Photojournalism
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Have you ever struggled with editing your images to present in a portfolio or as a story pitch? If so, our conversation in this podcast might be of some help.
We recently had the great fortune to speak with one of the finest picture editors in the business, former National Geographic photographer, photo editor, and director of photography, Sarah Leen, who we interviewed as part of our coverage of B&H’s 50th Anniversary Bild Expo 2023.
Leen has worked all sides of the table, starting
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As Deanne Fitzmaurice describes it, a photojournalist's job is part sociology and part archeology, but most important, it's being on the cutting edge of what's happening, telling stories about people. It's this combination of varied disciplines, connecting with subjects, and learning something new every day that has held her fascination from her very beginnings at the San Francisco Chronicle through to the rich tapestry she's woven as a visual storyteller today. We recently sat down with Fitzmaurice to gain insights into the many facets of her
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Professional photojournalist Michael Brochstein teaches you how to get started in the field of photojournalism. He will cover topics such as how photojournalists are hired, what gear and software to use, how to obtain "media access," and so much more!
0:00 – Introduction
1:19 – Genres of Photojournalism
2:32 – What Gets Published
3:26 – Employment
8:55 – Different Angles
13:48 – Terminology
20:08 – Photographing Talking Heads
23:48 – Post-Production Software
25:19 – Workflow: General
30:40 – Workflow: Captioning
32:33 – Workflow: Culling
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Documentary filmmaker and photojournalist Ashlei Payne, owner of Tracing Thought, shares five tips for interviewing people in a foreign country. When making a documentary, it's important to understand the customs of the place in which you're filming, as well as to treat your subjects with respect.
0:00 - Introduction
0:27 - Tip 1
1:01 - Tip 2
1:50 - Tip 3
2:33 - Tip 4
3:29 - Tip 5
4:34 - More from Ashlei Payne
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In 1966, a twenty-one-year-old French woman bought a one-way ticket to Vietnam, where the American military involvement was becoming a full-scale war. The young Catherine Leroy was an admirer of photographer Robert Capa and the “reportage” she grew up seeing in Paris MATCH magazine, but she had little photojournalism experience. Despite that, and despite her particularly small physical frame, Leroy began as a freelance “stringer,” photographing the growing
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Our conversation on this week’s episode of the B&H Photography Podcast is about the challenges that the practice of photojournalism faced during, and in the wake of, the monumental year 2020. With the coronavirus pandemic, the protests following the murder of George Floyd, and the presidential election cycle, news photographers and editors were faced with situations none had ever experienced. To its credit, the institution as a whole worked
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There are many talented people who work at B&H Photo, and the connections to photography and photo history run deep. We have welcomed many B&H staffers to the B&H Photography Podcast over the years, and today we are particularly excited to speak with two members of our team on the B&H Explora blog.
We start our conversation with Howard Gotfryd, Senior Copy Editor at Explora, and learn about the incredible
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Conflict photography of the past twenty years is a subject we have discussed in previous episodes with photographers, psychologists, and scholars, but
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The B&H Photography Podcast is kicking off the new year hot. For our first episode of 2022, we welcome photographer Joe McNally to discuss his career, his working methods, and his exciting new book, The Real Deal: Field Notes from the Life of a Working Photographer.
Joe McNally is known to many as a “photographer’s photographer,” skilled in many genres and
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The B&H Photography Podcast team sends a huge end-of-the-year thank you to our listeners around the world and to the many guests who joined us for our weekly conversations. There’s little need to overstate the difficulties of the past year, but we’re all still here, still taking pictures, and we’re still making this podcast week in, week out. It truly has been a gratifying and unflappable pleasure to produce this show and, hopefully, it continues to provide some insight, some
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Have you ever wondered, "How can I improve my photos?" Professional photographer Deanne Fitzmaurice discusses how to become a better visual storyteller, compose your photos, understand lighting, and more.
What are some of the creative habits you employ when you’re photographing? Tell us about them in the Comments section, below.
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We were expecting this episode to be a great one, and it did not disappoint. The B&H Photography Podcast team welcomes photographer Lester Sloan and his daughter, author Aisha Sabatini Sloan, to discuss their new book, Captioning the Archives: A Conversation in Photographs and Text. The book is a conversation about photography and photojournalism, but more a conversation between father and daughter, one
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Documentary photographer Alison Wright shares five tips for photographing people. In this video, she discusses how she tries to capture the essence of who and where they are, and what they do, in an effort to tell their story.
What are your tips for creating successful environmental portraits? Share them with us in the Comments section, below.
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Ira Block’s documentary portrait photography captures candid moments and brings the viewer into those moments. He and Maria Perez talk about capturing different cultures around the world, telling stories with photography, being a Sony Artisan, and shooting for National Geographic.
Are you a portrait photographer with some stories to share? Do so in the Comments section, below.
As we slowly return to photographing live music events, it is an important moment to take into consideration aspects of that job that fall outside simple gear and technique concerns. I am talking about health and safety, and I doubt that there are any concert photographers who do not view that aspect of the work in a new light since 2020. We know how severe an impact the live music business has felt and that many precautions and protocols will be with us for the foreseeable future, so let’s talk about how to be safe while shooting live music.