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]]> By: Paul Gooch http://blog.photoblogs.org/2004/07/29/photojournalism-and-blogs/#comment-15893 Paul Gooch Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:15:09 +0000 http://blog2.photoblogs.org/?p=133#comment-15893 I've just added a media commentary page which includes some political commentary to my Working Photojournalist web site. I have to admit that it didn't even occur to me to publish this kind of material on my blog. I think I subconsciously believed that it would be more effective to publish it on my main web site instead. I suspect that a main web site is more versatile than a blog, that the material - photographs and text, can be arranged so that they have more impact and so that they are more pleasing to the eye. I find that t's also more challenging and more satisfying to publish on a web site, I actually enjoy resolving the problems that it entails, problems with css and html. Another subconscious factor was the low visitor rate on blogs. The above site is only just starting to take off but it already gets around 200 hits a day. In comparison, I'm lucky to get two or three hits a day on my blog. I'm aware that this is a negative view of blogs and would be interested in any conflicting views. I've just added a media commentary page which includes some political commentary to my Working Photojournalist web site.
I have to admit that it didn't even occur to me to publish this kind of material on my blog.
I think I subconsciously believed that it would be more effective to publish it on my main web site instead.
I suspect that a main web site is more versatile than a blog, that the material - photographs and text, can be arranged so that they have more impact and so that they are more pleasing to the eye.
I find that t's also more challenging and more satisfying to publish on a web site, I actually enjoy resolving the problems that it entails, problems with css and html.
Another subconscious factor was the low visitor rate on blogs.
The above site is only just starting to take off but it already gets around 200 hits a day. In comparison, I'm lucky to get two or three hits a day on my blog.
I'm aware that this is a negative view of blogs and would be interested in any conflicting views.

]]> By: nantel http://blog.photoblogs.org/2004/07/29/photojournalism-and-blogs/#comment-2260 nantel Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog2.photoblogs.org/?p=133#comment-2260 I don't know about hard news but many photobloggers, myself included, will often post series on events that take place close to where they live. These include state fairs, gay pride parades, music festivals, etc... I don't know about hard news but many photobloggers, myself included, will often post series on events that take place close to where they live. These include state fairs, gay pride parades, music festivals, etc...

]]> By: manderson http://blog.photoblogs.org/2004/07/29/photojournalism-and-blogs/#comment-2261 manderson Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog2.photoblogs.org/?p=133#comment-2261 An excellent example can be found here: <a href="http://www.kevinsites.net/" rel="nofollow">http://www.kevinsites.net/</a> An excellent example can be found here: http://www.kevinsites.net/

]]> By: Brandon Stone http://blog.photoblogs.org/2004/07/29/photojournalism-and-blogs/#comment-2262 Brandon Stone Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog2.photoblogs.org/?p=133#comment-2262 Nantel, now that you've said that I immediately think of Derek Powezek's photos of the same-sex marriages in San Francisco. <a href="http://www.ephemera.org/archives/000093.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ephemera.org/archives/000093.html</a> Nantel, now that you've said that I immediately think of Derek Powezek's photos of the same-sex marriages in San Francisco.

http://www.ephemera.org/archives/000093.html

]]> By: Brandon Stone http://blog.photoblogs.org/2004/07/29/photojournalism-and-blogs/#comment-2263 Brandon Stone Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog2.photoblogs.org/?p=133#comment-2263 Another one I just remembered is when Satan's Laundromat covered the NYC blackout. <a href="http://www.satanslaundromat.com/sl/archives/000112.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.satanslaundromat.com/sl/archives/000112.html</a> Another one I just remembered is when Satan's Laundromat covered the NYC blackout.

http://www.satanslaundromat.com/sl/archives/000112.html

]]> By: btezra http://blog.photoblogs.org/2004/07/29/photojournalism-and-blogs/#comment-2264 btezra Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog2.photoblogs.org/?p=133#comment-2264 ~I attempt to post photo essays on certain events in Pittsburgh where I live, one such event was Bush coming to PGH to speak, and I posted a photo essay on the protesters outside the convention center. I also posted this past Sunday a 10 image photo essay on the Flight 93 temporary memorial about 1.5 hours outside of Pittsburgh, PA. I wish I could travel more to places, events, etc and cover them, posting them online, but my job that pays me won't allow that to happen...I tend to say in the Pittsburgh region, posting 1-2 photo essays a month. I have incorprated a "photojournalism" category for such posts~ ~I attempt to post photo essays on certain events in Pittsburgh where I live, one such event was Bush coming to PGH to speak, and I posted a photo essay on the protesters outside the convention center. I also posted this past Sunday a 10 image photo essay on the Flight 93 temporary memorial about 1.5 hours outside of Pittsburgh, PA.
I wish I could travel more to places, events, etc and cover them, posting them online, but my job that pays me won't allow that to happen...I tend to say in the Pittsburgh region, posting 1-2 photo essays a month.
I have incorprated a "photojournalism" category for such posts~

]]> By: Zee http://blog.photoblogs.org/2004/07/29/photojournalism-and-blogs/#comment-2265 Zee Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog2.photoblogs.org/?p=133#comment-2265 Hi gang. I should be working instead of writing this post but its a strong subject for me. With 20 years of shooting photojournalism for newspapers and watching it almost totally disappear because of bottom-line business guys hacking and cutting space, I realized that the new wave of telling stories is through the blog! Yes, the internet! Photoblog is the new photojournalism; its new blood looking at the world and saying "Cool." I look at some of the street blogs and its a breath of fresh air from the typico stuff you see daily in single-picture-photojournalism. Ya can't go into the future walking backwards. So I try to take my old-fart past experience and reinvent it on my blog for today. Hi gang. I should be working instead of writing this post but its a strong subject for me.

With 20 years of shooting photojournalism for newspapers and watching it almost totally disappear because of bottom-line business guys hacking and cutting space, I realized that the new wave of telling stories is through the blog! Yes, the internet!

Photoblog is the new photojournalism; its new blood looking at the world and saying "Cool."

I look at some of the street blogs and its a breath of fresh air from the typico stuff you see daily in single-picture-photojournalism.

Ya can't go into the future walking backwards. So I try to take my old-fart past experience and reinvent it on my blog for today.

]]> By: Todd http://blog.photoblogs.org/2004/07/29/photojournalism-and-blogs/#comment-2266 Todd Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog2.photoblogs.org/?p=133#comment-2266 Those are some great photoblogs everyone mentioned. I had never seen a photojournalism photoblog before this post. I think it is a great idea. Now if only I lived somewhere where stuff actually happens. Those are some great photoblogs everyone mentioned. I had never seen a photojournalism photoblog before this post. I think it is a great idea. Now if only I lived somewhere where stuff actually happens.

]]> By: Jasper http://blog.photoblogs.org/2004/07/29/photojournalism-and-blogs/#comment-2267 Jasper Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog2.photoblogs.org/?p=133#comment-2267 I know it is not a blog, but the Reuters pictures also show pictures of daily events. See <a href="http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPhotos.jhtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPhotos.jhtml</a> I know it is not a blog, but the Reuters pictures also show pictures of daily events.
See http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPhotos.jhtml

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