come an see Seanna Cronin’s aw…
come an see Seanna Cronin’s awesome UW photography inside Kingfish nets in SA at Squeeze exhibition this Thursday night at Robina Com. Cent.
Welcome to my Blog
Catering for an exhibition whe…
Catering for an exhibition when the numbers are uncertain is a tough call indeed…are you coming to Squeeze?
Check out this collective for …
Check out this collective for Australian Photojournalists…http://www.fotostrada.com/
We’re in the Queensland Festiv…
We’re in the Queensland Festival of Photography! Come and check us out on the 22nd April from 6pm.
Every now and again we all nee…
Every now and again we all need a little Seth Godin in our lives…http://sethgodin.typepad.com/
So proud of Pineapple Katie Ga…
So proud of Pineapple Katie Garvan. Check out her book here…http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/905882
Love Love Love Oculi…if you …
Love Love Love Oculi…if you haven’t visited in a while it’s just a click away http://www.oculi.com.au/oculi.html
RT @ABCMediaWatch: The Doghous…
RT @ABCMediaWatch: The Doghouse: Case of the missing Lord – http://bit.ly/sfBAD
brush up on your underused PS …
Brush up on your underused PS skills at http://bit.ly/7volr
Hilarious and educational…can’t go wrong.
Masuru Goto presenting Endurin…
Masuru Goto presenting Enduring Scars: Sri Lanka’s Aftermath http://bit.ly/PVKtU
10 min break…quick run to th…
10 min break…quick run to the loo and make a cuppa 
#onlinesymposium #cdp
Megan Lewis consulted with Mar…
Megan Lewis consulted with Martu people through the entire process, right down to editing the book. #onlinesymposium #cdp
Thought she was going to shoot…
Thought she was going to shoot for 6 months – stayed for two years.
Next speaker is Australian pho…
Next speaker is Australian photographer, Megan Lewis. http://bit.ly/2mFYdo discussing – Conversations with the Mob
http://bit.ly/1Q8loz Chernobyl…
http://bit.ly/1Q8loz Chernobyl Legacy by Paul Fusco
“Chernobyl made me realise wha…
“Chernobyl made me realise what my responsibility is as a photographer.” Paul Fusco
“my biggest resonsibility is t…
“my biggest resonsibility is to the people I am photographing. You better make it real, you better make it as powerful as it can be.”
Paul Fusco’s ‘Chernobyl Legacy…
Paul Fusco’s ‘Chernobyl Legacy’ – unbelievable everytime we see it. He’s is now taking questions.
First speaker is Paul Fusco of…
First speaker is Paul Fusco of Magnum Photos
David Lloyd introduces Session…
David Lloyd introduces Session 1.
Earle is doing a great job tak…
Earle is doing a great job taking care of sponsors. Well done mate:)
CDP symposium made possible vi…
CDP symposium made possible via Adobe web conferencing software
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatconnectpro/ very cool!
If you aren’t on the CDP sympo…
If you aren’t on the CDP symposium…sign up now http://bit.ly/zvbMx
http://www.the-impossible-proj…
http://www.the-impossible-project.com/ Polaroid is back!
Dinner and planning for GC pin…
Dinner and planning for GC pineapples on the 27th Oct. RSVP to admin@pineapplepress.com.au
RT @10000Words: “I’m a journal…
RT @10000Words: “I’m a journalist and all of a sudden I’m expected to know how to create a business model.”
See the stories from this year…
See the stories from this years mpw61 here http://www.mophotoworkshop.org/61/
RT @ourfamilyof4 Kudos to the …
RT @ourfamilyof4 Kudos to the Missouri Photo Workshop! You captured Festus/Crystal to a T.
Wow Wow Wow…so that’s what t…
Wow Wow Wow…so that’s what the mpw is all about. Awesome! Thanks for the ride.
RT: @mccanner Just witnessed a…
RT: @mccanner Just witnessed a mad Canadian belly flop at the holiday inn at festus Missouri. “tweet that shit” says pike.
Shoot with passion, edit with …
Shoot with passion, edit with dispassion.
Shooting has finished and edit…
Shooting has finished and editing begins at mpw61.
RT @pennydelosantos: really p…
RT @pennydelosantos: really powerful photographs pose a question, they don’t answer one. #MPW61
Can I have this photo assignme…
Can I have this photo assignment please?…http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2009/09/redwoods.html
Mr Shakespeare’s latest. http…
Mr Shakespeare’s latest. http://bit.ly/E0obD
mpw61 groupies are getting out…
mpw61 groupies are getting out of hand in the room accross the hall. Take it easy kids…there’s still a few days to go.
I have achieved ‘Story Approva…
I have achieved ‘Story Approval’ at the MPW. God Bless America! Let take some photos
Forget about yourself and fall…
Forget about yourself and fall in love with your subject.
Carolyn Cole presented work an…
Carolyn Cole presented work and advice tonight..WOW. And despite breaking my balls re: story ideas, she’s inspirational. Loving it.
