1. Photography July 29, 2009 Jennifer Cox

2. Announcements Quizzes – ouch… Collect extra credit Surveys Sounslides lab – bring a blank CD Final on Tuesday

3. Photojournalism Photojournalism is about capturing the human experience and making your own art; not just capturing the creations of others Look at the good, the bad and the ugly Examples of good pictures are posted on the blog

4. Tips Try to avoid posed pictures Try to capture emotion Get faces; not backs Identify the star of the picture Get up close! Let your picture tell a story Use different angles Avoid inanimate objects; focus on people Don’t crowd the picture Action, good; blurry, bad! Use the “Rule of Thirds” Try different things

5. Try to avoid posed pictures

6. Try to capture emotion

7. Get faces; not backs

8. Who is the star of the picture?

9. Get up close!

10. Let your pictures tell a story

11. Let your pictures tell a story

12. Use different angles/levels

13. Inanimate objects Inanimate objects tend to be boring; always try to include people No pictures of buildings, cars, etc. Don’t just photograph a sculpture; photograph someone looking at the sculpture with an expressive look on his/her face

14. Inanimate objects

15. Don’t crowd the picture

16. Action is exciting; blurry is not

17. Use the Rule of Thirds

18. Use the Rule of Thirds

19. Try different things

20. Some good examples

21. Some good examples

22. SoundSlides – need to know You will be creating a slide show GOAL: to recruit high school students to UF Take pictures that capture life at UF Have a theme – don’t be too scattered No need for journalistic captions; you’ll be creating ad-like captions in lab We’ll look at examples on Monday

23. Announcements For Monday: read SoundSlides post on the blog Lab 11: bring in a blank disc Lab 11: bring in 10-20 photographs from around the campus on a flash drive Today’s PowerPoint will be posted on the blog