1. MOBILE PHOTOGRAPHY
For photos or video - the best camera is the one you always have with you

2. GROUNDBREAKING
Citizen JOURNALISM - 2009
An anonymous cell phone video of Neda Soltan’s death in Iran won a Polk
Award for International Reporting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d90bwM4No_M&feature=related

3. 2010
HIPSTAMATIC
GOES TO WAR
The New York Times’ Damon Winter’s
award-winning war images:
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/1

4. The Rise of Raw Video
42% of all news video views in 2012 were “raw” or eyewitness accounts
CBS reporter Carter Evans recorded the Dorner shootout with his Smartphone

5. Verification Separates journalism from
the crowd
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/18/business/media/in-omaha-manhole-fire-photo-

6. Storyful.com:
verifiCation of social Video
http://storyful.com/case-studies/

7. Verifying and OBSCURING IMAGES
for HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTING
InformaCam - Creates enhanced encrypted information (time,place,camera)
verifies context of image capture for witness of human rights violations
ObscuraCam - redacts faces in photo and videos
Android OS only
http://www.witness.org/cameras-everywhere/witness-labs

8. TIP #1: For audio or video:
RECORD IN AIRPLANE MODE

9. TIP #2: Manage your memory
Apps are a memory suck - close them when you use a heavy app
*Double-click the home
button to display open apps.
Press and hold an icon to get
close mode - then press
minus to close apps

10. Today’s assignment
Working in teams, create a video on today’s mobile workshop on the iPad by
the end of class
Length of less than one minute
We’ll use Videolicious
Use up to 10 photos or video clips
Use natural (ambient) sound or voice-over narration

11. CAMERA RESOLUTION
What is your phone camera’s resolution?
iPhone 4/4s - 2.2 mb photos
New generation Smartphones - up to 8 mb photos
Video - semi HD (1080 x 720)
iPhone5, new gen iPad & mini - full HD (1920 x 1080)
David Pogue is da man! http://www.davidpogue.com/

12. IMAGE IS EVERYTHING
Get close - fill the display
Digital zooms are worse than useless - crop in
postproduction if you must
See if your app allows you to select the point of focus -
tap & move the box
Same with exposure control - tap & move the circle

13. Focus Box and Exposure ring

14. FOLLOW THE LIGHT
Use the lighting to your advantage - natural or
artificial
If you have a flash, experiment with turning it on and
off in different lighting situations
Learn to use white balance if your phone has it

15. Using the light
Stand between the light source
and the subject & manage your shadow

16. BE STEADY
Learn to hold the camera steady - important for
both stills and video
Where is the lens? Hold the opposite side
Keep your lens clean - it matters
Shoot video in 10 second sequences

17. Practice, Practice
Learn how to make classically beautiful compositions - rule of
thirds - use the grid option on phone if you have it
HDR - “Ansel Adams button” makes multiple exposures and
combines them for an expanded range of light and dark tones
Learn how to push the envelope - embrace failure and learn

18. EDIT (DELETE) LATER
Look at your images on a computer,
see how they can be adjusted and
only then decide to delete

19. Did I Say
TAKE A LOT
OF PHOTOS?
Yes
Yes
Yes

20. Best Free APPS - iOS
Camera Awesome!
Camera Awesome - still and video, independent focus and exposure
controls, Awesomize (toning)
Instagram - Hipster-ize your photos, social photo sharing
Videolicious - combine up to 10 video clips & photos
add voice-over

21. Make your day – follow
Koci Hernandez on Instagram

22. BEST ANDROID FREE APPS
Snapseed - photo and video, toning and sharing
Instagram - Hipster-ize your photos, social photo sharing
Multimedia - let me know if you find one you like! YouTube Capture coming soon!

23. ADD-ONS
iOS battery pack: http://www.mophie.com/
iOS Glif tripod adapter: http://www.studioneat.com/pages/glifoptions
Smartphone GorillaPod: http://joby.com/smartphones/griptight-gorillapod-stand
Smartphone mic adapter: http://store.smartphoneexperts.com/smartphone-audio-
adapters.htm
Smartphone stereo mic: http://vericorder.com/mobile-journalism/mobile-reporting-
hardware

24. APPS WORTH $pending ON
iMovie - $4.99 for iPhone & iPad
FiLMiC Pro- $4.99 - video focus, exposure, white balance, frame rate, audio meter
Pro Camera - $ 3.99 - powerful photography app
Recorder Pro - $.99 - audio recorder

25. RESOURCES
Mobile reporting: http://mobilemediatoolkit.org/
Guide to mobile reporting tools:
http://www.rjionline.org/news/mobile-journalism-reporting-tools-
guide
UC-Berkeley iPhone mobile reporting guide (PDF or free iBook) :
http://mobilereportingguide.com/