http://www.johnckmedia.com Official website of Johnck Media Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:39:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en People tell me all the time, "I want to travel the world taking pictures, where do I start?". I'm not going to tell you how to make great moving or still imagery in this post, but I will give you some tips on the business end of things. Taking photos ... http://www.johnckmedia.com/so-you-want-to-be-a-travel-photog/ On May 6th at 11am I found myself face to face with one of the most controversial figures in modern history and the leader of the free world, as part of Yahoo! News' in-house crew conducting the first exclusively online interview with a siting president at the White House. ... http://www.johnckmedia.com/interviewing-president-bush/ At least reporter Lauren Sherman from Forbes.com thinks so. But hey, here's a thought... your lungs slowly fill up with fluid, you begin coughing up blood, and then gently slip into a coma and die, or better yet fluid leaks into your brain causing swelling, hallucinations, psychotic behavior, and ... http://www.johnckmedia.com/your-next-vacation-summit-of-mt-everest-heres-how/ In the Spring of 2003, the worlds highest internet cafe opened at Mt. Everest base camp at 17,500 feet. It was also the 50th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary's historic ascent of Everest. I went to base camp to check it out. With the help of my brother who had ... http://www.johnckmedia.com/worlds-highest-internet-cafe/ There are only 14 mountains in the world above 8,000 meters (26,000 feet) and only a handful of people have climbed them all. Until May 2005, no American had achieved such a feat. Ed Viesturs had 13 of them under his belt and was saving Annapurna for last. As ... http://www.johnckmedia.com/on-annapurna-with-ed-viesturs/ For Episode # 5 (shot and published in February 2005) with Yahoo's Richard Bangs Adventures Daryl Hanna lent her star power to help raise awareness for a good cause. THE PROBLEM: Demise of the Mountain Gorilla due to human encroachment in their habitat. THE SOLUTION (one of many): Build water cisterns in ... http://www.johnckmedia.com/chasing-silverbacks-with-daryl-hanna/ Episode # 7 in the Richard Bangs Adventures series on Yahoo took place in Australia with extreme as the theme. Australian native and well known adventure photographer Jonathan Chester was our guide for the episode and we followed him across the continent. Our ultimate destination was the Phillips Island nature ... http://www.johnckmedia.com/extreme-australia/ On May 25, 2001 I stood on the summit of Mt. Everest with Erik Weihenmayer and 9 other of my good friends. As everyone was high-fiving all I could think about was my job. I had a seemingly simple job; shoot some publicity photos of Erik and the team on ... http://www.johnckmedia.com/climbing-everest-with-blind-climber-erik-weihenmayer/ A good friend of mine recently launched a concept photo shoot project that involves professionals in different still photography disciplines coming together for a day to share ideas. Read the full report here: http://www.pdnpulse.com/2007/11/renegade-result.html In an industry that has typically been very fragmented with little to no communication between professionals I ... http://www.johnckmedia.com/renegade-photo-shoot/ I’m happy to announce I’m now working for Yahoo! as a Senior Content Producer in their Media Group. I’ve been freelancing for Yahoo! for a few years and there were always talks about going in-house, but the timing was never quite right. What does this mean for the future of ... http://www.johnckmedia.com/working-for-yahoomedia/