Tag Archives: photojournalism

Mar
15
2009

Making the Shot: Election Night in Berkeley, Part 3

So the last and final installment here is all about my third and last trip out to cover the election story, which finally resulted in the little image that ended up gracing the cover of the next day’s special Elections issue:
As the clock struck midnight and November 5th dawned, I was just headed out of [...]

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Jan
30
2009

Making the Shot: Election Night in Berkeley, Part 2

So when I originally planned this article, it was a couple days after the November 4th election and all the craziness that ensued.  So I suppose, more than a week after the actual inauguration, this isn’t exactly the most relevant anymore, but I’d like to hope that these photos (and whatever lessons gleamed from them) [...]

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Jan
20
2009

Spring 2009 Digital Photo Decal, Daily Cal photo department applications

Eee, guess I didn’t stick to my end-of-semester resolution to start posting like a madman to keep up with all the news I missed.  Maybe I’ll have a bit of free time and a sudden rush of creativity.
But some news items that may be of interest to readers of this blog:
Spring 2009 Digital Photography Decal
Regular [...]

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Nov
10
2008

Making the Shot: Election Night in Berkeley, Part 1

By now many of you have probably seen the Daily Cal photos and slideshows, as well as the election issue front cover.  Election night was an all streetlamp-lit night photography affair, which is pretty much the pinnacle of low-light difficulty (unless you were to cover news by moonlight, I suppose).  Combined with all of the [...]

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