Visual Journalism – Page 72 – Notes from aside the camera

November 14, 2013

A Resurgence of Film?

Sometimes, Twitter leads me to strange places … take, for instance, this post by Neil Turner who may (or may not) be lamenting a return to film because it’s more valid. (I may not have this right, go read it for yourself.) There was some head scratching here on the back hallway as I saw these words fall into place:...

Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

November 13, 2013

PopPhoto and Ethics

I sort of stopped reading the technical photo magazines. It’s not that I didn’t like them, it’s just … well … I already know I’m a geek and I’m not good at controlling that geekyness, so I stopped a few years back. But one column by Stan Horaczek has me thinking I need to support PopPhoto again. Here’s a lesson...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

November 12, 2013

If It Feels Like We’re Targeted …

… that’s because we are being targeted for cuts in the newsroom at a much higher rate than our colleagues, according to a Pew Research Center report. How bad is it? Data from the last three years alone further highlight this job insecurity. From 2010 through 2012, ASNE recorded an 18% reduction in full-time photographers, artists and videographers. That compares...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

November 11, 2013

Why Local Photojournalists Matter

If ever you need evidence about why local publications have to keep their photojournalists, here it is in my local paper this morning. Richard Hamm’s photo of Mary Brown spotting and then running towards her son at Saturday’s football game? You can’t do that with an iPhone.

Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

November 6, 2013

Alexia Foundation Entries Open Next Week

Start getting your proposal together, the Alexia Foundation will start accepting proposals on Nov. 15. CALL FOR ENTRIES: ANNOUNCING THE 2014 ALEXIA FOUNDATION GRANTS The Alexia Foundation is pleased to announce that it will begin accepting applications for its 2014 Professional and Student Grants starting Nov. 15, 2013. The deadline for submissions for the Professional Grant is 2 p.m. Jan....

Competitions/Photojournalism

November 5, 2013

Batch Watermarking Through Photo Mechanic

Had one of those moments the other day, you know the ones where you go I knew that but had totally forgotten it? This one was about using Photo Mechanic to batch watermark images. (Thanks to Sean Elliot for the link.)

Photojournalism/Tech Talk

November 5, 2013

Retro Nikon Df Announced

Nikon introduced their newest DSLR today, the Df – a camera that harkens back to their earlier, now-classic design language. This looks pretty sweet – a compact-ish full frame camera that strips out a lot of the bells and whistles, allowing you to concentrate on the image. I would have to assume that it’s primary goal is to not be...

Photojournalism/Tech Talk

November 3, 2013

If You Limit Access, You Are Not Transparent

The Associated Press’ Santiago Lyons is, again, arguing that President Obama’s administration has become one of the most restrictive of press rights. Much of what we are seeing released by the White House is propaganda, according to Lyons in an article at The Daily Caller by Robby Soave. Evidence: The AP has only been permitted to photograph the president alone...

Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism

November 2, 2013

On Layoffs and White Boards

Sad day for the Middletown, New York, community as the Times Herald-Record has laid off its entire photo staff, according to a story by Donald Winslow on the National Press Photographers Association’s web site. What’s next for visual journalism? Well, if the Chicago Sun-Times is any indication (remember, they let their entire photography staff go earlier this year), the Middletown...

Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism

November 2, 2013

Retro Nikon Next Week?

Nikon Asia has released a series of five videos that hint at a new camera coming out on November 5. This will either be: A) Brilliant and lustworthy, a perfectly sized, simplified full frame camera you can operate by feel. Or B) A schlocky retro camera that is too small to be useful, too fragile to be functional or too...

Photojournalism/Tech Talk