hatch Shell on the shore of the Charles River, the National Guard brings out some howitzers for the climax of the 1812 Overture … there’s just nothing like it. For years, after...

Ethics & Legal

July 7, 2011

No Bikes, So Here’s the Space Shuttle …

With the start of the Tour de France this past week, I was expecting the usual deluge of gorgeous imagery of guys in brilliantly colored racing … suits? … pedaling through the French countryside. I like to bike, but just for entertainment and relaxation, so my fascination with coverage of the Tour is a little odd – I couldn’t care...

Good Work/Photojournalism

July 7, 2011

The App for War Photography?

Patrick Kingsley at The Guardian writes about photojournalists Teru Kuwayama and Balazs Gardi who have turned to the Hipstamatic app on their smart phone as their primary visual story telling tool. I admit, I sometimes like the effect … but I’m not sure it’s journalism so much as art when you start applying heavy filters like this. Journalism should be...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

July 6, 2011

Caffenol: A Homemade Film Developer

Yep … get out your cameras and some black and white film, then tap into your coffee supply (along with a few other things) to develop it says Gizmodo. Hate to admit … I want to try this. Anyone have a home-brewed fixer recipe?

Craft/Tech Talk

July 6, 2011

We Are Not Always Sartorially Splendid

Jeff Wignall over at Black Star Rising writes in defense of the photographer’s vest. Yes, I own one. Yes, I have owned several. Why? Because I wore them out. Because they are functionally superior in many ways and I am not vain. Stop laughing. My favorite is the now-discontinued Banana Republic vest (which now appears to be made again and...

At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

July 6, 2011

For Summer Interns: Your Personal Matrix

We are going to step far afield of our usual sources this morning … Jodi Glickman at the, ahem Harvard Business Review writes about evaluating your summer internship as you hit the midway point. It’s an excellent read, something that I’m tucking away to talk with my students about before the next batch is heading off into internship-land. (Which, by...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism

July 6, 2011

Scared or Democratized – What Kind of Photographer Are You?

Over at Nuwomb, Scott Webb wrote about the battle between “scared” photographers – those who think everything new is a gimmick – and “democratized” photographers – who think everything new is an opportunity. Where do you fall? Me? I fall on the side of storytelling, because that’s how I use this medium. I’m not an artist and, while I appreciate...

Advice & Learning/Craft/Tech Talk