Ranger's 90th anniversary

Ranger Peeps...

Mandy Derfler is gathering info from former Ranger kids for an interactive map celebrating The Ranger's 90th.
The topic is where they are now.

Please send me your name, current title and where you work, former Ranger title and when you were here, how The Ranger helped you succeed and a current mug shot, or an old ranger photo.
mandy.derfler@gmail.com

We need it by April 1.

Dr. Lo

i think this kid was seriously depressed. but,,, there was a bird with him on the grass. so i took a photo and then told him to get some help.

Happy to "Bee" Covered in Pollen

Happy to "Bee" covered in pollen.

© Rennie Murrell 2010

Lunchtime AGAIN!?!

Apparently I like to shoot photos of people having lunch with the birds. This bird just hopped right up on to the chair where she was eating like it was invited. I couldn't help myself. :)

Ethics study guide

News photo folks,

Seems like quite a lot of you studied the Ethics chapter. I am keeping my promise to send you this study guide. It is not going to be 100% as what is in the quiz. However, I can promise you that everything in the quiz are either coming from the chapter or from the discussion we have in class. The quiz will be in multiple choices format.

Ethics study guide

1. According to the author, what are the frameworks for making ethical decision?

2. What happened to the photo showing the volcano dust that eventually being recalled by Reuters photo agency in April, 2010?

3. What is the code of ethics listed by National Press Photographers Association (NPPA)?

4. What did photographer Boris Yaro said to another photographer who tried to stop him while he was taking photos of Robert Kennedy dying on the ground after being assassinated?

5. Why shouldn’t we pay subjects for letting us to take their photos?

6. What should you do while taking up photo assignment of a funeral?

7. Renowned photographer Eddie Adams took a photo that publicly considered as changing public opinion about the Vietnam War, what was that photo about?

8. When Life magazine photographer Flip Schulke was shooting a civil right march led by Martin Luther King in Alabama and saw some black kids was being shoved to the ground by police, he stopped shooting but dragging the kids away. What did Dr. King told him at that moment?

9. The author mentioned several times about “breakfast test” in describing ethical standards in publishing photos. What is the term means?

10. In a 1975 photo of woman and a child falling off a collapsing fire escape, despite a strong disapproval of publishing the photo from the readers, some major benefit was acquired by publishing the photo. What was the benefit?

11. What did the Website of Best of Photojournalism contest do to an award-winning photo showing a half-naked woman being sexually assaulted by a crowd at Mardi Gras in order to protect the identity of the victim?

12. What did National Geographic magazine do to a 1982 cover photo of the pyramids of Giza?

13. Charlotte Observer photographer Patrick Schneider’s manipulated photo of two grieving firefighters eventually earned him a 3-day suspension and also being stripped off of an award he had already won with that photo. What did he do to that photo?

14. Why shouldn’t photojournalists take photos of people or events in the news that the photographer has close relationship to them personally?

The Birds

Gee, I wish I was a bird. They don't have to take finals.

Lunchtime

A woman enjoys her lunch Friday as two birds fight over what might be their lunch.

Ethics in photojournalism

News photo folks,

I believe I have mentioned to you more than one occasions that you will be required to read through the Ethics chapter for class discussion. We will be discussing that next time we meet. I surely hope that you are reading it or have already read it. The plan is that we will discuss it on Monday and while it is still fresh in our minds, we have the quiz on Wed.

Also, please be reminded that you will have to present your portfolio with Soundslides on Wed.

If the discussion on Monday proves we have a prepared class, I will considered posting a quiz tips before Wed. for everyone, just like the law quiz which most of you get a good grade.

In the meantime, we have a burning hot incident on photojournalism ethics happened to a renowned photo news agency last week - Reuters. One of its photos about the volcano at Iceland was digitally manipulated. They have to request a "total recall" on that photo.

Check it out:
http://www.petapixel.com/2010/04/21/reuters-retracts-icelandic-volcano-photo/

© Reuters (this is for educational purpose, don't sue me)

In the meantime, enjoy the last slow weekend of the semester.

Dr. Lo

"Bird on a Wire"

Bird on a wire. Image captured outside the Early College High School.

© Rennie Murrell 2010

Video on a great photojournalism teacher

If this series of videos did not strike your heart, you must not have spent enough time thinking about photojournalism.

Dave LaBelle trenched a path with his several decades of hard work for young photojournalism students to follow. He explains why the world needs us and what we can do to achieve that. Of course, what he did does not cover all areas of photojournalism, but I think it was a major part of why photojournalism is needed in our society.

I strongly encourage you spend some time watching and thinking about what he said during your vacation time.

If you want to go to the original video site to see the whole series of videos in a better quality, the URL is:

http://vimeo.com/7866068

Dr. Lo

Dave LaBelle | The Lesson from Francis Gardler on Vimeo.