The data crunchers at CPOY plotted the shutter, aperture, focal length and camera choice for the 636 sports action entries for the 2009 contest. I want all contests to create pie charts for the public. World Press Photos, NPPA contest or maybe even monthly clips!
I’m impressed that anyone can capture a sports moment with a [...]
In the sensory overload world, eliminating clutter and streamlining work flow can be a challenge. You can’t have that big picture success without an attention to detail. I have two good examples - one for photographers and one for editors - of pushing through nonsense to get the job done. Bring on back the Monday [...]
Talk about economic recovery! New Hampshire welcomed back the Claremont Eagle Times. The newspaper shut the doors and laid everyone off in July 2009. The new owner is Sample News Group - a company that owns several local papers along the east coast. By my research, the two are perfect partners. Both entities fly very [...]
The LA Times always wants you to find your way home. The paper’s site redesign goals were streamlined navigation and, as CyberJournalist points out, a better video experience. While newspapers and magazines strive to break out of the rectangle confines of columns and pictures in print, seems the online world is rushing back into the [...]
The paper fills an open photo staff position. Unheard of in the recession! Welcome Chris Evans. I asked Director of Photography Jim Mahoney about our new Boston photo friend, a transplant from Springfield. If you haven’t checked out the Herald’s photo and media page yet - run to look. Showcasing more galleries and photographer work.
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“So I grabbed my camera, because when you see police, you know something’s going on.’’ A victory for citizen journalism. Big round zero for the pros. The Boston Globe tracked down new amateur photographer William B. Carter who snapped the now famous photo of Gates on his front porch in handcuffs. Carter, a retired bank [...]
Lucky day for blog readers. Every month or so I google various photographers I know and like to catch up with their work. While looking for D.C. photographer Hector Emanuel, I came across an entry about him on Verve Photo - a documentary photography blog by Geoffrey Hiller.
Hector joins 23 other NPPA members who have [...]
Photojournalism’s digital alteration prevention strategy seems to be to wait for an infraction, blame photographer, check photographer off list of future offenders, put ethics in check, feel better about industry, wait for next infraction.
Perhaps digital alteration will always be the case of a rogue photographer. But we won’t know because we tend not to discuss [...]
Leopold Godowsky, Jr. and Leopold Mannes, two musicians, invented Kodachrome in the early thirties. God and Man. Eastman Kodak is stopping film production after 75 years. The news might be sad, but the media is having great fun with headlines thanks in large part to Paul Simon. He should get royalties for such liberal lyric [...]
As some of you may know, I am in the midst of the longest job search in the history of long job searches. We timed a move to Boston in 2008 to coincide with the stock market crash. With such pitch-perfect timing, rather than rent a car to move north I should have bought a [...]
