Hands, body language, surroundings, props, etc.

1. GENERAL
NEWS‣ Unlike spot news, general news describes
ongoing news stories––events that are still
hard news but are less reactionary

9. Indian police officers stand outside Jaslok Hospital where a victim of gang rape
is admitted in Mumbai. A young woman photojournalist was gang raped while
her male colleague was tied up and beaten in India's business hub of Mumbai.
The case echoed a December gang rape and death of a university student in
the capital that shocked the country.

10. Mike Trine carries his dog and clothes out of the flood water on South
Union Street just south of the Wildcat Creek. He walked out then put on
his dry clothes that he was carrying.

11. Family members mourn as police investigate a homicide where a man was
fatally shot in his driveway as he tried to leave his home at 3300 Babette
Court on Wednesday, February 13, 2013. The victim was fatally shot
leaving his Southport area home this morning. Police said the victim was on
his cell phone talking to his wife when the shooting occurred.

12. President George W. Bush speaks to fewer than 100 people who
accepted invitations to a Republican fundraiser toward the end of
the President’s second term. The photographer looked for a
picture that said "disappearing president.”

13. Senator Barack Obama campaigns for president at the University
of Chicago. The photographer had unusual access since he had
been traveling with the candidate for many months.

14. Diana Walker, who covers the White House for Time magazine, had
behind-the-scenes access to Bill and Hillary Clinton during a trip to
Africa. Walker was able to catch this rare, unguarded moment of
President Clinton and his wife joking together.

15. The hands of former Massachusetts Secretary of Human Services
Jerald Stevens reveal the pressure, the pleasure, the tension, and the
ease of this powerful state official. Photographs by Bill Collins.

16. Without the
woman’s sign in the
picture, few readers
would guess that
this meeting
focused on free
dental care for the
aged. Photograph
by Tom Strongman,
Kansas City Times.

17. Republican Senator Dan Coates (Indiana) holds legislation that would
create a comprehensive health care package. Republicans critical of
the plan claimed it was too big, complicated, and bureaucratic. Both the
Senator and the photographer know that props help visualize the story
behind a meeting or press conference.

18. Avoid shooting perpendicular to the line of speakers. The perspective
results in a picture with large blank spaces between each person, and
each face appears quite small. Photograph by Jan Ragland.

19. Shooting these dignitaries
from the side eliminated dead
space between the subjects.
Photographing with a
telephoto lens appears to
bring the individuals closer
together. Photograph by
James K.W. Atherton,
Washington Post.

20. Immigration Enforcement Agents Paul Kouame and Greg Dews prepare
shackles for the people they will transport to San Diego for that
evening's flight to a detention center in Arizona. Illegal aliens are
processed in Arizona and then flown to the Los Angeles field office of
the Department of Homeland Security. They will then be returned to
Mexico and Central America. Most will attempt to return.

21. A female detainee sits on her cot in a women's pod at a detention facility
in Florence, Arizona. Criminal detainees must wear red jumpsuits.

22. Two Types of Photographs
Avoid presenting something in a one-side way
1. Public: What does a politician look like in
front of groups, debating and promoting in
formal attire
2. Private: How do politicians act in the
campaign bus, amongst friends and in the
middle of the night

23. What medium better goes behind
the scenes, newspapers or
magazines?

24. What medium better goes behind
the scenes, newspapers or
magazines? Why?

25. Fly on the Wall
1. Premise: While socializing at public events
can be beneficial, when capturing private
moments, shut up
2. Familiarity: This approach can only occur if
you become familiar with subjects,
etiquette, etc.
3. B&W: Black and white photos can often
signify a behind-the-scenes feel

26. Strategies
1. Watch Don’t Touch: Avoid eye contact and
conversations that will detour you
2. Zip It: Images don’t reveal as video (hence
greater access), so don’t ruin it by yapping
to friends; plus people act less naturally
when they’re aware of their voices
3. Silent Gear: Don’t use tech that distracts by
making too much sound #PartyFoul
4. Sell Yourself: A little assurance that you’re
not cheapshotting goes a long way

27. Strategies
5. Props: Find the objects important
6. Photograph the Issues: Find visual
evidence of claims made by politicians and
public officials

28. The job of a photojournalist is to
seek out visual proof of any claim
made by an interviewee or the
subject of a story.

29. Find the Evidence
1. A poverty increase in the city
2. Racial tension on a college campus
3. Decrease in abortion rates
4. Overcrowded public schools
5. Record-high traffic during peak hours
6. A decrease in church attendance nationwide
7. Another stall in raising the national deficit
8. Citywide closure of several local businesses
9. A new grant for after-school programs

30. Meetings
Like a fire, meetings are ground zero for hard news

31. Meetings
Like a fire, meetings are ground zero for hard news
How can you make a meeting look interesting?

32. Not the Face!
Don’t just focus on faces. What else can you
focus on?