Visual Journalism – Page 178 – Notes from aside the camera

July 1, 2011

Ricoh Buys Pentax

Hoya, which bought the Pentax brand in 2008, has announced they are selling the camera brand to Ricoh for $128 million. While neither are major players in the photojournalism realm, this could have a cascading effect as other manufacturers decide to merge or buy out smaller, innovative companies. (Thanks to Jeff Snyder at Adorama for the link on Twitter.)

Business & Industry/Tech Talk

July 1, 2011

The Mountain Workshops Accepting Applications

FYI … We are now accepting applications for the 2011 Mountain Workshops which will be held in Somerset, Ky Oct. 18-22. To apply go to http://www.mountainworkshops.org/ and the APPLY TO THE WORKSHOPS menu item. There are a limited number of spots available. • Photojournalism or Picture Editing Workshop – $625 prior to Sept. 15, $675 after Sept. 15 • Multimedia...

Advice & Learning

July 1, 2011

John Stanmeyer on the Long Term Story

National Geographic shooter John Staneyer is starting a series of blog posts about working on in-depth pieces for the yellow-bordered magazine. From his first post, comes this bit of wisdom: Some stories visually speak for themselves — war/conflict, social revolutions, famine and other event driven stories are primarily (though not all) about recording the occurrence transpiring before us. Long term...

At Work/Business & Industry/Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

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