Visual Journalism – Page 179 – Notes from aside the camera

June 28, 2011

A Front Page Story Without a Headline

Charles Apple at Copydesk.org writes about a stunning front page design at the Newark Star-Ledger – one that starts with the first three grafs and omits a headline entirely. It’s a powerful story, a powerful image and a powerful design – it catches you out, makes you think, forces you into the story.

Good Work/Graphic Design/Journalism

June 28, 2011

Psst … Look, Over There …

I’ve started blogging for the National Press Photographers Association as the Gear Geek. Tools, tips and tricks for the trade, new post every Monday. Put it in your RSS reader.

Tech Talk

June 28, 2011

Africa by Air

MediaStorm has published a short documentary by George Steinmetz, African Air. It’s a look at the continent as only Steinmetz sees it – usually from his powered paraglider, sailing above deserts and villages. Stunning imagery. Flying in a motorized paraglider over one of the most diverse continents in the world, George Steinmetz captures in his photographs the stunning beauty, potential...

Good Work/Multimedia/Photojournalism

June 27, 2011

UGA PJ Alum on NPR.org

David W. Banks, a UGA alum and co-founder of Luceo Images, has a photo gallery up on the NPR Picture Show blog. He’s working on a project about his new hometown, Atlanta: I’ve found that Atlanta is in many ways defined by a past marred with racial tension and a craving for rapid development and progress. The city’s current identity...

Advice & Learning/Good Work/Photojournalism

June 27, 2011

I Don’t Think Editors Like FCPX

I’m … I’m just getting this sense … that maybe, maybe … they think Apple has turned against them? RABERCO: The Destruction of Final Cut Studio from Raber Umphenour on Vimeo. Of course, it could be that Apple promised to get Final Cut Pro X out by a certain date and shipped it missing a few things to hit that...

Tech Talk/Video

June 27, 2011

The Strobist Launches Boot Camp III

David Hobby, more commonly known as The Strobist, has launched a summer photo project/contest. You’ll get five assignments over the course of the summer, to be posted to a Flickr group. Each will need to be limited to two speedlights to keep the costs reasonable. The first assignment came out this morning and it’s designed to get photographers out of...

Good Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

June 26, 2011

Not Kind to Copy Kind of Blue

Over at the Online Photographer, Michael Johnston talks about a copyright infringement case that involves Jay Maisel’s iconic Miles Davis cover shot from Kind of Blue. Read his post, read the infringer’s post and you decide – derivative or transformative?

Ethics & Legal

June 25, 2011

Whoa … Google Docs to WordPress to Print at the Bangor Daily News

Lauren Rabaino has a post up at Mediabistro on how the Bangor Daily News has streamlined their workflow to an amazing level. It’s pretty stunning how it works together as it’s all open-source solutions and they are sharing it with anyone who wants it. Has me thinking about whether this is something I should do for GradyJournal.com … hrmm …...

Graphic Design/Tech Talk

June 25, 2011

Is Branding Bad?

Gene Weingarten at the Washington Post takes on the idea of building your brand as a journalist. It’s an interesting, idealistic, ingenious read … that I mostly disagree with, which makes me a little sick. I want so badly to go back to where I started, which is maybe a little different from where Weingarten started: When I was a...

Business & Industry/Craft/Journalism

June 25, 2011

Total Geek Out: Web Stats

Steve Yelvington takes a quick look at the latest advancement from Google, Instant Pages, and why it may wreak havoc on your web metrics and your sever load. I am not an expert on this, nor do I really have any desire to become one, but it still seems to me that selling ads based on page views is purely...

Business & Industry/Graphic Design/Tech Talk