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PARTY… EXCITEMENT…
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Photo-
journalism
is a photo
of Asi on a
sports
page…
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CONTENT
What is the photograph all
about?
5 Ws + 1 H
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MESSAGE
The purpose of a press
photograph is to inform the
viewer about what can be seen
and what the facts are.
CONTENT
AND
MESSAGE…
Denotative meaning,
Connotative meaning…
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PHOTOGRAPHIC STYLE
What can you see?
How was it photographed?
• Light
• Composition, Frame, Perspective
• Details, close up
• Color, tone
• Movement, motion
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Digital VS Film
same principle…
FILM
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WHITE BALANCE
FIRST THING:
Digital cameras are
Set the date and time of designed to primarily
your camera… designed to “see” sunlight –
that is containing all the
Metadata… (show sample spectrum.
image)
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WHITE BALANCE
Key Areas
of Technical Excellence:
EXPOSURE:
IT MUST BE RIGHT…
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EXPOSURE CONTROL:
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Exposure Controls
Key Areas
of Technical Excellence:
sharp focus,
Controlling
depth of field to achieve a
selected point of
focus, lead the viewer to a
point of interest…
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Framing / composition
“Arrangements” of all elements
intended to be included in a frame
VERTICAL
OR VERTICAL
HORIZONTAL OR
FRAME? HORIZONTAL
FRAME?
DOMINANT FOREGROUND
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LINES, PERSPECTIVES
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REFLECTIONS / SYMMETRY
TIPS:
3) Experiment, explore--
specialization is for the ants
POINT OF ENTRY / high angle
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Lesson from
Dora the Explorer and Boots…
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The key to a
“decisive
moment” capture
is SWIFTNESS &
PATIENCE.
Spot news
pictures of unscheduled
events, no advance planning
was possible
GENERAL CATEGORIES
tragedy to good fortune;
crime to war; fire; accident; rescue;
sudden police dispersal of a rally or
demonstration
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General News
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Feature
Human interest to show “slice of
life”; some are planned events, but
most feature photographs are
“found” situations.
Having a ready camera and eyes
(and minds) open to everything is the
best way to find features…
Sports
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Portrait
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built in minutes…
built in years…
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- Marcel Proust
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