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Written by Dennis Dunleavy
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Tuesday, 25 March 2008 |
As the transition from film to digital photography continues, there is general agreement that the new medium offers distinct advantages in productivity and creativity over prior wet processes and routines. For many photographers, however, the shift to digital has also included the addition of shooting video for the Web. While some embrace the challenges of shooting video along with still images at events, others express frustration over what they perceive as an additional burden.
Tags: photojournalism, videography
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Written by Rohn Engh
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Tuesday, 18 March 2008 |
 In 1987, I can remember talking with a California stock photo agency director who waved his hand toward his office files with the exclamation, "Editorial photos? We have plenty of those!" The pictures he referred to were clean-cut models in a simulated work situation smiling at a computer screen, or an immaculate housewife pleasantly choring away with her modern vacuum cleaner. The viewing public in those days, it was assumed, preferred fairy-tale "editorial" pictures. Today, that is changing.
Tags: stock photography, photography trends
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Written by Scott Baradell
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Monday, 17 March 2008 |
 The issue of fair use of copyrighted photographs has surfaced in the Eliot Spitzer scandal, with Ashley Dupre's lawyer blasting media outlets for publishing pics pulled from the call girl's MySpace page. High-profile attorney Don Buchwald said he would take steps "to protect Ms. Dupre from any unwarranted exploitation of her name, picture, voice or likeness for purposes of profit."
Tags: Ashley Dupre, Eliot Spitzer, fair use, photography law, copyright, photojournalism
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Written by Scott Baradell
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Wednesday, 12 March 2008 |
As I recently read photographer Nick Stern's account of the mounting guilt that ultimately drove him to quit Splash Pictures, it reminded me of the quaint apologies we used to get from porn stars like Linda Lovelace when they left the adult-film business. Whatever the financial consequences, Stern proclaimed, "I can sleep at night."
Tags: paparazzi, photojournalism
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Written by Ron Rovtar
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Monday, 10 March 2008 |
 It sometimes is a bit charming how people compartmentalize their logical facilities, using them selectively to justify emotion-based conclusions. We all smile and shake our heads at a wealth of stories that highlight inconsistencies in the human decision-making process.
Tags: photography business, stock photography, royalty-free
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Written by Dennis Dunleavy
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Monday, 03 March 2008 |
 After reading David Weinberger's book, Everything is Miscellaneous, I realized that the impact of digital technology on culture is even more far-reaching than previously imagined.
Tags: digital photography
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Written by David Weintraub
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Saturday, 01 March 2008 |
 We're nearing the semester midpoint at the University of South Carolina, and I've had some interesting discussions with my Advanced Photovisual Communications students about journalistic ethics. Most of my students are flexing their Photoshop muscles -- using the software to crop, resize, and adjust color and contrast. Some are taking the next step (or should I say plunge?) into the world of image manipulation -- by retouching their photographs, combining elements from several pictures into a single image, and/or selectively changing sharpness or density in parts of their images.
Tags: photojournalism, journalism ethics
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