July 24, 2007 When it all goes "Pear Shaped" Covering huge events can be a logistical nightmare – access, equipment, technical problems. And then it can all go up in flames. Categories Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
July 24, 2007 Henry Wessel video The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has a show on Henry Wessel and KQED has produced a short film of him talking about his work. (“Short” may be relative – it’s just under eight minutes in length.) (You’ll need the RealAudio player, worth it because the quality here is really nice.) Some of his work resonates with me, but... Categories Advice & Learning/Good Work/Photojournalism
July 24, 2007 Journalists on the Other Side of the Camera Kiernan Beer, editor-in-chief of Fortent Inform (a financial news service) was photographed by Brendan McDermid of Reuters after last week’s steam pipe explosion in New York City. He tells his story on the New York Times’ City Room blog. Categories Journalism
July 22, 2007 Copyright Victory Photo District News has a wrap-up of a recent copyright violation case – this is why registering your images is worthwhile. Categories Ethics & Legal
July 20, 2007 WaPo goes LoCo Confused? Join most of the newspaper editors around the world. This week, Rob Curley (digital maven and massive bright spot to the news industry) launched LoudounExtra.com – the Washington Post’s (WaPo) new hyperlocal web site covering Loudoun County (LoCo) in northern Virginia. Curley’s the guy behind the Naples News site down in Florida where he went nuts building out massive... Categories Advice & Learning/Good Work/Graphic Design/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
July 19, 2007 NFL Requiring Photographers to Wear Branded Vests If you want to shoot football, you have to advertise for Canon and Reebok says the National Football League. (Maybe this is to counteract the problems with the new Canon EOS-1D Mark III’s autofocus mechanism … says the loyal Nikon shooter.) Categories Ethics & Legal/Tech Talk
July 19, 2007 Why do we keep National Geographics? It’s an interesting question (better than one about what to do with saved fruitcakes) and the Sacremento Bee has taken a look at people who hoard the yellow bordered wonder that arrives monthly. I have periodically thinned my collection, mostly due to space constraints and my incessant habit of moving every few years. (Do you have any idea how much... Categories Business & Industry
July 18, 2007 Shaina Fishman – Pet Photographer Photo District News has a short piece up on an up-and-coming pet photographer in New York City. (Who happens to be a friend and fellow Syracuse alum.) Fishman has found a way to take what she knows in a direction few would go – and has been finding success at it. Categories Business & Industry/Good Work
July 17, 2007 Newsweek and the Bad Photo Editor Every magazine photo editor (and newspaper and wire service editor, too) makes a mistake at some point in their life. At the bad end of the scale are the days when you doctor someone’s teeth or move a pyramid to fit a cover. But the other end of the scale can be just as damaging at times, when it’s minor... Categories Ethics & Legal/Good Work/Journalism/Thoughts & Theory
July 17, 2007 NFL web video restrictions John McClain at the Houston Chronicle takes on the National Football League’s new 45 second rule for video and audio on the web. (Thanks to Al Tomkins for this, from the Morning Meeting email.) Categories Journalism