Visual Journalism – Page 73 – Notes from aside the camera

October 29, 2013

Whoa … Cheesy, but Gorgeous

The Atlanntic’s In Focus blog takes a look at Reuters photographer Denis Balibouse’s story on a Swiss family that makes Gruyere cheese and it is drop dead gorgeous. Talk about seeing well …

Good Work/Photojournalism

October 29, 2013

An Iconic Image, Almost Unseen

Imagine if one of the most famous images from the 125 year history of National Geographic was never published … Steve McCurry talked with the TODAY show about how he Afghan Girl almost wasn’t chosen. Watch the whole piece, there’s a surprise in there about his childhood injury. For more on his new book, Untold: The Stories Behind the Photographs,...

Business & Industry/Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

October 28, 2013

Unfortunately, We Have No Budget …

Over at The New York Times, Tim Kreider takes on those who ask for free work.

Business & Industry/Photojournalism

October 25, 2013

Souza on Obama

Photo District News’ David Walker has an interview up with President Obama’s photographer, Pete Souza. Not journalism, but worth a read.

Business & Industry/Photojournalism

October 24, 2013

Heisler on Portraiture

Photo District News has a series of excerpts up from Gregory Heisler’s new book – worth clicking through to see how he handled Hugh Grant, Muhammad Ali, Daniel Boulud and Herman Shaw. Love this from the Hugh Grant segment on posing subjects: So, as the photographer, you have four choices: (1) be satisfied with whomever they show you; (2) tell...

Good Work/Photojournalism

October 24, 2013

Yeah, That’s A Moment …

I doubt you’d make this with your iPhone … check out this amazing image made by Allen Hughes during a surfing competition in California. Great composition, light and moment. Almost makes me want to shoot surfing …

Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

October 23, 2013

How to Disarm a Police Confrontation

Brilliantly handled. (Thanks to David Schick for the link.)

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

October 22, 2013

Workflow Webinat at PhotoShelter

Tomorrow, 4 p.m., PhotoShelter is hosting a webinar on The Photographer’s Workflow with Jared Bauman. I’ve done several of these, all very useful.

Photojournalism/Tech Talk

October 22, 2013

Ansel Adams: Master Marketer

Over at The New York Times’ Lens blog, Jonathan Blaustein takes a look at how Ansel Adams marketed himself with great results. Amazing how many of the techniques he used apply today. Shameless Sales Pitch: Think you need to get better at marketing? The NPPA’s Busines Blitz will be here in Athens this Saturday, October 16, with a section on...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

October 22, 2013

Journaling Your Destination

The University of Georgia has a neat program, started a few years ago, called the First Year Odyssey, made up of one-credit classes and every first year kid must take one. When they started, I tossed some ideas into the ring – the courses are designed by faculty to introduce students to their area of expertise. None of my ideas...

Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory