My amazon one is finally falling apart. Storage and support are mainly what I’m looking for. Thanks in advance!

I want to start doing photojournalism and I have a few ideas for photo essays and stories to tell, but I don't really know where to start. Would there be any good resources to use or people to reach out to in order to help me get some ideas off the ground and going?

Hey there, I am a photographer who did pj school but never really launched successfully into editorial / news / doc. I am mostly commercially assisting right now and shooting some of that work.

I have some portrait series ideas, concerning people in common scenarios (legal evictions in ontario, male friendship, loneliness, etc) but I am kind of at a loss as to how to find subjects in these common scenarios which aren’t personal connections once or twice removed which are going to be demographically skewed.

Also, at what point do you pitch? Do you try to have images first to prove the concept / work, or do you try and get the interest of an editor at the concept stage.

Hi everyone, I'm a student journalist, I own a fujifilm t-20 with a 23mm f/2 lens and use it in extreme desert heat, rain, frigid subzero temps (I live in montreal but travel often to the middle east), it does okay but its not exactly durable. Also, there are so many settings, buttons, etc, I have a hard time controlling the basics while shooting.

I want to upgrade my camera -- something used -- would like to hear a professionals thoughts on go-to gear. I read other threads and it seems like most people carry several lenses or even cameras. Is it really worth it to carry all that extra equipment?

Main things I'm looking for are: Minimalist setup (ideally just one camera / lens), durable in extreme conditions, good auto setting, so I can easily adjust exposure etc during an event? Also, I am small so... something on the smaller side if possible.

My favorite style of photos are the wide angle, dramatic depth of field, and super sharp images, so I would like a camera combo that does that best. I like to shoot action - both news and sports!

PS. while I have you... any tips for getting in the right position/angle, seeking out the best shot while covering news?

Thanks!

Hi everyone, I’m working on a photoseries where I interview affected communities about our university’s recent solidarity encampment in a similar style to Humans of New York. This forms part of a larger series I’ve been working on since July last year, and it’s pretty obvious this is the most delicate and tense subject matter I’ve documented. While I have had success interviewing some elements of the university community, other elements have placed me on a ‘no talk’ list for interacting with certain communities. I was also recently targeted and intimidated at a student protest.

Long story short, I think there is value to this project but I’m not sure if it will actually move the needle one way or another. It’s certainly causing me a lot of stress.

What would you do here?

Hey y’all! I’ve always been a Nikon user out of pure convenience, and am finally going mirrorless. Originally, I was going to research switching to Canon or Sony, but I have access to a verrrry good deal on a z8 and associated gear that I just might get. Would y’all go for the deal and what’s familiar or make the switch? Why?

A couple years back during the summer of direct action protests around the world I did a ton of research into what gear could help keep you safe while reporting on them.

Give we are now experiencing another wave of global protests and a violent reaction to them I wanted to share so you can stay safe out there too.

https://www.zacgoodwin.com/guides/

Hope that helps!

this is a long shot but i am a student and we have to do a 20 photo essay for my journalism class, about something going on in the school, with it being the end of the year everything is kinda wrapped up and over with, just looking for some ideas/inspiration if anyone has any 😅 cause i sure don’t…

Recently me and a friend were talking about possible topics we would like to photograph.

I was talking about wanting documenting a community that’s had a dark history & has a lot of bigotry as a result. But due to the sensitivity of the subject i wouldn’t want the project to come across as dark tourism or objectification of tragedy.

He felt like it was a slippery slope as it could be seen as dark tourism or at the very least giving a platform to these negative groups.

Although I know im not doing it for that reason & im not making any money from the project, it made me think about the morality of photographing certain subjects.

By photographing them am i giving these people a platform?

Where do we draw the line when picking topics to photograph? if we’re doing it for touristic purposes is everything game?

I’d love to know people’s thoughts on this.

Have a great Week!

What are your go to's? Whats your thoughts on things like hi-vis vests and patches that say PRESS on them? helmets? any other general thoughts on things people might not intuitively think of?

Greetings to all! I am writing a dissertation on the topic of photojournalism in France and Great Britain. And I would like to know which photo reports in these countries have had a strong influence on public opinion or influenced the political situation over the past 20 years. (Maybe some photo scandals or something like that)

I looked for something like this on the Internet, but thought it would be better to ask here.

Hi there I’m working as photographer at one of the biggest newspapers in my country but I want to become a freelance photographer for international press and make my personal projects. I know that it’s almost impossible to get somebody’s else photos in my newspaper because we have 15 staff photographers — all stringers and projects will be rejected. Other big newspapers and media in my country have same situation, I asked my colleagues (staff photographers from other newspapers).

But I’m following a lots of photographers (not only big and famous) on social media and they get assignments in NYT, WSJ, New Yorker, Guardian and etc. How can you make it? Do you need to bring finished projects to photo editors? Do you need to be active on social media to make it maybe real one day that photo editor will find you? Please tell me about this process.

Hi! A tourism company of my region wants to buy different photos from me . About 30 photos of 3 different events I photographed. . The use will be social networks, blog and website. Also the right of assignment to third parties like media news or other companies (as an image bank). They manage an annual budget of 100,000 euros for audiovisual content, to get an idea of the size of the company.

I don't know exactly how much to charge for these photographs, I don't want to be short or overpriced. I am grateful for any help.

I just got out of the theatre, and holy cow - Civil War may be the best film I’ve seen this century. It’s amazing. Don’t go if you have a weak stomach.

I knew going in that it was told through the eyes of a crew of journalists and photojournalists, but I had no idea that it was a love letter to photojournalism and photography in general. Everything is there.

The horror of war told through the deadened eyes of the veteran war correspondents, and the toll it takes even on them. The risks they take. The role they play. Their power and impotence to shape history and the future. The power and the awfulness of being objective, being an observer, not stepping in.

All of this as a frame through which we watch the horrific scenes unfold, distancing us and shouting “LOOK!” but never truly protecting us from the violence. The frame breaks. War spills through and touches them, touches us.

And all this through the frame of the movie screen, the lens of the cinema camera, another layer distanced but still unable to protect us. My stomach turned. My jaw went slack.

And still, absolute beauty. Where’s “Every Frame a Painting” when you need them? Every frame of Civil War is a painting. The cinema lens is wide open. Everything is sharply in focus or hopelessly blurred. It’s confusion and chaos told by gorgeous bokeh. Blood and vomit as chiaroscuro, crying “who TF allowed Magnum’s books to be so beautiful?”

Go see it. Go see it on a big screen.

[edit] “Don’t going if” -> “Don’t go if”

Tomorrow is my first day shooting a committee hearing and I was curious about the process of getting photos off the camera onto a phone or laptop of the reporters quickly. Since I am under the assumption I can’t use my phone in the well I’m unsure of how to go about this other than the breaks? I have a Sony a7IV for reference

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All you old photo dogs like me. Do you remember the days when an editor would come in to the photo room in a panic saying something like, "I've got a gigantic space to fill in tomorrow's paper! Anyone got some wild art we can put in there!?" I've been thinking about that term "wild art". The only times I hear that anymore is about shooting pics of wild animals. Now I hear talk about street photography and am wondering if you would consider those two types of shooting as synonymous terms? I recently had someone suggest that some of my work is street photography which doesn't bother me. Just trying to figure out what that means exactly. There does not seem to be a consensus among photogs in general about that either. Your views are welcome!