May 19, 2007 ACK – The Duck's Gone Video! Aaron Johnson (no relation) has created a video to go with his What the Duck comic. The man is, in a word, brilliant. Categories Advice & Learning
May 15, 2007 Useful Web Sites for Journalists** Former student Chuck Thomson sent this along – a web page with links to all kinds of sources of online information. Everything from government records to vehicle identification number records, all linked from one handy place. Bookmark the page, it’ll be useful at some point. ** And this post marks the 100th entry since the UGA Photojournalism Blog started in... Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Journalism
May 13, 2007 NPPA Region 6 Regional Director's Tour Bob Carey, the new R6 Regional Director for the National Press Photographers Association, will be in Atlanta on Monday, May 14 for a chat session. He’s touring the region to see what members want and/or need out of the NPPA. Monday, May 14 1-4 pm Professional Photo Resources667 11th St, NWAtlanta, GA 30318404-885-1885in the rental studio Categories Advice & Learning
May 7, 2007 Annie Leibovitz at Atlanta's High Museum The High Museum in Atlanta has a special event for the opening of Annie Leibovitz’s new show, “Celebrating a Photographer’s Life,” this Friday, May 11. Tickets are only $250 … Or maybe you just want to go see the 175 photos that are on exhibit from May 12 through September 9. I know I do. Categories Advice & Learning/Good Work/Photojournalism
May 7, 2007 Another. Altered. Photo. Sean Elliot, NPPA Secretary, chief photographer and all-around good guy, pointed this out to me today – the Charlotte (Fla.) Sun “accidentally” moved an altered image to the Associated Press last week. The unaltered image ran in the paper on Saturday. According to Executive Editor Jim Gouvellis, the photographer noticed the altered image had been sent while she was making... Categories Ethics & Legal/Thoughts & Theory
May 7, 2007 FreelanceSwitch.com – and Working for Free FreelanceSwitch.com, a new blog for “freelancers of all varieties – designers, writers, programmers, illustrators, photographers …”, has opened shop and has a great post on when it’s okay to work for free. Categories Business & Industry
May 7, 2007 Maybe "Spiderman 3" Can Save the Freelance World John Harrington has been serving the industry well the last few years with constant talks at conferences about the business of photography. Now, he takes on movie reviews will a similar bent – his review of the new Spiderman film might help editors and, more appropriately, publishers understand why work-for-hire and lowest cost isn’t the way to go. Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal
May 5, 2007 Apple Insomnia Photofest So far, I’ve heard from one student who entered the Apple Insomnia Photo Festival competition – so, go vote for Danielle Hutlas’ image. (And if there are more of you, let me know and I’ll plug your work, too.) Categories Advice & Learning/Tech Talk
May 5, 2007 Is CNN.com Complicit in Lying to its Readers? This just, well, stunned me. On the front page of CNN.com this morning is a story about the tornadoes that tore through Kansas last night. And quoted, on the front page and in the third graf of the story, is an “Allan Detrich.” Is this the disgraced former Toledo Blade photographer? The one who lied to his editors, his blog... Categories Ethics & Legal/Thoughts & Theory
May 4, 2007 Start Small, but Start Now Mindy McAdams, the Goddess of Online Journalism (she probably won’t like that …), has a post up today about a graduating student who came seeking advice. Her problem: she wants to be an independent video journalist but has no web skills. Mindy recommends building a simple blog and getting content up on it, not worrying about a fancy web site.... Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Tech Talk