Photojournalism

• Photojournalism 


  Collecting, editing and presenting of news material for publication or broadcast that creates images in order to tell a story
• Photography 


  The mere taking of pictures
• Photojournalism 


  Is taking accurate shots of current events
• " it is one thing to photograph people. It is another to make others to care about them by revealing the core of their humanness"


  Paul strand (1890-1976)
• Technical Value


  Clear, free from smudges, not blurred
• Editorial value


  Tells a story at a glance, shows life happening, moment of truth and significance
• Prominence

  Timeliness

  Action

  Human interest

  captions


  Elements of a great photo
• prominence


  Prominent personalities attract the interest of the readers
• timeliness


  Immediacy of the picture enhances its value
• action


  Actions speaks louder that words
• Human interest


  Pictures that show emotion
• captions


  text of body type accompanying any pictorial illustrations
• Catchline

  Body

  credit


  Parts of a caption
• catchline


  Brief catchy title of the caption usually in capital letters and bold face
• Body 


  Explains or describes the picture or illustration, in italics with font size bigger than the text of the news story
• credit


  Attributes the source of the picture
• * Be brief and to the point, but do not make it too short

  * Supplement and explain the pictures, but do not state what is obvious

  * Do not repeat lengthy facts from the articles

  * Be accurate and careful with the names of the person concerned

  *Identify the people in the pictures

  * Say when and where the picture is taken'

  * Use present tense to describe action


  Tips in writing captions
• * depth of field

  * Perspective

  * Leading lines

  *Lighting

  *Rule of thirds

  *Texture

  * Selective focus

  * Framing

  *Linear perspective

  * Silhouette

  * Birds eye view

  * Worm's eye view

  *juxtaposition

  Photography techniques
• Depth of field


  Refers to the distance between the closest and farthest objects that appears acceptably sharp in a photography
• perspective


  Refers to the spatial relationship between the subjects in the frame
• Leading lines 


  Are lines that draw the viewers eye through the image and towards the subject
• lighting


  Use the light around you to creatively light up your subject
• Rule of thirds


  In your head, divide the screen of your camera into thirds horizontally and vertically
• texture


  Brings Life and vibrance to images that would otherwise appear flat and uninspiring
• Selective focus


  Choose a specific focus point in your image and let the other elements in your composition blur
• framing


  Use what's around you to frame your subject
• linear perspective

  Is the most common type of perspective photography, using converging line and a vanishing point
• silhouette


  Is a solid, dark image of a subject against brighter background
• Birds eye view


  See the world above, always looking down on things
• worms eye view


  Look at the world from below
• juxtaposition


  The essence is to place contrasting elements in the same frame and tell the viewer their story
• * to attract attention

  * To illustrate a point of a story

  * To tell a story itself through the aid of captions

  * To tell a story in sequence

  * To give visual relief to the lay out

  5 main functions of photos/ illustrations
• * you should have a working knowledge of your weapon and craft( camera, lens, film)

  * Know your camera

  * Hold the camera still

  * The second rule

  * Take a few more

  * Tell a story

  * Capture the mood

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