Visual Journalism – Page 57 – Notes from aside the camera

April 28, 2014

To Be a Pro, You Must Appear to Be a Pro

So much of this seems like common sense, but it’s not – so here’s a reminder that if you want to be taken seriously, you must be serious about every aspect of your business. We get this gift to be invited into people’s lives, their homes – the last thing we want to do is give them any reason to...

Craft/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

April 25, 2014

The Growth Curve of a Young Photojournalist

Melissa Lyttle has put up a post on hitting the plateau as a photographer, something we all wrestle with.

Advice & Learning/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

April 25, 2014

Summer Habits

My kids are wrapping up and getting ready to wonder off into the ether of either summer break or the future. Outside of the structure classes and deadlines, it can be hard to stay focused on learning. Doable, but complex to drive yourself to shoot and grow. Jeff Meyer over at PetaPixel gives us seven things to work on every...

Advice & Learning/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

April 25, 2014

They Are People, Not Subjects

My good friend David LaBelle is at it again, this time talking about a man he met in New York City. I can point my camera “at” you or I make a picture “with” you. One is a cowardly drive-by shooting, while the other is a collaborative, shared experience. One objectifies, capturing subjects as objects, graphic elements in a broader...

Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

April 24, 2014

Geek Alert: The Best SD Cards

Yeah, this is pretty geeky … how do you choose the best SD memory card? Kimber Streams at The Wirecutter has the answers. (Thanks to Michael Schwartz for the link.)

Photojournalism/Tech Talk

April 23, 2014

Lighting 3,000 People

Yes, you read that right – Gregory Heisler shot last week’s cover of Sports Illustrated featuring 3,000 Bostonians at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. And he lit it. How do you decide on the quality of light for 3,000 people? When you work with light, you have the ability to completely set a tone and a mood—people have...

Good Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

April 23, 2014

The Intern’s Plan

We are just days away from freedom the end of the semester and that means a whole new grip of kids are heading out the door, ideals in hand and ready to rock their first internship or job. The vibe in the Photo Cave is a mix of shear fear at finishing up their final projects and overflowing enthusiasm for...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Photojournalism

April 21, 2014

Choosing How to Expose

It’s the end of the semester and most of my kids have gotten exposure down – they’re making conscious choices about ISO, aperture and shutter speed and why certain combinations work for certain things. But it takes a lot of work to get them here … If I were to send them this piece by Michael Johnston over at The...

Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

April 16, 2014

By Us, For Them

Two pieces floated through the ether to me this morning. The first is a personal essay by the Boston Globe’s John Tlumacki, reflecting on his coverage over the last year of the Boston Marathon attacks and subsequent recovery. His work on the recovery of the victims is just as strong as the work he produced last year – work that,...

Ethics & Legal/Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

April 15, 2014

Local Talk on Covering Grief and Loss

The University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication is hosting Jessica Handler on Thursday, April 17, for a luncheon talk on covering grief and loss. It’s free and there’s pizza, why wouldn’t you want to come?

Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory