Making Art from the web

Here is a very cool idea to take individual musical elements -that happen to be YouTube videos- and allow a user to create something new. It's called remix and it's pretty damn great.

Have a play...

Microstock and the devalued image

When you see companies like this gaining traction of use and investment, it's a good indication for the overall value of images.

Digital cameras have made the creation of images climb rapidly. Now think of your simple business practices....supply and demand. If you have a ton of supply and there is not a demand to use the supply up, what happens? The goods get cheaper.

So, how do you separate your work in an effort to get a better ROI?

Fantastic Multimedia Production Post

Eric Maierson's post over at the MediaStorm blog is money.

Read it.

Print it out.

Read it again.

Then tape the last tip on the base of your monitor and read it every time you sit down at the computer.

Simple Slideshows App for Mac

If you don't have Soundslides or Final Cut and don't like iMovie you can use this free program, Slideshowmovie, to build quick and easy slideshows to be exported as a video file.

There's a ton of free apps on the Apple Downloads site.

NPR: How do you photograph Skid Row?

Justin Maxon, 25, shooting a series of images on LA's Skid Row.

Pretty strong work. Had two days to gather photos for the production. NPR asks if it is worth covering something in a day, that typically should take a month of invested journalism? Have a look through the comments on the post.

Told you photo/video convergence was past tense

They used the RED One to shoot the cover of Esquire magazine.

Bring on the Scarlet!!!

100 Days in Photos

Pete Souza put together images from the first 100 days of the Obama administration and it's hosted on the White House's website. Interesting access issues to think about here.

Found via NPPA's RSS feed

SI's Slide Show book

Really interesting to see how much images were cropped for covers. Goes to show even the best have to crop.

Depth of Field

Interesting audio slideshows on AP photogs working around the world. Good images and nice to hear the behind the scenes or personal elements of shooting in difficult situations.

Holy Educational Linkfest Batman

Here's 100 links to free online courses related to journalism, blogging and new media.

There's something for everyone in here. I'll have to carve out some time to take a few of them myself.

2009 BOP Judging Video

2009 NPPA BOP Judging from Poynter Institute on Vimeo.

Interesting video about the judging of multimedia and video content for the 2009 Best of Photojournalism. Seems as though many people are capturing interesting looking video, but that storyline is lacking making viewers ask "what's this about?"

Still comes back to the storyline and the narrative. A bunch of pretty images and interesting sounds alone don't make for a quality production. The viewer/user still needs to be grabbed and drawn in to the story.

Eight tips for aspiring photogs

Some pretty good advice in here. The key being that the character of the story didn't need to be prodded and shoved. She went out and did things and was able to get a bit of guidance for her passion and drive.

If you want something bad enough, you will find a way to make it happen. Period.

Brilliance at its best

Here is another great moment in A.P. history. In its quest to become the RIAA of the newspaper industry, the A.P.’s executives and lawyers are beginning to match their counterparts in the music industry for cluelessness.

Travis Fox doing what he does best

Slick looking photo project

Tadd Meyers worked on a personal project about people who still make things with their hands, one at a time. The presentation of the images and copy is a really nice Flash package.

I guess I should have kept going on that similar theme I had about a year ago. Typical....

The NEW LIFE.com

All the stories and images of LIFE yore in an online space.

One more time suck to play with.

Great Earth Hour Images

Reuters went above and beyond to have shooters get frames of popular places before and after the Earth Hour event last week, then Boston.com put it all together.

Fun images and use of a simple crossfade.

Sweet Music Video Mashup

Really well done remix and mashup of existing videos into a new one. Wish I had half the skill and forethought to pull something like this off. There are seven other vids on the site. Have a look.

Free Online video and Multimedia Training

Angela Grant over at NewsVideographer put together a link fest of good resources to learn on the cheap.

On the money, and on photos

Great blog post about how focusing on the piracy of photos is not the solution. Making it easier and more functional to use legal licenses of photos is the solution.

Remember, locks on doors and drawers are only there to keep the honest people out.