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.