Photojournalism The Art of Story Telling (Visual Communication & Documentation )
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1. The Art of Story Telling (Visual Communication &
Documentation )
2. You don't take a photograph, you make it. Ansel Adams
3. RULE OF THIRDS THE GOLDEN RATIO
4. A single or a series of images describing a news story in
accordance to Journalism Ethics Observation Research Anticipate
Timing Composition Time Management
5. Photojournalist vs. Photographers Photojournalists shoot
action verbs: Smiles, Cries, Kicks & the Nouns that we shoot
should tell a story
6. Photographers take pictures of Nouns (peoples, places and
things) Photojournalist vs. Photographers
7. Photographer: Dorothea Lange Title: Migrant Mother Year:
1939 Impact: This image taken during the depression of 1930s bought
relief for the pea pickers soon after the feature was published
Migrant Mother Historical Impact of Photographs
8. The Tank Man Photographer: Jeff Widener Title: Tank Man
Location: Tiananmen Square Protest, Beijing Year: 1989
9. 1936 Loyalist Militiaman at the Moment of Death by Robert
Capa This picture caused a stir when it was published in French
magazine Vu, and, it has been argued, even helped strengthen the
Republican cause. Some regarded it as a symbol of anti- Fascism,
others as a more universal anti-war statement. Either way, the
political implications of photography were fast being realized.
Loyalist Militiaman
10. Sudanese child with a vulture by Kevin Carter This Pulitzer
Prize-winning picture of a vulture waiting to feed on a dying
toddler in Sudan summed up the cruelty of the famine in Sudan. It
also, famously, highlighted the plight of the photographer; within
three months of gaining recognition for this photograph, Kevin
Carter committed suicide.
11. Things to Consider
12. Be there before time Learn your surroundings Be invisible
Talk to your subjects
13. Do not influence your surroundings Use minimum of Editing
as possible Do not mock a situation Get to know your subject Wait
for the right moment
14. Professional Photojournalists invest heavily into their
equipment They purchase high end DSLRs Hands on with various Image
Editing softwares Photoshop Aperture Lightroom Capture-one Digital
Cameras Mobile Phone Camera
16. Its all about who you follow Use relevant hashtags # (e.g.
#healthjournalism, #Pakistanhealth) Engage by using the @ Do not
delay the story While posting include where, when & who Engage
your Viewers/Readers Retweet similar stories
17. Facebook Page Creates business opportunity Free space for
online portfolio Provides a detailed analytics of your page
18. Upload frequently-Make sure you constantly keep updating
your facebook page in-order to be visible. Create Albums-Keep your
Images organized under albums Engagement-Reply to your followers
appropriately Timeliness-Update images relevant to the a prevailing
story in other media forms Share Similar Stories
19. Connect with other photographers Help your SEO Show your
work via apps Connect other Social media networks
20. Like minded professional photographers community Rich
content on every subject Storage space Store High Quality Images
Secure Data in original quality Restrict download Categorized
Groups according to the industry Relevant Tags Flickr Creative
Commons
21. Provides free legal to share creativity and Knowledge It
uses terms like some rights reserved Content can be copied,
distributed, edited, remixed, and built up Creative Commons has six
variant licenses Largest pool of Creative Common Images can be
found on Flickr
22. By Attribution Attribution-ShareAlike/Copyleft
Attribution-NoDerivs Attribution-NonCommercial
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs
23. Mobile Phone Application Easy to use Built specifically for
Images Update your assignments instantly
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