Visual Journalism – Page 286 – Notes from aside the camera

October 27, 2007

Information R/evolution

Stolen from Flash Goddess Mindy McAdams … Michal Wesch, from Kansas State University, has a YouTube video that looks at the way we think about information. It’s worth the five and a half minutes, will have you rethinking the way we’ve changes our thinking of what “information” is.

Advice & Learning/Multimedia

October 27, 2007

"Photoshopping the Red Sox"

Most of you know of my affection for the Red Sox (GO SOX!!), but the hometown Boston Globe has a contest going on that, well, just makes me really queasy – “Photoshopping the Red Sox.” Fans and readers can send in their Photoshopped illustrations of the Beantown Boys and their posting them online. The problem? They’re using copyrighted images as...

Ethics & Legal/Thoughts & Theory

October 20, 2007

You Can Fool Some of the People All of the Time …

So, Leica is well known for special edition cameras that commemorate all kinds of things (such as the M6J, the MP Hermés or the Royal Wedding M6), but this is just silly … for $180, you can get a White Stripes Special Edition Holga or Diana camera (turn down your volume before clicking). Current price of a Holga online: about...

Craft/Tech Talk

October 19, 2007

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Get your attention? Over on the VII agency web site, Lauren Greenfield has a video posted titled “Kids + Money” – and it’s one of those things you just have to watch. No bells, no whistles – just startling content. You may feel in the first few minutes that there’s a definite bias here, but watch it all the way...

Multimedia/Tech Talk

October 19, 2007

Our Consitutional Responsibility

Greg Mironchuk, an old friend and a damned fine photojournalist, sent the following to the National Press Photographers Association’s discussion list. I’m reposting it with his permission because, every now and then, we need to be reminded of why we are journalists … Newspapers are an integral part of the “System Of Checks And Balances,” here in the United States....

Craft/Journalism

October 17, 2007

New Principal

Sean Elliot, at The Day, in New London, Conn., sent along a link to one of his first video pieces – a look at a new elementary school principal. It is simply shot – there’s nothing fancy in here – and the editing is very straightforward. The audio works well and the compositions mirror how a still shooter (which is...

Multimedia/Tech Talk

October 17, 2007

Stop Talking About Gear

And start thinking about how to use it better. Ken Rockwell, who has a ton of information on his site about cameras and lenses, wrote a diatribe a while back about why the camera you use doesn’t matter. Some of his analogies are weak, but this one always rings true: We all know how to play the piano: you just...

Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

October 12, 2007

Eddie Adams Workshop – Multimedia Pieces

The annual Eddie Adams Workshop, which was last month in upstate New York, has posted their multimedia pieces – created in just a few days, there’s some very nice pieces in here. Two I’d take a closer look at … “Never Checking Out” looks at the life of two men living at the Liberty Motel. And “Pro/Con” which has some...

Multimedia/Photojournalism

October 12, 2007

What the Duck goes Animated

Check it out – there’s a video version of our favorite comic strip, What the Duck.

Tech Talk

October 11, 2007

Photo Workshop in China

Passing this along … China Pre-Olympic Photographic WorkshopDecember 26, 2007 to January 12, 2008 Travel to Beijing China for a once in a lifetime Experience! The workshop will be conducted in cooperation with the School of Journalism of Renmin University, Beijing China. Renmin University is amongst the top rated universities in China. The photojournalism program of Renmin University has been...

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