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Thanksgiving, 2010

Thanksgiving, 2010
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This blog has become a yearly event!
Here's to peace and fellowship and family.
Giving thanks today and all year long!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!
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It's been a year since hitting this blog. I think I might start it again, really!

Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving! Much, much to be thankful for this year!

Thanksgiving 2008

Thanksgiving 2008
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It has been a long couple of years! This blog has been silent, while my life has been anything but. I am glad to be out of the tunnel and back into the light.

This year, I am thankful for my family and friends, my health and, most especially, my new job at National Public Radio.

God bless, and Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Best of Photojournalism 2008

Best of Photojournalism 2008
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Just got back from a long week of judging the Best of Photojournalism contest. We were, again the guests of The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, and again, we hardly had opportunity to take advantage of the Florida spring.

What we did see was more wonderful online journalism, over 900 unique urls this time around!

In case any of you have been under a rock for the last two years, web video is big and about to 'blow up'. And lest anyone be confused - the best web video bears little resemblance to spot news photography - it is film making, plain and simple.

Check out the top winners at BOP.

Blogging again

I have been away from these pages for too long. I will explain all later.

I am in Florida at the Poynter Institute judging the Best of Photojournalism contest. Apple is a sponsor this year and has been making a push into the photojournalism market in a big way - both by their presence and by listening to photographers. I can't help but think, however, as I watch the work roll by on screen, that we are all waiting for something better, the next thing that will define our visual space in the future.

We are not there yet.

List of French phrases used by English speakers.

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

"The more things change, the more they stay the same."

(from Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose, or Plus ca change, plus c’est pareil.)

The Cult of Leica

A Critic at Large: Candid Camera: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker.

"There have been Leica cameras since 1925, when the Leica I was introduced at a trade fair in Leipzig. From then on, as the camera has evolved over eight decades, generations of users have turned to it in their hour of need, or their millisecond of inspiration."

Wonderful article on the Cult of Leica!
Also a good trace of the history of photography in the late 20th, early 21st century.

The New iMovie

Apple - iLife - iMovie - New in iMovie ’08.

Brilliant!
This is a touch screen video editing program, end of story.

Camjos Across Africa

Link: AfricaNews - Mobile reporters in Africa.

"The ultimate goal is to select, in each African country, a number of skilful (young) men and women (with the help of a local coordinator) and to equip these people with high-technology mobile phones (with a small foldable keyboard) where a special piece of software is installed to permit direct uploads of photos, texts and videos to the Skoeps server, from where they are transferred to the Africa Interactive website for publication. Once online, those stories and images are meant to trigger reactions from users and community members. The project's selection policy gives a bigger chance to skilful women in an effort not only to have diversified contents but above all to contribute to their emancipation efforts through media.

The Africans who take part in this project are known as ‘camjos’, a short combination of ‘camera’ and ‘journalist’. A camjo writes, takes photos and makes videos about daily life in Africa, on subjects that s/he finds newsworthy. Each camjo receives a training on the use of the phone and is coached during the first six months. With this initiative, Africans, whether in cities or in the countryside, will have the opportunity to have their voice heard all over the world.If the camjos perform well, they will generate incomes for themselves as they will be paid based on the number of visitors viewing or reading their contributions."

Lights, Camera, Action!

My first Lumiere!

Download thekite2_s.mp4