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Getting started in this crazy business
Whether you are a student just starting to think about photojournalism, or a seasoned professional looking to gain a few new skills, this area of SportsShooter.com is designed to help you make the most of your educational efforts. Thanks to Brooks Institute of Photography for helping us with the creation and upkeep of this area.
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Brooks NPPA members share their newest photographs each and every week on their student chapter website.
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|| SportsShooter Bookshelf:

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The World's Top Photographers' Workshops: Sport & Action
[ Staff 05/07/08 ]
Athlete
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Digital Sports Photography, Second Edition
[ Staff 05/06/08 ]
A Time it Was: Bobby Kennedy in the Sixties
[ Staff 04/29/08 ]
Still: Cowboys at the Start of the Twenty-First Century
[ Staff 04/24/08 ]


Most Popular Books:
Best Business Practices for Photographers
[ Current Rating: 9.92, Votes: 12 ]
Requiem: By the Photographers Who Died in the Vietnam and Indochina War
[ Current Rating: 9.83, Votes: 6 ]
The Americans
[ Current Rating: 9.83, Votes: 6 ]
The Photographic Essay: William Albert Allard
[ Current Rating: 9.83, Votes: 6 ]
The Moment It Clicks: Photography secrets from one of the world's top shooters
[ Current Rating: 9.83, Votes: 6 ]
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|| Educational Programs

Most Recently Updated:
Rich Clarkson Sports Photography Workshop
[ Christopher Szagola 04/02/08 ]
Missouri Photo Workshop
[ Wayne Thomas 03/19/08 ]
Sports Shooter Academy
[ Octavian Cantilli 03/12/08 ]

Highest Rated Workshops:
Missouri Photo Workshop
[ Current Rating: 9.8, Votes: 5 ]
Sports Shooter Academy
[ Current Rating: 9.74, Votes: 31 ]
Eddie Adams Workshop
[ Current Rating: 9.73, Votes: 15 ]
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|| Photojournalism Internship Rankings:
[The top 20 out of 360 internships, highest ranked at the top.]
Rank Publication Name Last Updatedby Rating Votes
1 The Muskegon Chronicle Anthony Soufflé (11.25.07, 6:27 PM) 10 9
2 Cleveland Plain Dealer Danny Gawlowski (2.03.06, 10:35 PM) 10 5
3 Seattle Times Amanda Smith (3.06.07, 4:24 PM) 10 5
4 The (Allentown) Morning Call Max Orenstein (10.04.07, 4:40 PM) 10 5
5 Los Angeles Times Tyson Evans (11.10.05, 5:48 PM) 10 4
6 Newark Star Ledger Alan Neuhauser (2.02.08, 8:32 PM) 10 4
7 Wisconsin State Journal AJ Maclean (9.10.07, 10:07 AM) 10 3
8 Anchorage Daily News John Hagen (10.08.07, 1:05 PM) 10 2
9 Calgary Herald Brett Beadle (9.05.06, 12:33 PM) 10 2
10 Edmonton Journal Anthony De Young (10.23.07, 3:06 PM) 10 2
11 Fort Worth Star Telegram Alex Diaz (8.20.04, 11:29 AM) 10 2
12 San Angelo Standard-Times Ivan Aguirre (10.25.06, 10:18 PM) 10 2
13 Scripps Howard News Service Ivan Aguirre (6.17.07, 3:04 PM) 10 2
14 Star Tribune John Lee (11.28.05, 7:56 PM) 10 2
15 The Free Lance-Star Noah Rabinowitz (12.17.07, 10:56 PM) 10 2
16 The Hartford Courant Yoon S. Byun (3.19.07, 12:33 PM) 10 2
17 The Sheridan Press Jordan Edgcomb (9.28.06, 12:44 AM) 10 2
18 The Virginian-Pilot Yoon S. Byun (9.15.06, 11:27 PM) 10 2
19 (Lewiston) Sun Journal Laura Segall (6.13.06, 8:26 PM) 10 1
20 (Sioux Falls) Argus Leader Jason McKibben (4.17.05, 9:24 PM) 10 1
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|| SportsShooter.com Educational Headlines:


Leading Off: High School Inspiration ::..
  | Robert Hanashiro, Sports Shooter | Apr 29, 2008 | April was another tough month … a controversy over Major League Baseball's credential use agreement threatened whether news organization would cover the baseball, another highly publ...

'Thou shall not over-tone!' ::..
  | Greg Cooper, Brooks Institute | Apr 29, 2008 | At risk of opening a can of worms… For the past month I have been going through my 35mm film archives, putting them in a manageable order so I can start to scan them. What a daunt...

Burning Desire ::..
  | Kim Komenich, San Francisco Chronicle | Apr 29, 2008 | ©2008 Kim Komenich Greetings from the "He's Got Way Too Much Time on His Hands" department here at Sports Shooter. Today we're going to look into the origin of the name of one of the buttons in Pho...

Photographer Discusses His Decision To Make 'The Switch' ::..
  | Preston Mack | Apr 29, 2008 | "The cover image doesn't look in focus." My decision to switch camera systems from Canon to Nikon was cemented when I heard those words from an art director. It was a cover shoot ...

