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Journalism 3300: News Photography

Journalism 3300: News Photography. Week Six March 1, 2010. Announcements. Classmates in the news!. Julie Krienke story, photographs. To be a better photographer…. …you need to take a lot of photos!. The week in pictures. MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3842331/.

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Journalism 3300: News Photography

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  1. Journalism 3300:News Photography Week Six March 1, 2010

  2. Announcements

  3. Classmates in the news! • Julie Krienke story, photographs

  4. To be a better photographer…

  5. …you need to take a lot of photos!

  6. The week in pictures • MSNBC: • http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3842331/

  7. Photographer profile • List of 30 prominent photographers • Select a name from the list, or I will assign each of you a name • Do a brief (5 minute) PowerPoint presentation for the class on March 22, March 29 • Include 10 images on individual slide pages that best portray the photographer’s work • Include one slide with biographical information, portrait of the photographer • Email presentations to me by noon on March 22

  8. Ansel Adams: Mike William Albert Allard: Emma Jane Evelyn Atwood: Sarah Alexandra Boulat: Sam Margaret Bourke-White: Megan Mathew Brady: Jon Jim Brandenburg: Anonymous? Bill Biggart: Ashley Robert Capa: Aaron/Anonymous? Richard Drew: Chris David Douglas Duncan: Dane John Filo: Alex Leonard Freed: Steve Dorothea Lange: Julie Annie Leibovitz: Liz S. James Nachtwey: Lauren

  9. Joe Rosenthal

  10. Joe Rosenthal Biography • Born October 9, 1911 in Washington • Joined the San Francisco Examiner as a staff photographer • Rejected as military photographer on the outbreak of World War II • Sent to cover the Pacific War by the Associated Press in March 1944 • Took most famous portrait of World War II on February 23, 1945: Raising flag at Iwo Jima • After war, chief photographer and manager of Times Wide World Photos; later worked for the San Francisco Chronicle • Died on August 20, 2006

  11. On Feb. 23, 1945, Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal captured the Pulitzer Prize-winning picture of Marines raising the flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima. He recalled, "I could only hope that it turned out the way that I looked at it through the finder." During World War II, Rosenthal also covered the invasions of New Guinea and Guam. Joe Rosenthal died on August 20, 2006 at the age of 94.

  12. Major Assignment II:Winter Outdoor Events Final photographs due: Friday, March 5 Using Picasa, send a link with your best photos to: lkragnes@d.umn.edu

  13. Major Assignment III:Portraits/Personality Photograph • Environmental photograph of a person in an appropriate setting • Photographs due: Friday, March 12 • Brainstorm ideas! • Let’s go to the class weblog Using Picasa, send a link with your best photos to: lkragnes@d.umn.edu

  14. Test next week • Open book/computer • Multiple choice; true/false • Review class PowerPoint presentations • Exposure: • F-stop/aperture: lets light in • Shutter: controls how fast the light is let in

  15. Let’s look at yourself-portraits! • Creative! • Impressed once again! • What was the biggest challenge? • Biggest surprise? • What did you learn?

  16. Day in Pictures • San Francisco Chronicle Web site at: • http://www.sfgate.com/

  17. Chapter 12: Multimedia • Field of journalism evolving • Merging of traditional journalism storytelling with the Internet

  18. Marriage of image, sound • Sound brings photos to life • Brian Storm, multimedia pioneer • Founder of MediaStorm.org • MSNBC’s first director of multimedia • http://www.mediastorm.org/

  19. Interview or shoot first? • Both work well • Interviews reveal photo possibilities • Photos lead to questions • Look for quiet place to tape interviews • Many different types of microphones • Look subject in eyes • Nod acknowledgement; avoid own voice!

  20. Interviewing tips • Write out list of questions • Open-ended questions • Neutral subjects first, more difficult questions later • Follow-up questions • Listen to answers • Stay on topic • “What it all means” • Ask questions in pairs

  21. Preparing Audio • Transcribe the words • Organize the copy • Identify crucial quotes • Eliminate our quetsions • Let the quotes tell the story • Write the script • Include good ol’ 5 Ws and H • Keep it simple!

  22. Recording narration • Voice over • Narration written, usually read by reporter • Stand-up • Journalist appears on camera University of California Berkeley http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/

  23. Shooting stills for multimedia • Typical print layout: Might use 6 images • Multimedia slide show: Minimum of 40 images • David Leeson, The Dallas Morning News • Pulitzer prize winner with Cheryl Diaz Meyer • Now full-time videographer for the newspaper

  24. Images, sounds in a slide show • Soundslides software combines sounds, images for the Internet • Pacing the images • Images, sound and text • Difficult to read captions with sound

  25. Let’s look at the book…

  26. Let’s build a web page • Google Sites: • http://sites.google.com

  27. 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!

  28. Let’s practice … shutter speed • Ball toss • Prefocus where you anticipate the ball will land • Try out a variety of shutter speeds • Put your camera in program mode: set the shutter

  29. Reading Assignment for next week: • Read Chapter: Multimedia • Read the Duluth News-Tribune!

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