Photojournalism for J453 - A Crash Course

Photojournalism

Whatisit?

Whatisit? Usingphotostotellastory.

Whatisit? 

Honesty



Empathy



Objec


Relevance



Timeliness



Narra
Whatisit? 

Honesty



Empathy



Objec


Relevance



Timeliness



Narra
…Moments

Decisivemoment “Photographersdealint “Photographersdealinthingswhichare hingswhicharecon
■

HenriCar
Flee
LeonardodaVinci

Whatmakesagoodpicture?



Technical quality


Technical quality

c lean ? r o s n e s yo ur s I s

■


Aesthe

e l e ■ R u

r d s. i r h t o f

Aesthe
s t he Ho w ’ s und ? bac kgro ■

O oh, t h at ’ ’s a pr eM y y sunse t . ■


Storytelling ability


■

s, Momen t , momen ts . momen ts

■

H i is t s t o r o r i i c c o c o nt e ex t x t.



Aesthe

SnapShots Weallshootthem…

SnapShots

SnapShots

SnapShots

SnapShots

SnapShots

SnapShots

SnapShots …trynotto.

SnapShots "You'vegottopushyourselfharder.You'vegottostartlooking forpicturesnobodyelsecouldtake.You'vegottotakethe toolsyouhaveandprobedeeper.”

■

BillAllard,Na
Terms

Aperture Theadjustableopeninginacameralensusedtocontrolthe amountoflightreachingthe“film.”Thesizeofthisholeis calledthef-stop.Thesmallerthef-stop,theshallowerthe depthoffield.

Aperture

Aperture

Aperture

ShuerSpeed Thelengthof
ShuerSpeed

Afastshuerspeedfreezestheac
ShuerSpeed

Aslowshuerspeedblursthe Aslowshuerspeedblurstheac
FilmSpeed(ISO) Filmspeedisthemeasureofaphotographicfilm’ssensi
FilmSpeed(ISO)

Bothoftheseimageswereshotat1600ISO indimlylitcondi
WhiteBalance Whitebalancereferstothecolortemperatureofthelight sourceandtherela
WhiteBalance

Tungsten

Auto/Daylight*

Flourescent

Cloudy

Pointers

GetCloser

Knowyourlightsource





Shoo
Shoo
Lookforopenshadeo Lookforopenshadeorwindowlight rwindowlight



Avoidshadowsontheface/directsunlight



Iflitfrombehind,useadark Iflitfrombehind,useadarkbackground background



Separatethesubjectfromthebackground



Usealonglens,shallowdepthoffield



Ifyoudon’tknowtheintendedusage, don’tcroptoo
Ac
Ac
Ac
Cleanbackgrounds



Details

Details

Repe<
Framing

Framing

Turnaround

Turnaround

Shootver
Shootver
Gethigh

Gethigh

Getlow

Getlow

Senseofplace



Bepa
HenriCar
Preppingfiles forpublica
Filesize,cropping Forprint: 10”@300DPI Forweb: pixels,notinches; 72DPI

Filesize,cropping

=

Youcan’tmakeasmallphoto,big.

Cap


IPTCData(Photoshop=>File=>Fileinfo)



Who,what,where,when.APstyle.



Ifthere’sagroupofpeople,use: “letoright…”“fromle…”“JohnSmith,le…” Chooseoneandbeconsistent.

Color Youcanmake minimaltoning adjustmentswith levelsorcurves. Iuselevels. RGB=web CMYK=print

(Photoshop=>Image=>Adjustments=>Levels)

Lawsandethics

Legalstuff 







Anyoneinapublicplacecantakepicturesof anythingtheywant. Ifyouareonpublicproperty,youcantake picturesofprivateproperty. Peoplecanbephotographediftheyareinpublic. Equipmentcannotbeconfiscatedwithouta courtorder.



Noonecanmakeyoudeleteimages.



More:hp://bit.ly/fWBigZ More:hp://bit.ly/fWBigZ

Ethics 

Don’tlie



Empathy



More:hp://bit.ly/fnb8ps More:hp://bit.ly/fnb8ps

Lastly

Spellitright


Photojournalism


Photojournalism (notphotojournalism)

DavidCalvert,VisualSt DavidCalvert,VisualStoryteller oryteller [email protected] (775)848-3510 

calvertphotography.com



twier.com/calvertphoto



facebook.com/calvertphotography



linkedin.com/in/calvertphotography

Photojournalism for J453 - A Crash Course

Recommend Documents