Mobile media-making and viewing has become a major force.  Journalists are worried about what it means for their jobs.  But, beyond that, it has implications for what kinds of media are produced and delivered, and how people consume media.

See also Media Sharing Platforms: a lot of these are closely associated with mobile technologies.

Making media using mobile devices

• Elementary, but good as far as it goes: National Geographic, How to Take Camera Phone Pictures
• Koci on shooting with iPhone –  from Lynda.com.  Don’t worry about the discussion of the phone and the apps — that’s all out of date. Pay attention to what he says about HOW he shoots.  He’s @Koci on Instagram.  He is also shooting with Google Glass now.
•  Can Photojournalism Survive in the Instagram Era? Interview with Fred Ritchin
• The controversy around apps and photojournalism: Damon Winter on his award-winning Hipstamatic war photos.  Although we aren’t doing photojournalism, many of the issues are relevant.
• Sally Cox video on iPhoneography — distributed in class.  She’s a graphic artist so her approach is different, and a lot of her discussion is about specific apps.  But there’s a lot in what she says that’s generally useful for making and editing images with smart phones.
• Mobile Video  added 9/30

Publishing on mobile media

• Poynter: Tablet storytelling is visual, tappable, deep
• More on Poynter research
• Short interview with Poynter researchers

 

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in progress — haven’t decided whether we’ll do this

I know some excellent mobile photographers — but I find little written on how to do this well.  So we’re going to write the guide!

1. View at least 50 (yes, 50) mobile images online.  Here are some suggested sites — you will surely find others.  Please add others in comments.  Plus, of course, you’ll see images from your friends and acquaintances wherever they post them.

• Instagram.  Here are some people I know about whose work is worth looking at.  There are many others.  (Go to Instagram and search on them as users.  There is an Instagram plug-in for many browsers, or use the app on your phone.)

@pkatron

@koci  (He’s now shooting with Google Glass)

You can also look for media content providers, advertisers, and other organizations that have instagram streams, e.g., @NPR, @KQED, @FreshAir.

Or search for events or places: #americascup #sanfrancisco  #berkeley #UC #berk #cal

• Flickr – search for images with tags like iPhone, phone, mobile, android.
• EyeEm — just learned about this from Sally Cox’s Iphoneography online class.

2. Start compiling your own list of guidelines for making images.  You’ll see both good and bad images.  What makes some images better than others? What should you do? Not do? What kinds of images work well as mobile images? What kind don’t?

3. We’ll create a shared document — pls add your comments.  Add new guidelines, refine others’ postings, or just endorse what someone has already said — something like “Yes! –NVH”

The goal is to end up with something we’ll post online — since we aren’t finding what we want!

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Additional stuff

Mobile Reporting Field Guide — unfortunately, it’s only about equipment and apps, not about making content.