Photojournalism involves using photographs to tell news stories or document events. There are two main types - images that illustrate written articles, and images that tell stories on their own without words. A key skill for photojournalists is being able to quickly react to potentially newsworthy scenes. Effective photos have qualities like prominence, timeliness, action, and human interest. Captions are brief text descriptions that accompany photos and provide context, while cutlines describe photos underneath in publications. Captions should be concise yet explanatory and include who, what, when details about the photo.

2. Photojournalism is the
documentation of events or
people through photographs
that tell a story.

3. Photojournalism can fall under
all subjects of photography but
the image needs to be news
worthy to end up being
published.

4. Two Types of Photojournalism.
• The first type is where an image is
used to illustrate a story. Many feature
journalists work closely with
photographers and commission them to
produce images that will be published
with their articles.

5. Two Types of Photojournalism.
• The second is where an image is
used to tell a story without any
words. One single image may be
used or as many as ten images are
often used in magazines.

6. One of the most important
qualities of a photojournalist is
his ability to react quickly
when he comes along a scene
that may be news worthy.

7. Elements of Photojournalism

8. Textur
e

9. Selective Focus

10. Framing

11. Linear Perspective

12. Rule of Thirds

13. Silhouette

14. Bird’s eye view

15. Worm’s eye view

16. Juxtaposition

17. Factors Affecting the Quality of Pictures

18. 1. The taking of pictures.
a. Be sure to know the workmanship of your camera,
its every part and function.
a. There is a need for mind-eyes coordination
when taking pictures

19. 2. Pictures to be set for layout
a.Sharp pictures
b.Message-laden
c.Well-cropped
3. The quality of printing press

20. Things to Remember in Photojournalism

21. 1. An action photo can vividly tell its own story
that does not need caption to go with it.
Editorial cartoon as an illustration does not
have caption, but it tells a story or make a
point.
1. A series of pictures can tell a story with
minimum caption. This is known as a picture
story. This is usually used to illustrate “how to”
article.

22. Elements of Effective Pictures

23. 1. Prominence
2. Timeliness
3. Action
4. Human interest
5. Nature

24. Tips for Better Pictures

25. Try squatting or kneeling down or standing on your
toes or on a chair when shooting pictures.

26. Take portrait of people doing their thing. Candid
shot and action pictures are the best.

27. Do not hesitate to ask the subject to do what
you believe will make the best shot.

28. Concentrate on facial expression.

29. Look for focal point of interest.

30. Take more than one shot of every scene to be
assured of the best angle.

31. In photos of exhibits, it is better to have
someone viewing the exhibits than to just
picture them.

32. Be always at the look out to take unusual
pictures.

33. Read manuals of photography to learn
techniques in picture taking.

34. 8. 9. 10. Avoid.
a. Ribbon cutting picture
b. Handshaking during awarding celebration
c. Posed picture (firing squad pictures)
d. Group pictures that say nothing
e. Speaker whose face is hidden by the
microphone

35. Parts of a Caption

36. A captionis the text accompanying
pictures, artworks or illustration. It is called cutline
or underline. If it is placed like a title or explanatory
matter above the picture or illustrations, it is called
an overline.

37. Captions are the little “headlines” over the
“cutlines” (the words describing the photograph).

38. Cutlines (at newspapers and some magazines) are
the words (under the caption, if there is one)
describing the photograph or illustration.

39. Parts of a Caption
1.Catchline – a brief catchy title of the caption
usually in capital letter and bold faces
1.Body – explains or describes the picture or
illustration, in italics with font size bigger than the
text of the news story
1.Credit – attributes the source of the picture

40. Tips on Writing Captions or Cutlines

41. 1. Be brief and direct to the point, but do not make
it too short that it leaves readers wondering about
the situation involved.
2. Use simple, short caption except for a caption
story – a series of pictures with minimum words
like in “how to” article.
3. Supplement and explain the pictures, but do not
state what is obvious.
4. Do not repeat lengthly facts from the article: if the
story can be told through the caption, omit the
story.
5. Do not omit words that are important for smooth
reading.

42. 6. Identify the people in the pictures.
7. Be accurate and careful with the names of the
persons concerned.
8. Check the number of persons against the number
in the caption.
9. As much as possible, say when and where the
picture was taken, especially if it is a news picture.
10. Use present tense to describe action.
11. A half-body picture without any message at all except for
identification should bear his surname as caption.
12. Vary your caption type from the body type to achieve
variety. Use italics, bold face, or a larger size than the body
type.
13. A good caption fills nearly every line.

43. Thank You!
Good Luck……