Photojournalism
Whatisit?
Whatisit? Usingphotostotellastory.
Whatisit?
Honesty
Empathy
Objec
Relevance
Timeliness
Narra
Whatisit?
Honesty
Empathy
Objec
Relevance
Timeliness
Narra
…Moments
Decisivemoment “Photographersdealint “Photographersdealinthingswhichare hingswhicharecon
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Whatmakesagoodpicture?
Whatmakesagoodpicture?
Whatmakesagoodpicture?
Technical quality
Whatmakesagoodpicture?
Technical quality
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Whatmakesagoodpicture?
Storytelling ability
Whatmakesagoodpicture?
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Storytelling ability
Whatmakesagoodpicture?
Aesthe
Storytelling ability
SnapShots Weallshootthem…
SnapShots
SnapShots
SnapShots
SnapShots
SnapShots
SnapShots
SnapShots …trynotto.
SnapShots "You'vegottopushyourselfharder.You'vegottostartlooking forpicturesnobodyelsecouldtake.You'vegottotakethe toolsyouhaveandprobedeeper.”
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Terms
Aperture Theadjustableopeninginacameralensusedtocontrolthe amountoflightreachingthe“film.”Thesizeofthisholeis calledthef-stop.Thesmallerthef-stop,theshallowerthe depthoffield.
Aperture
Aperture
Aperture
ShuerSpeed Thelengthof
ShuerSpeed
Afastshuerspeedfreezestheac
ShuerSpeed
Aslowshuerspeedblursthe Aslowshuerspeedblurstheac
FilmSpeed(ISO) Filmspeedisthemeasureofaphotographicfilm’ssensi
FilmSpeed(ISO)
Bothoftheseimageswereshotat1600ISO indimlylitcondi
WhiteBalance Whitebalancereferstothecolortemperatureofthelight sourceandtherela
WhiteBalance
Tungsten
Auto/Daylight*
Flourescent
Cloudy
Pointers
GetCloser
Knowyourlightsource
Knowyourlightsource
Knowyourlightsource
Knowyourlightsource
Knowyourlightsource
Shoo
Shoo
Lookforopenshadeo Lookforopenshadeorwindowlight rwindowlight
Avoidshadowsontheface/directsunlight
Iflitfrombehind,useadark Iflitfrombehind,useadarkbackground background
Separatethesubjectfromthebackground
Usealonglens,shallowdepthoffield
Ifyoudon’tknowtheintendedusage, don’tcroptoo
Ac
Ac
Ac
Cleanbackgrounds
Cleanbackgrounds
Cleanbackgrounds
Details
Details
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Framing
Framing
Turnaround
Turnaround
Shootver
Shootver
Gethigh
Gethigh
Getlow
Getlow
Senseofplace
Senseofplace
Senseofplace
Bepa
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Preppingfiles forpublica
Filesize,cropping Forprint: 10”@300DPI Forweb: pixels,notinches; 72DPI
Filesize,cropping
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Youcan’tmakeasmallphoto,big.
Cap
IPTCData(Photoshop=>File=>Fileinfo)
Who,what,where,when.APstyle.
Ifthere’sagroupofpeople,use: “letoright…”“fromle…”“JohnSmith,le…” Chooseoneandbeconsistent.
Color Youcanmake minimaltoning adjustmentswith levelsorcurves. Iuselevels. RGB=web CMYK=print
(Photoshop=>Image=>Adjustments=>Levels)
Lawsandethics
Legalstuff
Anyoneinapublicplacecantakepicturesof anythingtheywant. Ifyouareonpublicproperty,youcantake picturesofprivateproperty. Peoplecanbephotographediftheyareinpublic. Equipmentcannotbeconfiscatedwithouta courtorder.
Noonecanmakeyoudeleteimages.
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Ethics
Don’tlie
Empathy
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Lastly
Spellitright
Spellitright
Photojournalism
Spellitright
Photojournalism (notphotojournalism)
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