Photojournalism

Brian Walski

Brian Walski

• Isn’t everything we’re looking at real?

Brian Walski

• Isn’t everything we’re looking at real?

• What about the angle, or things that were edited out?

Brian Walski

• Isn’t everything we’re looking at real?

• What about the angle, or things that were edited out?

• Is this any different from what print journalists do?

O.J. Simpson

• In 1994, Time magazine published this photo on the cover

O.J. Simpson

• In 1994, Time magazine published this photo on the cover

• Except that it didn’t look like this photo

O.J. Simpson

O.J. Simpson

• Are you outraged?

O.J. Simpson

• Are you outraged?• Aren’t magazine

covers manipulated all the time?

O.J. Simpson

• Are you outraged?• Aren’t magazine

covers manipulated all the time?

• Isn’t it obvious that this cover illustration was manipulated?

NPPA Code of Ethics

• “It is the individual responsibility of every photojournalist at all times to strive for pictures that report truthfully, honestly and objectively.”

NPPA Code of Ethics

• “It is the individual responsibility of every photojournalist at all times to strive for pictures that report truthfully, honestly and objectively.”

• “In documentary photojournalism, it is wrong to alter the content of a photograph in any way (electronically or in the darkroom) that deceives the public.”

Goal of Photojournalism

• Selecting story telling photographs that can convey the fullest, most accurate sense of the situation photographed

Goal of Photojournalism

Engage the heart and mind of a viewer with a compelling version of truth that results from bearing witness or a situation or event.

Rule of Thirds

• With the rule of  thirds, you mentally divide the crop area with two evenly spaced vertical lines and two evenly spaced horizontal lines, creating a grid of nine sections.

• To create a pleasing composition, the primary focal point of the image should fall at one of the line intersections.

Framing

• Placement of the center of interest in a photograph according to the other elements in the photograph.

Proximity

• Distance between camera and subject. Stare. Get up close and personal. Don't let subject get swallowed up in surrounding landscape.

Vantage Point

• Bend your knees or raise yourself up to get picture. Abandon your normal vantage point and experiment with shooting from different angles É below, above, inside, outside. Shoot from other than your eye level.