States that many journalism advisers do not have enough training in photojournalism to make informed decisions regarding which sports photos to print. Points out that if photographers are told to follow the same directives that writers do, they would come back with more interesting shots. Emphasizes the importance of proper equipment. (PA)

Offers a short quiz of five questions for those who would like to become a photojournalist. Discusses photocomposition, depth of field, recent product developments, photography magazines, and the difference between a photographer and a photojournalist. (PRA)

Describes elements of visual reporting which help a photographer get photos that tell a story and have visual impact. (SR)

Notes that the technical quality of publication photography has remained static in the last 10 years, despite advances in digital technology. Discusses fact and folklore regarding six statements about photography, including auto focus cameras are superior to manual; action pictures are better than posed pictures; and layout and design are more…

This essay focuses on a 4th year course, titled "Search/Research/Resolution," that the author has developed at the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD), Toronto. First taught in 2002, the course is held over a fourteen week semester each fall, with one three hour class per week. It is offered within the photography area at OCAD in…

I present autobiographical writing and photographic imaging, an arts-based research methodology, to understand my personal knowledge as a means to understand my professional knowledge. Using my passions for writing and photography, I explore the conflicts, opportunities, and purposes of using a visual form of arts-based narrative inquiry from a…

Responds to Marjorie Munsterberg's review of "The Bible and the Image: The History of Photography in the Holy Land 1839-1899." Claims that Munsterberg provided an incomplete and inaccurate knowledge of the book's content, and that she considered Western pictorial traditions as the only valid measure in the study of the history of…

Provides comments from an interview with photojournalist John Schultz. Offers a profile of Schultz, and features his photographs. (PRA)

The history of child pornography photography is briefly reviewed and the current problem is examined and partially attributed to the profit motive. The authors urge changing child abuse reporting statutes to include photofinishing laboraties. (CL)

Provides a checklist of things to discuss with sports photographers prior to sending them out on assignment, and a list of equipment, including proper film and lenses. Lists what film speed, lens size, and shutter speed to use for different sports. (PA)

Describes how advances in desktop publishing, computers, digital photography, and other technology will affect high school publications. (PRA)

Describes how to create winning picture stories. Discusses subjects, editing, and page design. Offers examples of pictures that tell a story. (PRA)

This paper reflects on the use of digital photography in urban-based human geography fieldwork. It draws on the authors' experience of introducing digital photography into the teaching and assessment of a level 3 undergraduate field course in Berlin. To begin they outline how they sought to use simple digital technologies in order to facilitate…

This paper examines the impact of electronic photography on instructional media and photo education. Photo education has been transformed by digital photography. Undergraduate and graduate programs in electronic imaging have been introduced, and virtually all undergraduate instruction in photography has a digital imaging component or core course.…

The computer age is redefining photography, and yet notions of photography can still be colored by the 19th-century view that photography is a slice of time and hence, of reality. One inventor of photography called it "nature's pencil," and courts have seemed to agree by traditionally allowing photography as evidence in trials. The core…