Inaugural overload

The party is over and now we move on. Quite a day for the journalists and editors handling the inauguration of Barack Obama.  Days like this on the picture desk are quite nerve racking. Not only are you dealing with the local photos of the day, but scanning the...

All Obama all the time

Perhaps subdued somewhat by the economy, but local newspapers and broadcast stations all seem to have staff on the ground in Washington D.C. today for the inauguration of Barack Obama. Special sections and historic front pages will make Wednesday newspapers collector...

Beacon Journal gives AP two-year notice

Playing catch up with a few items that fell through the cracks during the holiday season by me, and went unreported in traditional media outlets.The Akron Beacon Journal joined The Columbus Dispatch giving the Associated Press its required two-year notice to cancel...

Furloughs and layoffs

I’ve been staying away from headlines of the spiraling business of broadcast and print journalism, but when they come from inside the Buckeye state they are hard to ignore.By now most of you know about Gannett’s imposed company-wide, first quarter one-week furlough....

Extreme Photography: First Frame

Lighting guru David  Hobby did a guest blog entry today on Scott Kelby’s Photoshop Insider blog talking about  the practice of an extreme photo competition known as first frame. The rules were simple: Two competing photographers shooting the same game shot the...

The digital photo frame: Buyer beware

No one told me, but I’m here for you, so you don’t learn the dark secret of the digital photo frame the hard way.My son was looking for a Christmas present for his mother a few weeks ago and also looking for suggestions to accomplish the task. He came to...