January 22, 2008 Twenty Days, Twenty Thousand Photos Turned into one video by the Toronto Star’s Lucas Oleniuk. You can question its journalistic objectivity, I suppose, but … wow. Categories Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
January 21, 2008 Skip the Film … … but buy extra batteries. It was only a matter of time, I suppose, before someone decided to market themselves as a photographer who doesn’t actually, you know, make photos. Time magazine has an article on hiring your own personal paparazzi. While it makes me wince a little bit, I guess if there’s no pictures there’s really no copyright to... Categories Business & Industry/Thoughts & Theory
January 17, 2008 Alexia Foundation for World Peace Competition Many of you know of this as I’ve spoken of it often, but here’s a reminder to get your proposal together and get it in: The Alexia Foundation for World Peace’s annual competition is now accepting entries. The student deadline has been extended to February 6, 2008. You need a written proposal for a story that addresses the issues the... Categories Competitions
January 16, 2008 "7 Bad Habits" One for everyone – “7 Bad Habits of Digital Photographers.“ Categories Advice & Learning/Tech Talk
January 14, 2008 Guest Speaker Jim Stovall – Thursday, Jan. 24, 11 a.m. Professor Jim Stovall will describe the Tennessee Journalist, the student news web site he created at the University of Tennessee. Prof. Stovall was the brainchild behind Dateline Alabama and runs JProf.com, as well. He’ll be here to talk with us about student news web sites and is a jack-of-all-codes, so to speak, and can help us think about what we’re... Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Graphic Design/Multimedia/Tech Talk
January 14, 2008 Rock Photographer Jim Marshall Being in Athens, many of my students want to shoot music scene stories. There’s one guy who they should all study – Jim Marshall. For almost 50 years he’s shot the biggest and the best stars, from the typical on-stage antics to the behind the scenes moments that let you understand who these people are. He’s posted an interview on... Categories Good Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
January 12, 2008 Mike Johnston on Lens Sharpness Over at The Online Photographer, Michael Johnston has a piece up on lens sharpness – how sharp is sharp enough? Does lens resolution affect the apparent sharpness of an image as much as we think?Geeky, in an old school kind of way. Every photographer develops, over time, a favorite lens. One that does something special that they can capitalize on.... Categories Craft
January 12, 2008 "Through the Lens of Loss" Mark Saxenmeyer, from the Chicago Fox affiliate, has posted a “director’s cut” of a story that aired in December looking at photographers who work with the families of critically ill children. It’s not photojournalism, but it certainly is documentary photography. Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work/Multimedia/Tech Talk
January 11, 2008 "Uprooted: Flicks Mobile Home Park" This piece, shot by the San Jose Mercury News’ Dai Sugano, on a mobile home park that’s being closed so the land can be redeveloped, is amazingly well done. The story, pacing and tone all match perfectly – it is, to be honest, hard to watch in some places because of the emotions at play. You’ll need some time –... Categories Good Work/Multimedia/Tech Talk
January 11, 2008 Lumix Festival for Young Fotojournalism 2008 Passing this along … looks like we could submit up to three packages/essays for consideration. From the 18th till the 21st of June 2008 the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover organizes in cooperation with the German organization of photojournalists FreeLens the Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism on the expo area in Hannover. Photography students and young professionals from... Categories At Work/Business & Industry