Crashed and burned on a bunch …
Crashed and burned on a bunch of story ideas and felt the tough love of the workshop…pulling up the socks and getting on with the job.
RT@mpw61 For 6 decades this wo…
RT@mpw61 For 6 decades this workshop has been documenting small town America. How cool is that!
Day 1 has been a whirlwind of …
Day 1 has been a whirlwind of new faces and names along with a difficult assignment and loads of inspirational words. Welcome to the MPW.
Session 1: Look for the moment…
Session 1: Look for the moments between moments.
Where is MPW 2009? http://www….
Where is MPW 2009? http://www.cityoffestus.org/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx
Day 1 MPW Registration and fir…
Day 1 MPW Registration and first assignment – shoot 40 test shots in Festus MO, then show em what you got.
Great pics at http://bit.ly/10…
Great pics at http://bit.ly/10HTuj
Touched down in Festus MO for …
Touched down in Festus MO for the MPW61. Find out more at http://www.mophotoworkshop.org/
Sam will be tweeting notes and…
Sam will be tweeting notes and inspirations from the Missouri Photo workshop next week. Stay tuned
Tips for story tellers and new…
Tips for story tellers and new T designs at http://bit.ly/8JQOk
Tips for story tellers and new…
Tips for story tellers and new T designs at http://bit.ly/8JQOk
RT @MediaStorm Top 10 Doctored…
RT @MediaStorm Top 10 Doctored Photos – TIME http://ow.ly/pSDX -eric
RT @MediaStorm Top 10 Doctored…
RT @MediaStorm Top 10 Doctored Photos – TIME http://ow.ly/pSDX -eric
Looking forward to http://www….
Looking forward to http://www.pechakuchabrisbane.org/upcoming this Wednesday night 8:20pm at the Powerhouse in Brisneyland
Looking forward to http://www….
Looking forward to http://www.pechakuchabrisbane.org/upcoming this Wednesday night 8:20pm at the Powerhouse in Brisneyland
Are you a writer? PPC is devel…
Are you a writer? PPC is developing a e-zine and we’re looking for contributors…admin@pineapplepress.com.au
Are you a writer? PPC is devel…
Are you a writer? PPC is developing a e-zine and we’re looking for contributors…admin@pineapplepress.com.au
Happy World Photography Day…
Happy World Photography Day…
Happy World Photography Day…
Happy World Photography Day…
Do pop by our website and regi…
Do pop by our website and register as a Pineapple officially so we can keep you posted. Oh yes, please do. http://www.pineapplepress.com.au
loving…http://www.vegasspray…
loving…http://www.vegasspray.com/
Fiona Harding wins the Streetw…
Fiona Harding wins the Streetwalker Pro Camera bag…
Our winter juice session was b…
Our winter juice session was better than we could have hoped for. Thanks Pineapples! And thanks Swingin Safari.
RT @ABCMediaWatch: The Doghous…
RT @ABCMediaWatch: The Doghouse: The Daily Telegraph online goes into extreme detail with one of its captions – http://bit.ly/12ixA2.
RT @smh_multimedia: Heard of “…
RT @smh_multimedia: Heard of “slow food”? How about a serve of “slow journalism”? http://is.gd/1TMSg
Winter Juice is one week away….
Winter Juice is one week away. Swingin Safari Wednesday August 5, 6pm. RSVP admin@pineapplepress.com.au
MEAAs new campaign…http://ww…
MEAAs new campaign…http://www.nojournos.org.au/
MEAA/Walkley Photo workshop……
MEAA/Walkley Photo workshop…Free this Thurs July 30 at 6pm RSVP fleur.mitchell@alliance.org.au
View Book…could come in hand…
View Book…could come in handy http://tinyurl.com/naoy38
http://bit.ly/86hLU So want t…
http://bit.ly/86hLU
So want to talk about this at the Juice…
Clear your calender for the 5t…
Clear your calender for the 5th of August Pineapples…Juice II at the Swingin Safari is booked and ready for your veiwing pleasure.
Say hello to BrisCreative at …
Say hello to BrisCreative at http://briscreative.wikispaces.com/
Demotix-The news by you…http…
Demotix-The news by you…http://www.demotix.com/
Food for the thinking Pineappl…
Food for the thinking Pineapple…http://bit.ly/ZioAm
Win a Streetwalker HardDrive C…
Win a Streetwalker HardDrive Camera bag from Thinktank.
To enter, become of a fan of the PPC at http://tinyurl.com/l62gds
Off to the Projections exhibit…
Off to the Projections exhibition tonight to soak up some pics and maybe a little punch:-) http://www.theprojections.com/index.php
Just added myself to the http:…
Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #photojournalism #australia #media
is researching t-shirt designs…
is researching t-shirt designs for our member’s…Oh yeah, we’ve got our priorities sorted.
