March 21, 2014 Spring Sprang, Time to Clean Good reminders from Adorama’s Mason Resnick on cleaning out your camera bag. Of course, I have some dozen camera bags that I now feel compelled to go vacuum out … Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk
March 21, 2014 Getting the Cranky Out I’m about to go hide in the Photo Cave for several hours. It’s not that I don’t like my cave, it’s just I wasn’t expecting to be in there today … and this has made me cranky. I’ve been ranting for several hours now that I shouldn’t have to do this, that it’s someone else’s fault. A sure sign I’ve... Categories Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory
March 19, 2014 Lynsey Addario Featured in Audi Promo It would be easy to say she has sold out, but if the sponsorship dollars fund more work, I’m all for it. Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism
March 18, 2014 The General’s Selfie Apparently I’m a few days behind the curve on this, but General Colin Powell posted what we now call a selfie over the weekend – from sixty years ago. I have one from the 1980s I could dig out … but won’t. Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory
March 18, 2014 News Chopper Down in Seattle Multiple reports that the KOMO-TV helicopter has crashed in Seattle. Categories Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Video
March 17, 2014 After and Before in Photoshop A little fun to get back in the swing of things after being on the road for a week … Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
March 14, 2014 The Ethics of Managing Conflict Journalism James Estrin has a must read story at The New York Times’ Lens blog looking at the apparent use of activists and untrained photographers in Syria. There are portions of this that horrify me – including the triggering act of an 18 year old, apparently equipped and paid by Reuters, who was killed recently. The ethical concerns involve more than... Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
March 12, 2014 Speeding Up the Transmitting Process I have several feelings about this project the Toronto Star is developing, allowing their photojournalists to transmit images from the camera straight to the web with no editing process. On the geek front, I want one. On the journalist side, where is the journalism? How do you know what’s important and what isn’t? Where is the editing in this? Still,... Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory
March 12, 2014 14 Female Photographers You Should Know Allen Murabayashi has a great listing of women in photography at the PhotoShelter blog you should look at. Who else should be on the list? Categories Good Work/Photojournalism
March 9, 2014 No Job for a Woman Thursday night, PBS will be premiering No Job for a Woman: The Women Who Fought to Report WWII and it will feature Dickie Chapelle. I have my DVR set, so should you. After watching the trailer for it, I spotted this piece, Pioneering Women War Correspondents, that includes Margaret Bourke White and Chapelle, as well. Worth 14 minutes of your... Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism