Visual Journalism – Page 178 – Notes from aside the camera

June 30, 2011

China Admits Officials Cannot Levitate

Yep – it’s true, they can’t. And the New York Times is all over this story. (Chinese officials) also explained that the altered image was the work of a government photographer who thought that none of his pictures did justice to the scene, and so took it upon himself to improve on nature by combining parts of three photographs to...

Ethics & Legal

June 30, 2011

Is Your Brand Amongst the 100 Most Reputable?

Forbes has posted a listing of the 100 most reputable companies in the world and there are a handful of photo-related ones on there. Canon comes in at number 8, Kodak is on there at number 41 and Fujifilm is at 47. Sony, Nokia, Apple, Microsoft and Panasonic also make the list in various places. As Michael Zhang at PetaPixel.com...

Business & Industry/Tech Talk

June 30, 2011

World War II in Photos

The Atlantic’s In Focus photo blog has started a 20 part series looking back at World War II through photos. The first two segments are up and are a telling look at where photojournalism was in the 1930s. Worth a bit of time.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism

June 30, 2011

Princess Diana at 50 … 14 Years After She Was Killed

This is bordering on the macabre … Newsweek has a cover story that looks at what life for Princess Diana is like at 50. Remember that she was killed by a drunk driver in 1997. Looking back on the lives of celebrities who died young is not a new thing. Even creating an image to show what they might have...

Ethics & Legal

June 30, 2011

Photojournalism Competition from Wired.com

It you read the comments, you’d think the new Wired.com photography contest is just a chance for them to steal some of your work (as many photo contests now do). I’m not so sure, though, as the contest subject matter doesn’t really fit with the normal content of the magazine or web site. On top of that, they are offering...

Competitions

June 29, 2011

Maybe We’re Licensing the Wrong Types of Images?

Julie Moos at Poynter is reporting that ABC licensed a photo of a rattlesnake for, ahem, $15,000 … they also got an exclusive interview with a witness in the Casey Anthony trial. According to the story, ABC News has now spent $215,000 for scoops regarding the case. That must have been one stunning rattlesnake photo.

Ethics & Legal

June 29, 2011

Why I’m Not an Artist

Artists have to make Artist’s Statements … It seems like a lot of work. I’m just going to try to save democracy instead. (Thanks to Michael Johnston at the Online Photographer for the link.)

Thoughts & Theory

June 28, 2011

A: Because Sometimes the World is Funny

Q: Why do you always carry a camera? Need proof? I give you the Los Angeles Times.

Good Work/Photojournalism

June 28, 2011

Twitter for Newsrooms

Not overly visual, but Twitter has released a set of resources for journalists called Twitter for Newsrooms. May be worth poking through on a hot summer evening.

Journalism/Tech Talk

June 28, 2011

What Students Should Do with Their Summer Break

Michael P. King gives a list of tips over on the NPPA Visual Student blog about what photojournalism students should be doing this summer to improve their portfolio. I’d add a 13th: Make yourself uncomfortable. Self-assign yourself a project or single image that is so wildly beyond what you’re used to doing that it makes you sweat, that you can’t...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism