Visual Journalism – Page 283 – Notes from aside the camera

November 26, 2007

Curiosity Befits the Journalist

This is the type of story I love: A journalist sees something that makes them ponder and then they search out an answer. In this audio slide show on the New York Times’ web site, J. Adam Huggins explored where New York City manhole covers come from. Nicely executed. And the Times did a follow up after safety concerns were...

Good Work/Journalism/Multimedia

November 25, 2007

REVIEW: Flip Ultra

My wife was sent a Flip Ultra video camera from Pure Digital Technologies for her to review on her bargain finding web site. Since she doesn’t deal with technology stuff as much as we do, she handed it off to me. First impressions were positive. It’s a simple little device, easily fits in a shirt or jeans pocket. The model...

Tech Talk

November 24, 2007

News Photographers Refused Access to Illinois High School Football Championship Games

The Illinois High School Association, who oversees high school sports in the state last night denied access to several newspapers, according to an article in the Pantagraph. At issue here is the policy of newspapers to sell reprints of published photos. The IHSA is considering this a commercial use of the images, and they claim ownership of the commercial rights...

Ethics & Legal/Thoughts & Theory

November 24, 2007

Black Friday (Updated 11/26)

Ugh. I hated Black Friday when I was shooting. Dealing with the mall PR office to get permission to shoot, then still having to deal with the mall cops … just, ugh. And for what? Pictures of people shopping. Blechh. So how would this work in video for a newspaper site? Check out how the San Jose Mercury News did...

Tech Talk

November 23, 2007

Upon Reflection …

The Reuters photo blog has a collection of photos of reflections. Something to think about as you put together an end-of-semester portfolio – can you make one that works?

Good Work

November 21, 2007

Five Legal Horrors

Not as catchy as Richard Feynman’s “Six Easy Pieces,” but you get the point … over on Photopreneur is a listing of five recent court cases involving photographs. Worth taking a look at. The lesson on some: You can’t use any photo you take any way you want.

Ethics & Legal

November 19, 2007

"A New Dawn"

David Stephenson’s two year coverage of a woman going through drug court is up on the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader’s web site. Broken into several chapters, it follows her through the courts and treatment programs and ends up … close to where she started.

Good Work/Multimedia/Photojournalism

November 19, 2007

Canon Makes Significant Loan to Grady

Okay, I don’t like to brag. Much. But we scored a big loan from Canon this semester, and there’s now a story up on our web site about it.

Advice & Learning/Tech Talk

November 19, 2007

It Pays to Reedit

Sometimes. Other times, it just annoys you. But after shooting what will probably be my last football game of the season on Saturday, I sent my 18 photos out to my clients and headed home. Sitting on the couch Sunday evening, I poked through again, just to see what else was in there. Sometimes, you find nothing. Sometimes, you shake...

Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism

November 16, 2007

More on Bokeh

I mentioned this concept of “bokeh” in class the other day – the term for how a lens renders the out-of-focus areas in an image. (I think I likened it to trying to explain to a high school friend why the silence of CDs was important in 1986 … he kept asking why anyone was paying attention to the time...

Tech Talk