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Journalism 2300:Week Two
February 4, 2013
Announcements
Today is the end of the 2nd week of the semester. The following take effect today:
1. Last day to add courses.2. Last day to use permission numbers.3. Last day to withdraw from a course with a
W appearing on the transcript.4. Last day to change a grading option.5. Last day to apply for a degree.
Just call me Lucy!
An instructor, not professor OK to just use Lucy!
Let’s turn in textbook quizzes
What surprised you?
To be a better photographer…
…you need to take a lot of photos!
Chapter 1: Assignment
Where to find spot news?– Scanner– Local news radio– Local television news– Cell phones– Websites– Contacts: officials, firefighters, police
officers, friends, acquaintances– News tips
Message alerts
Duluth News-Tribune Minneapolis Star Tribune
Where to find more information
Beat reporters Public Relations offices
Best time to shoot
Not always when reporter conducting interview
What did you learn with your photos of the DTA bus stop?
Visual variety
Overall shot– Sets scene
Medium shot– Tells the story in one photograph
Close-up:– Adds drama
High/low angles
New perspective– Going wide– Above, below
Persistence
Pros stay until they have the best shot
Plot out best time of day for photo Might take 100 to 1,000 shots to get
the best photograph
Catching candids
Preset your camera– Aperture priority/shutter priority
Watch your subject Anticipation and timing
Approaches to candid photography
Out in the open Click and run Big game hunter Introduce yourself
Marketing spot news story:– San Francisco earthquake
The week in pictures
MSNBC:– http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3842331/
Chapter 2: News
Contacts:– Police
Train derailment Sunshine Hostage situation: page 29 Crime scene in progress
– Staying alive!
Why shoot fires?
Church fire Forest fire
– Billings Gazette Pulitzer Sawmill fire
– Drove film to the newspaper
Accidents/disasters
Grim but necessary– Williston stalker– Airplane crash
Accidents– Don’t get in the way!
Weather affects everyone
Chapter 3: General news
Covering elections– Get to know candidates
Meetings generate news– Avoid lines of speakers!– Shoot from side– Look for props!
Photograph the issues Steer clear of the pack!
Let’s go find news photos online
Work in groups of 4 Newseum: Today’s Front Pages
– http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/
Photojournalist defined
What is a photojournalist?– http://markhancock.blogspot.com/1996/
01/what-is-photojournalist.html
– What to remember? Photojournalists capture verbs!
What’s a caption?See pages 147-153
Who:– Need names or detailed description– Need last names
What:– What’s happening in photo
When:– Time element important
Day of week, time of day Where:
– Location Why:
– Importance of shot How:
– Explanations as needed
Let’s practice writing captions
Go to Duluth News Tribune Website
Understanding exposure ISO: Film speed
– Higher the number, faster shutter speed Sacrifice quality for reproduction
Aperture: Lens opening– Amount of light that the camera allows in
Shutter– How fast the lens captures action
Page 156 in textbook http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdotfhMGfTk&f
eature=related http://photodoto.com/understanding-exposure-sh
utter-speed-aperture-and-iso/
Understanding Depth of Field
Depth of Field:– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzed
efUXARE
Using a histogram
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3yiz1sBKLc
Assignment tips…
Need to bracket!– Backlighting
Underexposes foreground
Become friends with the Associated Press Stylebook
Remember that you are telling a story with the photograph
Captions fill in the blanks
How to use AP Stylebook
Stylebook Key– Addresses:
Is this correct? 25 East Silver St.– Spellings:
Adviser/advisor; Legislative titles Sports Guidelines and Style Business Guidelines and Style A Guide to Punctuation Editing Marks
Don’t memorize, familiarize!
Photography lingo
Shoot: take photos Sharp photo: in focus Soft: out of focus; not sharp Flat light: Even, with no highlights Bracket: Take several shots of same scene
at different exposures Shoot a lot of frames!
– Take a lot of photos – memory cards are cheap!
Major Assignment I:Feature Photograph
Let’s review the assignment We will go over features next week,
but can start to think now about where to find a feature photograph
Also handout Winter Outdoor Event, Sports, Portrait/Personality
Let’s practice editing with Picasa
Go to this website:– http://www.d.umn.edu/~lkragnes/11Jour
2300Spring/IcyStairs.JPG
Picasa 3: Editing, selecting photos
Set up Google Account: google.com Go to: http://picasa.google.com/ Download Picasa 3 Upload photographs Under File menu, select New Album Type in Date/name of assignment Select photos, drag to the album you
created Edit photos, put the final photo selection
first in album Select the final photo, and write cutline
where it says: Write a caption!
Sharing album with me
Select the album you want to share Click on the Share button on upper
right side of the album screen Sign in to your Google account In the Share Photos screen, in the To:
box type [email protected]
Carry your camera with you!
Assignment for 2/11:
General news assignment Get more comfortable with your
camera Popularity of UMD food service areas Shoot from a variety of angles:
above, down lowUsing Picasa, send a link with your
best photos to: [email protected]
Let’s practice …depth of field/shutter speed
Jumping Bulldog/props!– Shutter speed– Depth of Field– Long exposure
Get in groups of similar type cameras