Visual Journalism – Page 217 – Notes from aside the camera

October 15, 2010

UGA Motorsports Workshop Wrap-up

It has been nearly two weeks since my world went very, very quiet. My hearing has recovered and the memories are still pleasant, seems like a good time to talk a bit about the UGA Motorsports Photojournalism Workshop. This is an insane idea, to be honest: Take one class full of college students to one of the premier motorsports events...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work/Journalism

October 15, 2010

Forever Young Happy Meal Story Smells Funny

Most everyone has now seen the photos or a version of the never-molding Happy Meal story. It’s a funny story, a tragic story – an informative story, too – as photographer Sally Davies shot a McDonald’s Happy Meal over a six month period and saw almost no change in it. Too bad CNN’s version is a badly faked story …...

Ethics & Legal/Good Work/Video

October 13, 2010

Journalism: Abandoning Ethics Since …

I don’t know what to say … Sean Elliot shared this video on Facebook, watch the 0:34 second mark … there is an explanation here, right? That’s not a news photographer, right?

Ethics & Legal/Good Work/Video

October 11, 2010

Still Think Twitter Doesn’t Matter?

Do YOU have a job?

At Work/Business & Industry

October 11, 2010

Lifeboaters, One-Skill Wonders and Digital Natives

I wish I could take credit for all of those titles, but I cannot. Tom Davidson, a “strategic and tactical consulting on how digital technology changes the economics of media businesses,” came up with the phrases in a post he wrote about going through resumes and the types of applicants he saw. Love this graf: The kids in that third...

Business & Industry

October 10, 2010

On Being a Wire Service Shooter

This is a subject that is near and dear to my heart, much Iike that middle school sweetheart who went off to great fame as part of the prom court at the reform school they ended up in … So much hope, and they amounted to something, just not what you expected. Brian Ach, a stringer for Wireimage, has a...

Business & Industry

October 6, 2010

Just in Time for the Holidays …

Okay, even I think this is excessive … a Leica M9 and 35 mm Summicron lens have been inclided in the Nieman Marcus Christmas Book. At $7,000 for the body and $3,000 for the lens, I think it’s overpriced. But at $17,500 for the body and lens … well, that’s just insane. Even if it does come with brown ostrich...

Craft/Tech Talk

October 6, 2010

Going Vertical

One of the common complaints still photographers make when moving over to video is the forced-horizontality of traditional video players. Looks like some folks have gotten together over on Vimeo to create Tallscreen – a group of vertical videos. Will it catch on? Who knows … but it’s a fun idea.

Good Work/Multimedia/Video

October 4, 2010

Internship Opp.: White House Deadline Extended

You have until Sunday, October 10, to get your info in to them.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

October 4, 2010

Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar – Dec. 3 & 4

It’s coming up again, get it on your calendar and plan on being there. It’s that time of year again to begin planning for the winter migration to Atlanta on December 3rd & 4th, for the 38th Annual Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar. This years Friday offerings include workshops by Paula Lerner “The Art & Commerce of Multimedia”, SI’s Bob Rosato “Inside...

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