Payson Park, Martin County, Florida, January 2005, Photo by Erik M. Lunsford/The Stuart News
Every so often I take a stroll through the archives, combing for images that help me remember who I am as a photojournalist. It’s like taking a walk through your own garden. You are captivated by the specimens that have grown with [...]
DWI traffic stop with St. Louis County Police Officer Fred Yaakub, Canon 5D Mark II, ISO 5000, 1/100 @ F2.8, photograph by Erik M. Lunsford
There is a new saying out there — 2500 is the new 400.
Okay, I made that up, but it’s mentally cementing quickly.
Let me take you back nine years when I [...]
“The paradigm for photographers today is that you just can’t be, you have to be sort of a jack of all trades, you can’t just specialize anymore,” said VII Photo Network photographer Benjamin Lowy, featured by Kristen Joy Watts this morning on the NY Times Lens photoblog.
Lowy strikes the perfect chord, and from a newspaper [...]
Twins, St. Louis, Missouri. Photo by Erik M. Lunsford
Heaven sent, there are so many great comments on photography and life these last few days. As I juggle multiple personal commitments at the moment, please enjoy.
Alex Majoli at The F Blog.
“I say: “take some pictures.” And they reply: “of what? why?” So I’m taking a picture [...]
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Flower portraits from the book Intimacy by Joyce Tenneson, used with permission.
Portrait photographer Joyce Tenneson lectured recently in St. Louis. At the risk of sounding selfish, she spoke at the perfect time. Staying visually motivated on assignment had become increasingly painful. I critically needed to hear the language of photography, to soak in the liquid [...]
There’s a reason I won’t wait outside of stores at 4 a.m. or stand in line at the checkout on Black Friday. First, I’m parsimonious. Second, I’m easily agitated at busy stores. Although, there’s a dirty little secret that’s hard to hide. I would quickly throw my miserly means out the door and stand in [...]
As photographers our visual “blades” becomes dull and edgeless over time. Compositions become lazy and we justify average photographs. In the field we’re not focused as precisely on elevating the style. We’re either stretched in multiple ways to develop new content with new mediums and deliver it at breathtaking speed or we’re distracted by a [...]
We should be grateful to Alec Soth for breathing new life into the Magnum blog and satisfying our Soth blog craving. I knew I couldn’t keep posting literature forever while waiting for his return.
His recent post, “Wear Good Shoes: Advice to young photographers” is outstanding. And it’s outstanding because Alec collaborated with his colleagues to [...]
Black Star Rising’s Anh Stack brought up a good topic on ethics and video storytelling. “Is Video a Trojan Horse for Photojournalistic Ethics?”
But in the minds of many print photojournalists, TV’s justifications for setting up shots represent a slippery slope – one that starts with the relatively innocent staging for editing purposes, but can eventually [...]
Como’s own Julia Robinson speaks some ever-so-relatable words in her blog, Columbian Epoch. I feel the muddle.
i’ve been trying to use my days off to actually relax for a change. it’s been a hard thing to do. after the first four hours, i get bored and anxious that my story is suffering and wish i [...]