Canadian Press photographers election coverage
A 2006 video by CBC’s Peter Wall who followed four Canadian Press photographers during the 2006 Canadian federal election.
Photographer’s Q&A – Peter Jones
Peter Jones started freelancing with Reuters in 1986 and was hired on staff in 1991. He is currently the Editor-in-Charge, Canada Photos and North American Sports Pictures Editor for Thomson Reuters.
Alexander Wurz of Austria crashes in his Benetton team car on the first lap of the Canadian Grand Prix at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit in Montreal, Canada, June 7, 1998. Wurz used his spare car and finished in fourth place. (REUTERS/Peter Jones)
(Editor’s note: How easy was it to shoot this car crash? Watch here and decide.)
World Press Photo 2013
The 2013 World Press Photo contest opened today. The 56th annual photojournalism contest and 3rd annual multimedia contest are accepting submissions. The deadlines are: 10 January 2013 for the multimedia contest and 17 January 2013 for the photo contest. Winners will be announced in mid-February.
PhotoSensitive – Picture Change
This image of a young girl who loved to dance was to accompany a Toronto Star story about a single mother’s struggle to make ends meet. On the day the photo was published, a reader contacted (then) Toronto Star photographer Andrew Stawicki and donated money to cover a year’s worth of dance lessons for the girl. (Photo Andrew Stawicki / Toronto Star)
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Photographer’s Q&A – Jon Blacker
Toronto photographer Jon Blacker started in news photography about 20 years ago and now shoots editorial, corporate and commercial photography. He specializes in location portraits with an emphasis on musicians.
His web site is www.jonblacker.com
Toronto rapper, Taylor T, photographed in a 1920s freight elevator in Toronto’s historic Distillery District on February 25, 2012. This image was a last-minute addition at the very end of a session that was otherwise entirely shot on a white seamless. There are two lights behind him, one red gelled on the floor, firing at the back of the elevator, and one bare head hitting the back of his head and a third light in a gridded softbox from camera right. We managed to get six frames before people downstairs started calling for the elevator. (Photo – Jon Blacker/www.jonblacker.com)
