This document discusses various topics relating to digital photojournalism for week 4. It addresses reviewing camera technology, different light meter types, using exposure compensation, writing captions, wild art assignments, and simple elements of a photo essay like opening shots, wides, portraits, details, moments, emotion, and closing shots. Journalism ethics for captions are also reviewed, including making them standalone and answering the 5Ws in the present tense.

1. DIGITAL
PHOTOJOURNALISM
Week 4
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2. Review Tech
Questions?
Concerns?
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3. Light Incident vs Reflective... The Smackdown
Distance and Size = Softness
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4. Your Meter
3 types
Matrix
Center
Spot
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5. Your Meter
3 types
Matrix
Center
Spot
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6. Don’t be a fool, meter
fooling your meter
exposure compensation
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7. Review Tech
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8. Review Tech
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9. Review Tech
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10. Review Tech
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11. Review Tech
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12. Review Tech
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13. Review Tech
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14. Journalism in
Photojournalism
Captions and Cutlines
Captions are there to help answer all of the 5W’s
Although pictures are worth a 1000 words, sometimes they
are not all helpful if the scene is confusing or ambiguous
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15. Journalism in
Photojournalism
Captions must stand alone from the story in paper/web
People look at pictures first THEN continue to read on
Therefore you must include as much information as you can that
will...
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16. Journalism in
Photojournalism
A. Establish the relevance of the photo and answer the 5W’s
B. Draw the viewer into the picture
C. Clearly identify the subject of the picture
D. Provide context for the photo
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17. Journalism in
Photojournalism
E. Write in the present tense even though the image was made in
the past (yesterday X welcomes Y)
F. Avoid being too didactic in your captions, let the image teach/
emote
G. Brief is best - be succinct
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18. Journalism in
Photojournalism
Evaluate: Is it complete?
• Does it identify?
• Does it tell when and where?
• Is it easy to read? (Sentences should be short, direct and in proper sequence?
• Does it have names right? (spelling and order?)
• Is it specific? (Does it give information on specific points of interest in the picture of does it
merely echo the obvious?)
• Does it have adjectives? (The reader should be able to determine “excitement” or “dismay”
from the picture. Remove adjectives.)
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19. Journalism in
Photojournalism
Always have your camera AND a NOTEBOOK when you
take pictures !!!
Names must be spelled correctly and usually groups are
capped L-R
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20. Journalism in
Photojournalism
Photo Credit and Overlines/Headers are company specific
FEA/ENT etc
AP Guidelines
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21. Wild Art
Wild Art is NOT a news story or photo essay
Wild Art is a stand alone feature photo that is usually community
based and exposes a “slice of life” feel to a coverage area.
Community centres, parks, boardwalks - public places (very
often WX related)
Almost always has a person identified with caption
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22. Wild Art
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23. Assignments
WILD ART ASSIGNMENT
Flickr account -
post pic titled WILD ART #1
post 5-10 other variations on the shot
WITH CAPTIONS!!!!!!
Make a blog post and post your links
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24. Simple Essay Elements
Simple Essay Elements
OPENER… Your bang shot, like wild art, very feature like…
WIDES location shots to establish your location/subjects,
PORTRAITS to introduce your characters,
DETAIL SHOTS to establish intimacy
MOMENTS
EMOTION makes a picture, we are empathetic creatures, the more you
feel the better you'll shoot, hence it is not a pursuit for conservative
minds
CLOSING SHOT
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