1. PHOTOJOURNALISM 101 The Story in a Picture

2. STORYTELLING GREAT PHOTOS TELL WHO,WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY,AND HOW.

3. THEREFORE YOU NEED TO… ANTICIPATE THE MOMENT…

4. …AND BE THERE FOR IT…

5. …BUT REMEMBER TO LOOKAROUND.

6. YOU ALSO NEED TO… BUILD CHARACTERS IN THESHOT…

7. …BY DECIDING WHO ISIMPORTANT, INTERESTING,AND HAS PERSONALITY.

8. YOU DO THIS BY… SHOWING THE SETTING,PARTICULARLY THE FANS ANDCROWDS…

9. …BUT ALSO THE CONTEXT ORBACKGROUND.

10. SHOWING THE DETAILSESPECIALLY IF THEY WOULD BEHARD TO DESCRIBE INWRITING…

11. …OR IF THEY PROVIDE ALL THEINTEREST.

12. SHOWING THE EMOTIONS,EXPRESSIVE BODY LANGUAGEAND NTERACTION…

13. …BY GETTING GUP CLOSEAND PERSONAL.

14. SHOWING THE ENERGY BYCREATIN GTHE ENERGYYOURSELF…

15. SHOWING THE REACTIONS BYBEING ATTENTIVE TO THEEVENT INSTEAD OF BEING APART OF IT…

16. SHOWING THE RELATIONSHIPS,ESPECIALLY AT PIVITALMOMENTS…

17. YOU MUST HAVE VARIETY… PERSPECTIVE: THE ANGLE AT WHICH YOU SHOOT THE PHOTO (WIDE SHOT, MEDIUM SHOT, CLOSE-UP SHOT) ANGLE: THE SPECIFIC LOCATION FROM WHICH A PHOTO IS SHOT. BIRD’S-EYE-VIEW: PHOTO IS SHOT FROM ABOVE. WORM’S-EYE-VIEW: PHOTO IS SHOT FROM BELOW OR FROM GROUND LEVEL.

18. FOR EXAMPLE… A WIDE SHOT INTRODUCESTHE EVENT…

19. A MEDIUM SHOT RELATES THEACTION AND DETAILS OF THEEVENT…

20. AND THEN A CLOSE UPFOCUSES ON A SINGLE,INTERESTING SUBJECT…

21. FORMAT: TAKE A VARIETY OF VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL PHOTOS. SUBJECT: VARY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE PHOTO; SINGLE, COUPLE, SMALL GROUP, LARGE GROUP, ETC. SEQUENCE: SHOT BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THE EVENT MAKE THE PERFECT PICTURE HAPPEN, DON’T JUST SIT AND WAIT FOR IT. AND FINALLY, CONSIDER…