Winning Moments: Photo Of The Year: 'Eye Gouge' ::..
  | Chris Detrick, The Salt Lake Tribune | Apr 29, 2008 | (Editors Note: We asked those awarded 1st place in the Sports Shooter Newsletter Annual Contest to write a short piece to give us a behind-the-scenes look at what went into their ...

Winning Moments: Best Action: 'Broken Leg' ::..
  | Jamie Rhodes | Apr 29, 2008 | (Editors Note: We asked those awarded 1st place in the Sports Shooter Newsletter Annual Contest to write a short piece to give us a behind-the-scenes look at what went into their ...

Winning Moments: No College No Pro: 'Shadows' ::..
  | Scott Strazzante, Chicago Tribune | Apr 29, 2008 | (Editors Note: We asked those awarded 1st place in the Sports Shooter Newsletter Annual Contest to write a short piece to give us a behind-the-scenes look at what went into their ...

Winning Moments: Best Feature: 'Better Bring Your Popcorn' ::..
  | Albert Dickson, Sporting News | Apr 29, 2008 | (Editors Note: We asked those awarded 1st place in the Sports Shooter Newsletter Annual Contest to write a short piece to give us a behind-the-scenes look at what went into their ...

Winning Moments: Best Sports Picture Story: 'Sumo Boys' ::..
  | Steven Achiam | Apr 29, 2008 | (Editors Note: We asked those awarded 1st place in the Sports Shooter Newsletter Annual Contest to write a short piece to give us a behind-the-scenes look at what went into their ...

Winning Moments: Best Student Sports Photo: 'Crash' ::..
  | Ashley Page Wilkerson | Apr 29, 2008 | (Editors Note: We asked those awarded 1st place in the Sports Shooter Newsletter Annual Contest to write a short piece to give us a behind-the-scenes look at what went into their ...

Sports Shooter News & Notes ::..
  | Robert Hanashiro, Sports Shooter | Apr 29, 2008 | Eppridge's New Kennedy Book Due May 6 Long-time Sports Illustrated and Life magazine photographer Bill Eppridge has a new book, A Time It Was: Bobby Kennedy ...

Detrick Wins Top Honors in Sports Shooter Newsletter Annual Contest ::..
  | Sports Shooter Staff | Apr 20, 2008 | Chris Detrick's photograph of a Pepperdine University basketball player gouging the eyes of an opponent, won top honors in the Sports Shooter Newsletter Annual Contest. Other firs...

Trade Secrets: A little help from my friends. ::..
  | Jamie Squire, Getty Images | Apr 17, 2008 | It is rare these days in the individualistic field of sports photography that photographers collaborate, rather than compete, to come up with exceptional images. While photographing...

Gray Matters: Just Do It. ::..
  | Jim Merithew, Wired News | Apr 10, 2008 | Wow. Did I disappear off the face of the earth or what? Just ask my friends. I have been totally incommunicato for weeks. It turns out that working at wired.com (www.wired...

Leading Off: Bye Bye Polaroid? ::..
  | Robert Hanashiro, Sports Shooter | Apr 1, 2008 | No more Polaroid film? No more SX-70-altered photos made to look like Van Gough… on LSD? No more Polaroid "emulsion lifts" (for a real LSD look)? No more rummaging around sw...

Thirty Years Between Dates: Behind The Scenes With Cal State Fullerton's Trip To The Big Dance ::..
  | Matt Brown | Apr 1, 2008 | (Matt Brown is the team photographer for Cal State Fullerton. Thirty years ago the Titans were the darling of the NCAA Tournament, making an improbably march to the Sweet 16. He a...

Ask Sports Shooter: Demystifying Photo Mechanic's Code Replacement ::..
  | Kirk Baker, Camera Bits | Apr 1, 2008 | (Editor's Note: Each month Sports Shooter will take a question sent in or a topic from the SportsShooter.com message board and get an answer. At the recent Sports Shooter Academy ...

Workshop-Mania: Nineteen Years Between Workshop Experiences ::..
  | Paul Morse | Apr 1, 2008 | Photons are photons...what you do with them is key - Greg Heisler Looking for direction and inspiration I attended a course at the Santa Fe Workshops called Choice and Visi...

Workshop-Mania: Surviving 3 Exams, A Snow Storm and Sports Shooter Academy V ::..
  | Charles Ludeke, University of Missouri | Apr 1, 2008 | Three exams in one week. I was spending so much time studying in Ellis Library; I might as well have brought a sleeping bag and my pillow. My trip to Orange County for SSAV couldn't ...

Workshop-Mania: A Few Ideas On How To Pay For That Workshop Experience ::..
  | Jenn Jedynak | Apr 1, 2008 | So, you want to attend a workshop? Maybe make the trip to So Cal for The Academy? You think it's beyond your reach financially. You say to yourself, I am a broke college student, I l...

Want to read an intern's banter about her internships? And some photos too! kristina's photo blog ::..