Visual Journalism – Page 189 – Notes from aside the camera

April 29, 2011

Shoot or Help

Marrary Jean Tenore has a story up at the Poynter Institute that talks with Tuscaloosa News photojournalist Dusty Compton about the already-iconic image of the massive tornado that rolled over the city. Both before and after it hit, Compton was faced with choices – shoot or help? “There were so many things going through my head at the time,” Compton...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

April 29, 2011

Memories – and History – on the Auction Block

The legendary John G. Morris, 94, has decided to put most of his personal collection of prints up for auction, according to a story by David W. Dunlop on the New York Times’ Lens blog. Why should you care? Do you have any idea who he is? Morris could be considered the father, grandfather, godfather and founder of the modern...

Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism

April 28, 2011

The Only Post I Hope to Write on The Wedding

Curious what it will take to cover the Royal Wedding? Check out this post from one of the shooters who will be out there. Reuters will have 15 shooters out there, though they won’t be running around with all of that gear. My guess is they’ll be locked into place hours before the event starts and stuck there until hours...

Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

April 28, 2011

Storms Ravage the South

It has been a devastating two days here in the south as tornados have ravaged several states. The latest count has more than 200 deaths attributed to the weather. At The Atlantic, they’ve put together a comprehensive set of images of the storms and resultant destruction. The staffs at the Birmingham News have done a great job of showing what’s...

Good Work/Journalism/Video

April 27, 2011

50 Things to Know

Khoi Vinh (who designed the Basic Maths theme used on this site) pointed to this great collection of The 50 Things Every Graphic Design Student Should Know by Jamie Wieck at Airside. All the way down at 44 (the number every Syracuse University student wants to wear), was this: Go figure …

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

April 27, 2011

Reminder: Registration Open for the Bellingham Visual Journalism Conference

FYI … We’re excited to announce that pre-registration for the 2011 Bellingham Visual Journalism Conference is now open! We have an excellent faculty lined up this year including Pulitzer Prize-winner Deanne Fitzmaurice and 2010 Scripps Howard Foundation first place winner Lisa Krantz who will speak on topics ranging from the business of multimedia to how to come up with and...

Advice & Learning/Multimedia/Photojournalism

April 27, 2011

When Fake Ribs Are, Well … Faked Ribs

This popped up a while ago now, but VegNews grabbed an image from iStockPhotos, ran it through the magical Photoshop program and turned some lovely BBQ ribs into seitan vegan ribs. Except, they got caught. Whoops. A few days ago, VegNews publisher Joseph Connelly went on NPR to talk about what happened and what they’re doing to make sure it...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal

April 27, 2011

Total Geek Out – How the Voigtlander Nokton 25 mm f/0.95 is Made

Hand assembled, hand cleaned, hand tested … understand why it costs a grand?

Good Work/Tech Talk/Video

April 26, 2011

Covering Holi and Protecting Gear

I’ve seen photos from the Holi festival in India several times before, but had no idea they celebrate it in … Utah? Yeah, Utah. Retuers’ Jim Urguhart covered the event earlier this month and posted on the company’s blog about his experiences there. Buried in there is a graf or two about prepping his gear and made mention of something...

Good Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

April 26, 2011

Disaster Diptychs

It’s a phrase Scott Strazzante has used for a while in his on-going Common Ground project, but it popped into my head while looking at a collection of images shot by Retuers’ Carlos Barria in Japan and Haiti.

Good Work/Photojournalism