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Multimedia

Storytelling

JOUR 203Photo Week 2:More on shot compositionPhotoshop basics

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DiscussionHow was the

shoot?

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Comments on Last Homework

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Comments on Last Homework

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Comments on Last Homework

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Comments on Last Homework

Diamondback Friday Knight Slice

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Comments on Last Homework

Think about everythingIn the frame: be intentional.

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Comments on Last Homework

Faces! People connectWhen they see the

expression on peoplesFaces.

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Todays Goal

Edit photographs to cropand improve brightness

and contrast. Andimprove composition inthe first place.

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Todays Goal

Edit photographs to cropand improve brightness

and contrast. Andimprove composition inthe first place.

* Portraits. Usephotojournalism

to let viewers get

to know a subjector see an issuethrough theireyes.

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Todays GoalIts time to startthinking about

final projects

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Always Remember

Rule of Thirds

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More on Composition

What makes a good photograph?

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Luck

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More on Composition

Find a clear center of interest.

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More on Composition

Find a clear center of interest. Another way to look at it: have a point of entry.

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Have a Point of Entry

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More on Composition

Fill the Frame

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Fill the Frame

Chinese paramilitary policemen take their breakfast with snow before

shovelling snow from a road where a heavy snowfall in Yumen, Gansuprovince March 9, 2010. (REUTERS/China Daily)

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More on Composition

Watch out for distracting elements (or cut offlimbs)

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More on Composition

Diagonals=good (for some reason, diagonals aremore visually interesting).

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Kuwait City airport employees wipe the sand from the redcarpet during a sand storm before the arrival of France's

President Nicolas Sarkozy in Kuwait February 11, 2009. (REUTERS/Remy de la Mauviniere/Pool)

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Diagonals=good

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Diagonals=good

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Layering

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ForegroundBackground

N.Y. police officers receive instructions as they stand near protesters sleeping at

Zocatti park, where they are camping out, before demonstrating outside the New

York Stock Exchange (NYSE) September 21, 2011. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz)

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Color

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Repetition

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Surprise

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Framing

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Decisive Moment

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AP Visual Checklist

Is the image active or passive?

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AP Visual Checklist

Is the image active or passive? Is the photograph of something no one has ever

seen before or is it a unique or interesting photoof something everyone has seen?

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AP Visual Checklist

Is the image active or passive? Is the photograph of something no one has ever

seen before or is it a unique or interesting photoof something everyone has seen?

Are the photo style and the writing styleconsistent?

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AP Visual Checklist

Is the image active or passive? Is the photograph of something no one has ever

seen before or is it a unique or interesting photoof something everyone has seen?

Are the photo style and the writing styleconsistent?

Does the photo communicate quicker, stronger,better or more eloquently than a simple

sentence could describe?

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AP Visual Checklist

Does the photo have visual content or stop shortat story elevation?

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AP Visual Checklist

Does the photo have visual content or stop shortat story elevation?

Does the photo go beyond the trite and theobvious?

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AP Visual Checklist

Does the photo have visual content or stop shortat story elevation?

Does the photo go beyond the trite and theobvious? Does the photo contain essential information to

help the reader understand the story?

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AP Visual Checklist

Does the photo have visual content or stop shortat story elevation?

Does the photo go beyond the trite and theobvious? Does the photo contain essential information to

help the reader understand the story?

Does the photo have enough impact to movethe reader?

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AP Visual Checklist

Does the photo have visual content or stop short atstory elevation?

Does the photo go beyond the trite and the obvious? Does the photo contain essential information to help

the reader understand the story?

Does the photo have enough impact to move thereader?

Is the photo clean, interesting, and well composedenough to stand on its own?

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AP Visual Checklist

Does the caption information answer who, what,when, where and why?

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AP Visual Checklist

Does the caption information answer who, what,when, where and why?

Does the photo communicate effectively?Photos should move, excite, entertain, inform orhelp the readers understand a story

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Photo Bridge

Think of your workflow.

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Cropping

Crop ruthlessly. Cut out anything thats notessential to the picture, so that the readersattention wont be distracted or wasted.

Edmond Arnold, newspaper design pioneer

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Cropping

... but preserve the mood. Mindless croppingcan ruin a pictures intent by eliminating partsthat gave it its mood.

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Cropping Demo

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Color Correction

Auto Color Correct:

ImageAdjustments

Auto Color

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Color Correction

Brightness/Contrast:

Image Adjustments Brightness/Contrast

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Color Correction

Variations:

Image Adjustments Variations

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Color Correction

Levels:

Image Adjustments Levels

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Homework

Photo Assignment #2 (50 points): "Portraits" Find aninteresting person you do not know well, and take threedistinctly different portraits that say something about thesubjects life, profession, major, personality, background,etc.

Shot variety: Must include at least one close-up shot andat least one medium shot.

Post 3 pictures to the blog. Title the post: Your Name:Portrait

Caption the first image using AP caption style. The othertwo pictures do not need captions.

Follow as many of the composition guidelines as youcan that we talked about in class.

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And Due 2 Weeks From Now...

Final Project Proposal

Must include: Format you plan to use. (video or audioslideshow) Story arc and hook

Types of people who will appear Proposed headline for the piece

Expected run 5me