January 4, 2016 NPPF Scholarships The National Press Photographers Foundation is now taking applications for their 2016 scholarships. Application deadline is March 1 for each of the $2,000 awards. Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism
December 24, 2015 The Why Behind the NY Times’ Year in Pictures James Estrin put together an interview with The New York Times’ Meagan Looram and Jeffrey Scales, the photo editors who selected this year’s Year in Pictures. Q: What is a Pictures of the Year photo? How do you define that? Jeffrey: A masterfully crafted photograph. Use of frame, focus choices, compelling drama, the things that define great photography. Photojournalism, specifically.... Categories Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism
December 10, 2015 Why Some Lenses Cost $1,799 We are at that point in the year where a bunch of kids are turning in their gear and need to go buy their own. It’s a wonderful support system we have here, but it also shelters them from understanding the costs of this stuff. Which means when they finally wander over to one of the online retailers and start... Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
December 10, 2015 Failing 719,999 Times This is persistence – Alan Mcfadden took six years and 720,000 frames to get one photo. But, wow … so worth it. Categories Advice & Learning/Craft/Photojournalism
December 2, 2015 Eye Tracking Your Obsession Interesting video made by Canon to promote one of their printers … Not without some criticism, as well. I have a touch of experience with eye tracking (mostly from hanging around very smart people who do it like Sara Quinn and my college Bart Wojdynski), so I think this stuff is really cool. My dream is to take entries from... Categories Advice & Learning/Graphic Design/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
December 2, 2015 Where the Tourists Are Interesting piece at Time by Olivier Laurent and Josh Raab looking at the most Instagrammed places in America. Now we know where not to bring our cameras, I suppose. Categories Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
December 2, 2015 Finding Your Color I have a small list of photojournalists who never disappoint me, storytellers who always make me stop and stare, ponder what they’re showing me, force me to rearrange the neurons in my brain. Michael S. Williamson of the Washington Post is on that list. For years I’ve come back to his work, to his way of seeing, to understand my... Categories At Work/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
December 1, 2015 Photoshelter’s Guide to Photo Contests Updated for the 2016 competition season, worth plowing through as it gives you some insight into the benefits and risks of more than 30 contests worldwide. Categories Competitions/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism
November 30, 2015 Giving Back From What Was Taken This … this is why I love photojournalists: Yunghi Kim announced in a private Facebook group last week that she was creating ten, one-time grants of $1,000 each to support independent photojournalists. Where did the funds come from? From money she recouped from copyright infringements. You probably can’t enter (unless you were already part of the online group), but that’s... Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Competitions/Photojournalism
November 30, 2015 Walter Iooss, Jr., on College Football Nice collection of images by the legendary Walter Iooss, Jr., from his early days covering college football. This was pre-autofocus, pre-14 frames per second, pre-64 GB memory cards, pre-histogram. Old school – manual focus, manual exposure, shooting on chrome film so the exposure has to be perfect in the camera. Ahh, those were the days … And if you scroll... Categories At Work/Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism