Visual Journalism – Page 7 – Notes from aside the camera

October 21, 2018

Inside the Canon EOS R

Sometimes, I really want to take things apart … then I remember I would be responsible for putting them back together. Which makes me happy when Roger Cicala at LensRentals.com does it. They last camera I disassembled was an all-mechanical Nikon, things have changed.

Business & Industry/Tech Talk

October 2, 2018

Photo Editing and Senate Hearings

Over at the Columbia Journalism Review, Darrel Frost takes a look at how last week’s supplemental Supreme Court hearings were handled visually. The dilemma is what can you or should you show in one frame when an event went on for more than that 1/250 of a second. My thinking has always been that you look for an image that...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

September 18, 2018

Calming Ways and Sharp Eyes

Over at The New York Times Lens blog, David Gonzalez looks back at the first African-American woman to be a staff photographer there. Ruby Washington, a South Georgia native, died earlier this year. “The temperature would go down a couple of degrees because she had that nice, calming way and was nonthreatening with a ready smile,” Ms. (Nancy) Weinstock said,...

At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism

September 18, 2018

The Story Goes On, the Story Goes Out

There’s a tie between first responders and journalists – they’re the most likely to head towards trouble spots in communities. To be there, to bear witness, to document and explain so others can be informed or prepared, that’s what journalists do. When storms like Hurricane Florence hit, the best and worst of journalists comes out. The split between the visual...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

September 4, 2018

We’ve Lost Marc Riboud

I don’t know when I first came across Marc Riboud’s work, but his book on China affected me deeply. It was a seemingly casual yet amazingly precise look at the country during a time when few had access to it. Riboud passed last week at the age of 93, Oliver Laurent at Time has a look at his work.

Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism

August 30, 2018

Ways of Seeing

At The Washington Post, David Nakamura takes a look at alternate ways of covering the mundane.

At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

August 30, 2018

Colorado Journalist Detained by Police for Recording from a Public Place

After stopping to investigate police activity, Susan Greene was told to stop recording because it would be a HIPAA violation. When she refused, she was handcuffed and put in the back seat of a police car and then released. Some things to unpack here … Greene was in a public place as were the police so there is no expectation...

At Work/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

August 30, 2018

College Photographer of the Year Call for Entries

If you’re a college student, it’s time to get your portfolio together – the entry deadline for the 73rd College Photographer of the Year competition is September 23. There is no entry fee for this – why wouldn’t you enter?

Competitions/Good Work/Photojournalism

August 5, 2018

How Salt and Silver Bind Us

Well now I want to go to the Yale Center for British Art to see an exhibition … That BBC video has me thinking thoughts too deep for a pre-coffee Sunday morning, about how to change the way I teach photojournalism and, perhaps, who I teach it to. My classes are not about photography, they are about community, understanding, compassion...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

August 1, 2018

What’s Newsworthy?

The visual coverage of President Franklin D. Roosevelt has fascinated me for years. Stricken with polio, he was mostly unable to walk without either physical or mechanical assistance, yet the journalists of the time almost never recorded that fact. It’s perhaps one of the greatest ethical discussions on how we cover those in power – what matters, what doesn’t and...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory