Atlanta was hit by a major ice storm which began Friday night and continued into Saturday, and the lingering affects continue into Sunday. I’ve posted a gallery of images taken around our house – I didn’t venture too far out as (a) I am still recovering from a nasty cold and (b) the roads were close to impassable with over one inch of solid ice. Amy’s baby shower was postponed 24 hours due to the weather, and the Atlanta Symphony concert and dinner we’d planned to attend with my Mom, visiting from Savannah, were also cancelled. But the party will go on today, and mom’s flight to West Palm Beach to visit her sister Hilda will be on Monday, instead of today.
Category Archives: Photography
Camera Mail
Here’s an interesting take which seems inspired by Wired’s ‘Rants & Raves’ feature. This guy has a project where he sends a disposable camera with attached instructions for the postal workers to take photos. The results are interesting.
Images, details here.
NPPA Announces Photoblog Category for Annual Contest
The National Press Photographers Association has announced a new category in their annual photography contest ‘to recognize the best work being produced by publicly accessible journalism web sites.’ Rules are here. Last year’s winners are all online here, including an environmental picture story reporting on the impact of the Blue Ridge Parkway by photographer Josh Meltzer who works with my friend Natalee Waters in Roanoke, VA. This includes not only sites affiliated with traditional journalism outlets but also independent journalism sites. The NPPA contest has represented the very best of newspaper and magazine photography for years, so this really represents a watermark moment by this type of organization recognizing the value and quality of independent photoblogging. Now, I have to look long and hard to see if something in my gallery might be worthwhile…
Not That Tsunami
Photo editors have a job to do. Part of that job is to make sure of the sources of the images they publish, especially gigantical, four-column monstrosities like the one in the Calgary Herald. Great image, illustrates the story well. Trouble is, this photo is from a tsunami that hit China a few years back. It’s easily found on the web via a google search. Turns out this is a two-year-old Reuters photo of a group of people who gathered to watch some large waves, and one turned out to be larger than expected. The mayor of Calgary had the image and showed it during a presentation for tsunami aid, and the Herald asked for the image, assuming that it was a current image. Ooops. Link to apology here.