Rites of Passage
The Star Tribune photo staff has started a photo column. The latest one was done by David Joles on Caesar Marino hearing for the first time since he was seven.
Judges
Josh Meltzer
Josh was the 2006 POY winner for the NPPA Best of Photojournalism while at The Roanoke Times. Received a Fullbright grant to live and work in Guadalajara, Mexico documenting the migration of indigenous families from rural to urban regions in Mexico. He’s now a professor-in-residence at Western Kentucky University.
Jon Lowenstein
He has been a [...]
Convention Schedule
Convention Schedule 2010
Friday April 16th 2010
4:00pm CPOY Judging
Saturday April 17th 2010
9:00 am POY Judging (All day)
9:00 am Steve Niedorf : The Business of Freelancing
Steve will talk about copyright, negotiating fair contracts and other issues that are essential to surviving post newspaper life. After years of experience being self employed in this market, Steve will [...]
Wisconsin’s convention March 13th.
The WNPA will have their judging on Friday and speakers and workshops on Saturday. Looks like it will be worth the drive. For more information, check out their website. http://www.wnpaonline.com/
MADD volunteers
Here’s the third video the Star Tribune’s Renee Jones Schneider has done on drunk driving as part of the Smashed series.
Adam Gadach lost his leg when he was hit by a drunk driver in 2007. After months of speaking at MADD panels to DUI offenders he was joined last month by the man who drove [...]
A family tradition
Star Tribune’s Jerry Holt made this cute video on Bev and her love of ice skating.
Bev Eberhard, 76, enjoys sharing her life long passion for figure skating with her 7-year-old great granddaughter, Haylee Zellner. They also shared an instructor for their weekly lesson at the Schwan Super Rink in Blaine.
MNPA Update: Judges announced
Josh Meltzer: 2006 POY winner for the NPPA Best of Photojournalism while at The Roanoke Times. Received a Fullbright grant to live and work in Guadalajara, Mexico documenting the migration of indigenous families from rural to urban regions in Mexico. He’s now a professor-in-residence at Western Kentucky University.
Jon Lowenstein: He specializes in log-term, in-depth projects [...]
Using music in multimedia
As a part of Fresh Eyes series by Adam Westbrook he has journalist and musician Christopher Ave talk about it. Here’s the lead in.
“What happens when you ask a film maker or a musician about the future of journalism? What skills can the next generation journalist learn from a branding expert? As part of Fresh Eyes [...]
Peterson in Vancouver: Olympics come to an end
I couldn’t think of a better way to sign off than to have somone else say it. Now I know I’ve been here too long.
Closing Ceremony.
Peterson in Vancouver: Emotional roller coaster
Wow, what a heartbreaker. What a difference a few minutes makes.
This little piggy
The Post-Bulletin’s photographer Elizabeth Nida had some fun with a pig. Check out her story. Here’s an excerpt.
“It’s not everyday that you see an 80-pound miniature Vietnamese pot-bellied pig waddling down the avenue. On a leash.”
http://bit.ly/aMoP6j
Water for Haiti
Rich Tsong-Taatarii with reporter Jim Spencer spent a week in Haiti. Here’s one of the videos Rich produced from the trip.
When In Haiti, Kevin McCellan delivers 6,000 to 10,000 gallons of water a day to Cite Soleil, one of the worst slums in the world.
Internships
Carolyn Crist, the president of the University of Georgia’s chapter of the National Press Photographers Association, is working on the official NPPA Internship list. If your new organization has an internship you want to promote this is a good place do it. I remember choosing all my internships based on this list. I told Carolyn [...]
MNPA Update: Convention
Hello MNPAers!
Some quick notes on the progress on this year’s convention, contest, and hotdish hoedown.
First things first…membership. I’m hoping again to get more of you to become members sooner rather than later. This helps with getting judges here and not just crossing our fingers and hoping we can pay for everything. It’s important as we [...]
Peterson in Vancouver: Evening lights
Heading up the hill to Whistler. Mike Russo blogging on the bus.
Look out Ansel, “Moonrise over Whistler”
Tom Kennedy speaks
Ignore the weak visuals and just listen to Tom speak about the evolution of visual journalism. He talks about the twists and turns of his career and how those changes relate to changes in the industry.
“Former National Geographic Director of Photography and Managing Editor of Washington Post/Newsweek Interactive speaks about his and the visual journalism [...]
Peterson in Vancouver: Women’s Downhill
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One of the weirdest moments from the downhill Wednesday. Chili’s Noelle Barahona hit the wall after a slidding stop and landed under the fence. She needed help getting out. She stuck her ski out [...]
Peterson in Vancouver: You be the photographer
OK, I’ve decided that luge is the hardest sport to photograph. So I’ve created a little game called “YOU BE THE PHOTOGRPHER”. Play the video above and try to pause the video before the luger (Is that a word?) leaves the frame. This is real-time video from last nights luge competition. ENJOY! I had two [...]
Peterson in Vancouver: Opening Ceremonies
Wow! That was one cool Opening Ceremony. All done in a building very similar to the Metrodome. Maybe we should keep it?
Gotta love those Finns! Coolest jackets in the world!
Peterson in Vancouver: The Beginning
Star Tribune’s Brian Peterson is trying to stay dry while covering the Winter Olympics. Here are some comments from Brian on his first day up the mountain.
“Up the mountain today and guess what? After a month of no snow they get it today and cancel the downhill training runs. Back down to Vancouver after 12 [...]
Hotdish Hoedown and print auction
Back by popular demand: The Hotdish Hoedown. That’s right dust off grandma’s recipe cards, bring a pad and pen over to the church ladies, have a drink with the folks from the VFW. Bake at 375 then come on down. But this year don’t forget your check book. There will be pretty pictures to go [...]
Healthy listening
This is not photo-related but I think it’s important to hear. We all need to take better care of ourselves. Oh and if you haven’t watched these TED speeches before, they tend to be pretty powerful and moving.
Photoshop Shortcuts
Here’s a cheat sheet that I thought might be helpful. Check it out. http://bit.ly/9wJnGl
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