April, 2009 Archive

Souza provides a behind the scenes look to CNN

April 27th, 2009 | Education, News | No comments

White House photographer Pete Souza provided a behind the scenes look at the first 100 days of President Barak Obama to CNN’s John King recently.
This is a fascinating look at the way Souza works covering the President. As an educator, this is a great teaching piece on how Souza considers himself “a visual historian.” [...]

Info for covering Fallen Hero returns

April 6th, 2009 | Advocacy, News | No comments

With the first coverage of the return of a Fallen Hero after Secretary of Defense Robert Gates overturned an 18-year ban of media coverage of the transfers, I want to pass on some information that may be helpful for photojournalists and media outlets wishing to cover the ceremonies. The Department of Defense has posted the [...]

Canon revises CPS requirements

April 4th, 2009 | Advocacy, News | No comments

I am excited to share with you that after the NPPA and several other photo groups expressed our concerns to Canon about their CPS requirements for bodies and lenses, a change has been made. The NPPA called and along with several members wrote to Canon USA about the requirements. In our conversations, we brought up [...]