Scouring the world for great t…
Scouring the world for great tweets to follow
Playing with pixels and moving stuff around
E-zines. I’m a big fan. I like any form where the rules don’t apply and new boundries can be created.
This is what I see happening at issuu.com where independant publishing is flourishing and old styles of design and layout are been challenged on a daily basis.
Hosting a mixture of traditional media and backyard publishing, it’s a visual feast to flick through the volumes of magazines posted. Some work, some really don’t work but what is fantasitic is that new ideas are under contruction, new possibilities for communication are being developed and specialisation is being taken to another level through this fantastic platform.
I feel like I was the last person on earth to find issuu but as soon as I did I have to play with it, so I whipped up a little online resume.
Take the pineapple by the spikey bits
If there is one thing photojournalists are good at it’s telling stories. They’re great story-tellers and often you will find a small group of them sitting around sharing tales tall and short about their exploits and adventures in far away and sometimes less than salubrious locations.
Among the stories I have heard photojournalists tell there is one traditional tale that tends to be repeated in chorus in every photographic department I have visited. It’s a tale of woe and despair about the state of photojournalism in Australia and it’s lack of representation in Australian media.
Photojournalists love this story and we all sit in agreement with one another that it is indeed easier to grow money on trees than sell photo essays for publication in the Australian press.
Not content to resign ourselves to this tragic tale, a small group of nerdy and slightly overeducated photojournalists have banded together to fight back and take the proverbial bull by the horns by establishing an association that seeks to rewrite the tale of Australian photojournalism, one story at a time.
About ten weeks ago we began discussing our new project and today it stands in existance as The Pineapple Press Club, an organisation destined to squirt juice in the eye of the naysayers.
With our squinty eyes fixed on coordinating exhibitions, professional development opportunities, competitions and workshops, The Pineapple Press Club is set to become the pointy end of the pineapple when it comes to arguments as to the future of photojournalism in Oz.
Keep in touch with developments through our blog at www.pineapplepressclub.wordpress.com and leave a comment. We love a good argument story.
Beyond captions
It’s easy to slip into the comfort zone on offer when working in the photographic department of a newspaper and it can really take something to step out of that routine to become a freelance photojournalist.
At a newspaper you know what is expected of you and indeed others know what they can expect from you. It can be quickly assertained which photographs will be selected for publication and which will never see the light of day and in the hectic pace of the newsroom, the demands of the day often preceed the quality of work being produced, particularly in the understaffed photographic departments of Australian newspapers.
Freelancers, by contrast are faced with the challenge of pitching stories to editors they may have a limited working relationship with, producing work for a wide variety of publications in a number of styles and coordinating their own time, transport and finances in such a way that they will make some money at the end of the day.
The MEAA’s Twelth Annual Freelancers Convention, held in Melbourne last weekend, provided an opportunity to explore the challenges facing freelance journalists and photojournalists in today’s changing media landscape and offered practical advice to professional and emerging contributors who attended from all parts of Australia.
Amongst the talented and accomplished speakers, Luis Enrique Ascui, who has been affiliated with agencies including Getty Images, The Associated Press, Reuters Atlas Press photo, and Polaris over his 20-year career, spoke to a small group of delegates delivering a wealth of information specific to photojournalism.
Luis offered an honest account of his own experience as a freelance photojournalist and back it up by providing links to web-based file sharing options and account keeping software.
Luis demonstrated his genuine interest in questions from the delegates in attendance and spoke to many of the photographers after the session was complete and continued to share a wealth of information and wisdom.
It became increasingly clear through the delegates line of questioning that much more training is required for producing content for online sources and while many journalists are already required to supply images with their copy, photojournalists should also consider producing words to compliment their images that extend beyond just captions.
A great summary of the conference is available at the ON THE ROAD, OFF THE PAGE blog where you will also find a complete list of speakers and information about the convention.
Derby girls
Rollerskating is not for everyone. I did try throughout my adolescence to develop some skills on skates but managed only to gather enough experience to not to humiliate myself at the Saturday skate session at Mackay Skate Bowl and Squash Centre.
I could dance to Agadoo and do the Time Warp while maintaining some degree of control and didn’t do any permanent damage to my coccyx but there was no speed skating celebrity on the rink for me.
So when I showed up in my very practical flat shoes to shoot Roller Derby girls training for their upcoming season, perhaps understandably I was immediately intimidated. Not only because most of these woman appeared to be capable of breaking me in half between two fingers but because I knew they could do it on roller skates.
So for an hour, in the heat of Queensland summer, I shot the North Brisbane Roller Girls push, shove, maneuver and charge their way around the tight derby track in 35+ degree heat, training for their first season of competition.
Each sporting the name of their derby alter ego on either their shirt or their helmet and each proudly showing their own sense of style with their choice of attire or footwear.
Training in strength, balance, strategy and speed, derby girls aren’t a novelty social club for chicks who like to roller skate. Derby girls are athletes training with a purpose and their drive to succeed was evident by their commitment to a four-hour training day that Sunday.