1. Photojournalism

2. Essential Idea  “If anyone can step up and take the same picture as you, forget it. It probably isn’t that interesting anyway.” ~ Dennis Darling

3. Photography Techniques  Disturbance  Proximity  Vantage Point  Place

4. Disturbance  Disturbing the frame  Don’t leave space on all sides  Take picture right to the end  Open the center  Have sides of unequal size  Rule of thirds (1:3 and 2:3)  Group Shots: No 2 sets of eyes on same level.

5. Disturbance

6. Proximity  Distance between the camera and subject  Get close up and personal  Don’t let subject get swallowed up by surrounding landscape  Move subject away from center of frame  Don’t lose detail by being too far away.

7. Proximity

8. Vantage Point  Bend your knees or raise yourself up  Abandon normal shooting ranges  Below  Above  Inside  Outside  Another eye level

9. Vantage Point

10. Place  Where you took the picture  Tell audience  Foreground and background information  Trim away excess background so only essential information remains

11. Place

12. “Afghanistan - A 2002 Journal”  Collection by Jonathan Wiggs  Four Sections  Caves of Bamiyan  Portraits  Afghanistan in Transition  Hope for the Future http://www.boston.com/photo_essays/afgh anistan_wiggs/html/intro.htm

13. Objective for Assignment  Review all 35 photographs  Identify 2 photographs that utilize each of the four techniques well (8 photos total)  Explain what makes each photograph effective.

14. Magazine / Newspaper Assignment  Cut out 12 pictures from newspapers or magazines that depict the four techniques studied.  3 Disturbance  3 Proximity  3 Vantage Point  3 Place

15. Student Assessment  You will TAKE 20 photographs that will be compiled into a visual portfolio  5 Disturbance  5 Proximity  5 Vantage Point  5 Place