Journalism 2300: News Photography

1. Journalism 2300:News Photography Week Four February 18, 2013

2. Words matter!

3. And more!

4. Upcoming major assignments • Major Assignment I: Features Photograph * Due TODAY • Major Assignment II: Portraits/Personality * Due 6 pm on Monday, March 4 • Major Assignment III: Winter Events * Due 6 pm on Monday, March 25 • Major Assignment IV: Sports * Due 6 pm on Monday, April 1 • Major Assignment V: Weather * Due 6 pm on Monday, April 8 • Major Assignment VI: Spot News * Due 6 pm on Monday, April 15

5. Extra Credit • Photojournalist Profile: Due March 25

6. To be a better photographer…

7. …you need to take a lot of photos!

8. Carry your camera with you!

9. The week in pictures • MSNBC: • http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3842331/ • Duluth News Tribune • http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/photogalleries/tag/photo%20galleries/

10. Let’s look at your photos • Overall excellent variety of shots! • Some of you had tough lighting to overcome • Learning more about exposure and compensating for poor light • Bracket, bracket, bracket! • Need to answer 5Ws and H in caption • Get familiar with Associated Press Stylebook!

11. Need to share ALL of your photos in your Picasa album • Contact sheet of photos • Shows me that you have taken a variety of photographs from different angles, with different exposures https://picasaweb.google.com/115943674943334661819/Feb112013DiningCenterOCA?noredirect=1

12. Let’s practice cropping • Go to Photo #6 and download

14. #13

15. Let’s look at all of the photos: • Most artistic • Best fulfills the assignment • Strongest caption

16. Equivalent f-stops/shutter speed It's a simple 1:1 relationship.One f-stop change = one shutter speed change.

17. Exposure concepts http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/best-aperture.html

18. Shutter speeds • http://silverlight.co.uk/tutorials/compose_expose/speeds1.html

19. Macro photography=Closeups http://digital-photography-school.com/macro-photography-tips-for-compact-digital-camera-users

20. How to hold your camera • http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-hold-a-digital-camera

21. Expressions of motion • http://www.picturecorrect.com/photographytips/expressing_motion_sports_photography.htm

22. What’s a caption? See page 150 • Who: • Need names or detailed description • Need last names • What: • What’s happening in photo • When: • Time element important • Day of week, time of day • Where: • Location • Why: • Importance of shot • How: • Explanations as needed

23. Chapter 7: Photo Editing • Eye-Trac Research: • ¾ of a second spent looking at a photograph! • Imaginative Assignments • Go beyond the news release • Nursing home example • Select the strongest photographer • Look at other photographers’ work for ideas

24. What does it take to be a photo editor? • Research, research, research! • Camera skills not necessary • Day in Pictures: • San Francisco Chronicle Web site • http://www.sfgate.com/

25. Photo-selection strategies • Tough to be own photo editor • Too close to subject • Washington Post Hierarchy: P. 130 • Informational • Graphic • Emotional • Intimate • Combine categories for strong images

26. What readers don’t see • Whole population segments often ignored • Inciting violence or informing the public?

27. What do readers prefer? • Not easily defined • Liking photo different than being interested • Victim photos

28. Chapter 6: Sports • Concentration the key • Easy to get distracted! • Anticipate the action • Timeliness important • Old news = no news • Important to get background information on sport you’re covering

29. Barry Bonds: Brad Mangin, SI • http://www.manginphotography.com/index.php#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=0&p=3&a=0&at=0

30. Summarize game in one photo • Stay until the end of the game • Summary shot might not be action shot • Crowd reaction • Coach reaction • Thrill of victory, agony of defeat…

31. Need complete caption information • Must know names of athletes photographed • Editing nightmare: having excellent action shot, but no name • Take a photograph of the game roster • To get names with the numbers

32. Sports as features • Entertainment factor • Look in the stands for photos that capture flavor of the event

33. Sports photography techniques • Freezing action • Shutter speed of at least 1/500 second for action sports • Let’s look at your cameras! • Speed of subject: sprinter vs. jogger - Coming straight at you, or on side • Distance - The closer that the camera is to moving subject, faster the shutter speed

34. Shutter: 1/200 Aperture: f/5.20 Focal length: 115 ISO 50 No flash

35. ISO 800 Shutter: 1/250 second Aperture: f/5.60 No flash Focal length 300

37. ISO: 800 Shutter: 1/180 second Aperture: f/5.6 Focal length: 105 No flash

39. ISO: 400 Shutter: 1/750 Aperture: f/4.80 Focal length: 129 No flash

41. ISO: 400 Shutter: 1/1000 second Aperture: f/4.50 Focal length: 120 No flash

42. ISO: 800 Shutter: 1/350 second Aperture: f/4.80 Focal length: 82 No flash

43. ISO: 400 Shutter: 1/500 second Aperture: f/5.60 Focal length: 105 No flash

44. Shutter: 1/50 second Aperture: f/5.60 Focal length: 82 No flash

45. Shutter: 1/60 Aperture: f/4.20 Focal length: 78 No flash

46. Peak action • Look for momentary pause in action • Shutter: 1/100 second • Aperture: f/4.80 • Focal length: 255 No flash

47. Panning • Slow shutter speed, move camera to follow the action • Try: Shutter of 1/15, small aperture • Background will blur

48. ISO: 200 Shutter: 1/15 second Aperture: f/22 No flash Focal length: 48 mm

50. Getting sharp images • Bracket! Need a lot of exposures to get sharp sports images • Use autofocus • Select the autofocus point to capture the action • Center usually safest