Visual Journalism – Page 235 – Notes from aside the camera

March 4, 2010

This Is Almost Illegal …

I figured putting the title “Camera P 0 r n” up there would wreak all kinds of SEO havoc, but that’s sort of what this is – a collection of Nikon F cameras and lenses owned by one guy. Aren’t those brassed black bodies just beautiful? I’m afraid we’ll never see cameras with that gorgeous of a patina again …...

Tech Talk

March 4, 2010

Losing Class

There are a lot of things that happen during my photojournalism classes – philosophy and sociology discussions, rambles about roads, ponderings on psychology. Sometimes, they even relate to photojournalism … but today, well, today we went off track. Every week we do a “VizCamp” – it’s a 10-15 minute presentation by a student on something they think everyone else should...

Advice & Learning/Thoughts & Theory

March 3, 2010

Student Outs Self in Contest

A student who used the California shield laws to protect himself last year and had remained anonymous for his own safety has outed himself in the College Photographer of the Year competition.

Competitions/Ethics & Legal

March 1, 2010

White House News Photographers Association’s Student Photo Contest

FYI … The WHNPA Student Photographer of the Year 2010 Contest is now open and entries will be accepted until March 17 at midnight. Students from all over the world are eligible and the winner receives a $1000 award among other great prizes. Please help WHNPA by passing this info on to any professors, colleges and students you might know....

Competitions

February 28, 2010

Olympic Pictograms

Steven Heller at the New York Times takes a neat look at the history of the Olympic event icons that have been used over the last century or so. Some are pretty weird, but some are pretty cool – and this is a great way to present them. It’s informative (as it should be) and visually interesting, creating a nice...

Good Work

February 27, 2010

Editing and Dining

Some more images of editors working with students and some frames from a very dark dinner …

Advice & Learning/Good Work

February 26, 2010

Scenes from Elberton

We are on the road … 16 students, six editors and me, holed up in Elbert County, Ga., for the weekend. Lots of conversations in the room, lots of learning. More images to come …

Advice & Learning/Good Work

February 25, 2010

Pogue, PopPhoto and Photoshop

That’s David Pogue, of the New York Times, Popular Photography and the ubiquitous Adobe Photoshop, where Pogue is talking about the ethics of Photoshop and when a photo is no longer a photo.

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal

February 25, 2010

Simple West Texas Visuals

Ken Kobré, the author of the text book we use in the Advanced Photojournalism course, posted a link to this Texas Country Reporter piece on a Far West Texas couple who’s living as their ancestors did – offline, off the grid, on the proverbial range. Watch it and pay close attention to the visuals – it is beautifully shot, with...

Good Work/Video

February 24, 2010

The “Tra-digital” Journalist

I didn’t coin the phrase (and not sure I’d admit to it if I did), but it’s being bantered about in a couple of places. Columbia University Prof. Sree Sreenivasan uses it in a post about a New York City gathering to talk about “The Future Journalist” – and there are some good tips in there. Particularly, I like this...

Advice & Learning/Journalism/Multimedia