Posts tagged ‘Photography’
Meet 2011 College Designer of the Year Jason Willis
Friday, October 7th, 2011
Jason Willis, a senior at Oakland University in Rochester, Mich., was named SND’s College Designer of the Year on October 1, 2011, during the awards banquet in St. Louis. The judges cited his rich portfolio of print and multimedia work. We caught up with Jason for a Q&A this week.
Poynter’s Sara Quinn teaches about “Photo Editing in the Digital Age” at SND St. Louis
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Our next amazing teacher will help us navigate the challenges of working with visuals across many different platforms with: Photo Editing in the Digital Age How can we give great photojournalism the best possible play, regardless of platform? The foundations of photojournalism stand firm, even as technology changes and new devices appear on the horizon.
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SND Photo Illo Throwdown winners reveal their work process
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
SND asked people to show off their sick Photoshop skills. And now three celebrity judges have chosen the winners.
Kirk Montgomery, Albert Lee and Troy Oxford show their Photoshop wizardry and share the inspirations that netted them fame and glory in the competition.
Become a photo editor…fast.
Sunday, September 26th, 2010
As designers, we deal with all the visuals. However, the photo jargon is lost on some people. Jeff Neumann’s presentation was filled with not only quick information that you could use tonight, but also information on improving your publication visually as a whole.
Free (and fabulous) software online with Karl Gude
Friday, September 24th, 2010
You don’t have to have a lot of money to make fabulous visuals in print or online. Karl Gude discusses the wiki he created that combines dozens of free pieces of software online to make your storytelling as dynamic as possible.
The story behind The Denver Post photo Pulitzer
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
In February, Craig F. Walker of the Denver Post earned a gold medal in SND’s Best of News Design competition for his story chronicling the journey of Ian Fisher from high school student to Iraq War veteran. On Monday, it was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography, the most prestigious award in journalism.
The envelope, please…
Friday, March 5th, 2010
Movie fronts are all about voice. Your challenge is to capture the tone of the movie, using color, scale, typography, and the same handout images that every other designer in the world is staring at. How do you use a flat page and your wits to capture a motion picture? Here’s how some newspapers played the Best Picture nominees when they first appeared.
First gold medals awarded
Sunday, February 7th, 2010
As the snow begins to fall on Day Two of the 31st Best of News Design™ Competition, we’ve learned there were at least 16 silver medals awarded late Saturday night. The first two gold medals of the weekend were both awarded in the photo categories. Congratulations to The New York Times Magazine and The Denver Post for their wins.
Haiti’s disaster: Regarding the pain of others
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Tell the truth. Bear witness. Explain. Connect. As visual journalists, these abstract ideas never seem more real than when we’re confronted with the unreality of a disaster on the scale of the earthquake in Haiti and its aftermath.
Kalish visual editing workshop accepting 2010 applications
Monday, January 11th, 2010
Scott Sines, managing editor at The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal and Kalish Director reminds us that the 2010 Kalish Workshop “is accepting applications for the 21st edition of the best visual editing workshop on the planet.” The announcement continues: “Learn cross-platform/multimedia skills from a faculty of Emmy and Pulitzer Prize winning visual editors including Brian Storm,
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The PhotoEspaña festival
Monday, September 28th, 2009
By Andrea Zagata, Michigan State University/SND There are more than 200 festivals celebrating photography in France, and most were born with the same goal in mind — to promote photography and photographers, and legitimize their form of art and interpretation. PhotoEspaña is of of the more important festivals in the world, says Claude Bussac, festival
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Es necesario tomar las fotos con el alma, con el corazón [Spanish]
Monday, September 28th, 2009
By Ángeles Briones, Universidad Católica de Chile/SND La segunda conferencia de Pablo Corral en el congreso de la SND09 estaba en el marco del programa de estudiantes. Sabiendo esto, Corral lo primero que hizo fue preguntar quiénes éramos los que estábamos presentes. El público estaba formado principalmente por estudiantes de diseño, y en minoría por
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La credibilidad en la fotografía de prensa [Spanish]
Monday, September 28th, 2009
By Andreina Fernandes, Universidad Central de Venezuela/SND Cualquiera se preguntaría, ¿Qué tiene que ver Hannah Montana, la cantante estadounidense, en una charla sobre la fotografía en la SND? Para Ricardo Mazalán, editor de fotografía en The Associated Press en Bogotá, un fotomontaje de la cantante con una niña argentina sirvió como punto de partida para
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Photography as a tool for dialog
Friday, September 25th, 2009
Today, photography is becoming more and more democratized. Just about anyone can go out an buy an technologically advanced camera, take pictures with it, and share it across the world via the internet. Because of this, photographers must work hard to retain quality in their work and while also taking advantage of new media resources
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Visual journalism hand-outs: Collect all 17!
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Over the next week, SND’s Update will feature 17 handouts from the upcoming issue of Design Journal, free for you to download. Hand-outs brought to you from visual journalism experts from all over the globe, including Eduardo Danilo, Nigel Holmes, Stephanie Grace Lim, Vince Chiaramonte, Richard Koci Hernandez, Tim Harrower, Tracy Collins, Matt Mansfield, Joe
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