Visual Journalism – Page 95 – Notes from aside the camera

March 21, 2013

The Business of Visual Journalism

Today’s the day … here’s the line up, all in the Drewry Room of Grady College. If you’re nearby, stop on in. 2, Billy Howard, talking about balancing commercial and personal work 3, Laurie Shock, talking about working with photographers on book and large projects 4, How Did You Get Here?, a panel of alumni talking about how they took...

Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism

March 20, 2013

Wow … Well, At Least They’re Honest About It

How would you like to get your work critiqued by professionals in an online chat session? Sounds pretty cool, just hashtag them on Instagram or Twitter and yours might get selected for a review by your friends at The Wall Street Journal. Just, you know, pay no attention to the disclaimer that is longer than the announcement and that tells...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism

March 19, 2013

Your Shot, or Mine

Nice piece over at PetaPixel looking at James Hodgins marketing idea – let the client bring a camera, then compare their images to his. Certainly is making a case for hiring him.

Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

March 19, 2013

Avoiding the Surface

Over at Wired.com, Jakob Schiller has a post up about Lisa Krantz, the San Antonio Express-News photojournalist who recently won her second Scripps Howard Award for photojournalism. Should you read it? Yes. Of course you should. Why else would I link to it? “Most people’s lives have a lot of depth and so the photos should show that,” Krantz says....

Craft/Photojournalism

March 18, 2013

Nature vs. Nurture

Nice post by my friend Stanley Leary about the nature versus nurture debate in photography – are you born good or is it that you just have a nice camera? The answer? Neither. I believe it is the combination of nature and nurture that makes for the great photographers. What this means is that those who work hard and learn...

Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

March 17, 2013

Are We Losing Photojournalism?

Yes, that’s practically a link-bait headline … but it mirrors one on an EPUK column by Graham Harrison titled The Year We Lost Sight of What Photography Can Achiece. If you haven’t read it yet, you must. You cannot read anything else about photojournalism nor even discuss it’s current state until you read that. Because, based on the we we...

Business & Industry/Craft/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

March 17, 2013

Why We Need to Better Explain Copyright

The Detroit News has a story about about a copyright lawsuit filed by photographer Brian Masck. The story probably wouldn’t have made the news except it involves an iconic image, made by Masck, of a famous football player, Desmond Howard. What troubles me is not in the story, it’s in the comments – resounding evidence that the vast majority of...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

March 14, 2013

Once It Exists, It Exists

Poynter’s Andrew Beaujon has a piece up on one of Vice President Joseph Biden’s staffers ordering someone to delete images from their camera after a Maryland appearance. Um, no. The journalist in question owns those images, this is akin to the staffer walking up and demanding his coat and then destroying it – it’s vandalism, in a way. Thankfully, the...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

March 13, 2013

Facts Matter

The Washington Post has a piece up that looks back at a controversial photo it published last November. The image, of a Palestinian man allegedly holding the body of his child, originally carried a caption indicating the boy had been killed by an Israeli airstrike. After an investigation, a United Nations commission has determined the boy was most likely killed...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism

March 13, 2013

Shooting in Extreme Conditions Webinar

On April 2, you can join former Combat Photographer Stacy Pearsall for an online webinar on Shooting in Extreme Conditions. It is free, but there are a limited number of seats available for this. I would love to say Pearsall is one of my former students, but I'm pretty sure I just stood at the front of the classroom and...

Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk