Visual Journalism – Page 184 – Notes from aside the camera

June 2, 2011

It’s Okay to Photograph Trains in Maryland

So says the head of the Maryland Transit Administration. As background … in February, two amateur photographers were confronted by MTA police officers and informed it was against Maryland law and MTA policy to photograph trains and facilities. Administrator Ralign T. Wells disavowed police efforts to restrict photography on or around MTA property and said he would take action to...

Ethics & Legal

June 2, 2011

Q&A with Melissa Lyttle on the Eddie Adams Workshop

I mentioned the other day that the deadline for the Eddie Adams Workshop application was coming up quick – Friday, June 3. Patrick Fallon over at The Visual Student blog on the NPPA web site has an interview with 2001 workshop student Melissa Lyttle (who has gone on to give back in a bunch of ways).

Advice & Learning

June 1, 2011

Presidential Speech Photo Will Now Be Real Presidential Speech Photos

The White House and the news organizations that cover it have a new plan for covering the president when he speaks live to the nation according to a Washington Post story. (Aside: Does anyone find it curious this is in the Lifestyle section of the Post? As opposed to, I don’t know, National or even Politics?)

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

June 1, 2011

Approaching Film’s Last Stand

The Associated Press has a story out looking at some of those folks who are still shooting film. And there are … a few. Kodak may sell 20 million rolls of film this year … which seems like a lot, until you realize that just a decade ago it was selling, ahem, one billion rolls a year. (All of us...

Journalism

June 1, 2011

Eddie Adams Workshop Application Deadline Coming Up

If you haven’t done it yet, you still have until Friday to get your application in for the 2011 Eddie Adams Workshop, one of the best in the country.

Advice & Learning

May 31, 2011

It’s All Time Magazine’s Fault …

Okay, that was a huge stretch and exceedingly misleading, but they are the ones who declared the 2006 Person of the Year to be … You. Which really has nothing to do with this post by Jeff Sondermann at the Poynter Institute about Meporter, a new smartphone app that lets individuals report local news in a semi-cohesive manner. I’ve downloaded...

Journalism/Tech Talk

May 31, 2011

Look3 Photo Festival – June 9-11

Coming up quick … June 9-11 in Charlottesville, Va., is the Look3 photo conference/festival/exhibition/workshop. LOOK3 is 3 days of exhibitions, presentations, interviews, workshops, and outdoor projections in Charlottesville, Virginia. Our guest curators, Kathy Ryan and Scott Thode, are designing a line-up of artists and programs around the theme of HOME. Join us in June for this weekend of images, ideas,...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

May 29, 2011

Covering Joplin

Brian Stelter, reporting for the New York Times, put together a mini-diary of his day covering the Joplin tornado. It has some obvious advice and some sound thinking about how to better prepare for diasaster coverage. He also reminds us of what print and broadcast can – and can’t – do well: Part of me thought, “This is a television...

Journalism

May 28, 2011

When Becoming Almost Famous Means You’ve Been Actually Robbed

Over at MSNBC.com, Bob Sullivan has one of the best pieces on copyright and how it has affected average people who make extraordinary images. He highlights the case of Stephanie Gordon, the woman who made the image of the space shuttle launching through the clouds a few weeks ago. You’ve all seen the image by now – did you know...

Ethics & Legal/Good Work/Photojournalism

May 27, 2011

A Prize for AP’s Charlie Riedel

The Associated Press has given a prize to staffer Charlie Riedel for his work during this week’s tornado disaster in Joplin, Missouri. And a well deserved one, at that.

Good Work/Photojournalism