StoryCatchers was the first of The Alternative’s workshops to help citizens craft powerful stories for change. The workshop featured young journalists, photographers and filmmakers going over their own reporting experience, taking participants through the fine art of creating impactful stories as well as hands-on practical exercises, tips and ideas on honing their skills continuously. PeeVee on how to identify a good photo story, frame, research and pitch it to an editor based on your lens.

1. why are we here today
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welcome.

2. I have 3 passions. art. advertising. agriculture.
a chemical engineer with masters in business administration.
an advertising professional, social entrepreneur and a photographer.
co-founder of thalam, an art gallery space in bangalore.
co-founder of korkai, an initiative to promote photojournalism and social
documentary photography.
Also, starting a rural tourism project in Tamil Nadu
about.me/peeveeads
peevee.in

3. 1.What is a photograph?
What do photographs mean to you?

4. capturing moments?
documentation?
clicking memories?
showcasing creativity?

5. Speak to different people
Influence others
Build-up language
Understand and feel more connected
Convey ideas
Look and look again
Lifestyle
Making Money
Play and fun
Reveal secrets
Saved my life
Exploring
Everything
Expression
Communicate
Frame my world
Manage my experiences
Telling a story
Get out of the house
Make my mom proud

6. What others had to say?

7. “To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something
interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things
you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”
-Elliott Erwitt , French Photographer
“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.”
- Ansel Adams (American Photographer, 1902-1984)
“Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees.”
- Paul Strand (American Photographer, 1890-1976)
“Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject
becomes part of the past.”
- Berenice Abbott (American Photographer, 1898-1991)
“Photography to me is catching a moment which is passing, and which is true.”
- Jacques-Henri Lartigue, French Photographer
“Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas.
It is a creative art.”
- Ansel Adams (American Photographer, 1902-1984)

8. 2. You clicked... Then what do you do?
Flickr?
Facebook?
Picasa?
Or?
Part of any club?
Group?
Entity?

9. Appreciating Photographs.
Commenting & Criticizing.
Learning options?

10. 3. Creative Visualization –
The art of shooting without a camera.
What to see around you?

11. Camera, is just a tool.
Visualize.
Think before you act.
Frame it in the mind.
Find a story.

12. 3a. Self Study
What do you see here?

13. What comes to your mind when u see these images?

14. What comes to your mind when u see these images?

15. Is that
Rule of Thirds?

16. What comes to your mind when u see these images?

17. What comes to your mind when u see these images?

18. Is that the
View Point?

19. What comes to your mind when u see these images?

20. What comes to your mind when u see these images?

21. Is that the
Minimalism?

22. What comes to your mind when u see these images?

23. Are they
Leading Lines?

24. What comes to your mind when u see these images?

25. What comes to your mind when u see these images?

26. Are they
Filled Frames?

27. What comes to your mind when u see these images?

28. Are they
not simple?
And stupid?

29. What comes to your mind when u see these images?

31. Are they
Creatively
exposed?

33. Diagonal?

34. What comes to your mind when u see these images?

35. You saw some
Symmetry?

36. What comes to your mind when u see these images?

37. Are they
Framed well?

38. 4. Fundamentals of Composition
- Rule of Thirds
- View Points
- Minimalism
- Leading Lines
- Fill the Frame
- Simple and Stupid
- Creative Exposures
- Diagonal Rule
- Symmetry & Patterns
- Natural Framing

39. 5. What is a photo essay?
a.Collection of images?
b.Tells a story?
c.Connecting thread?
d.Well researched
e.Neatly executed
And who is a photojournalist?
a. Noun Vs Verb?
b. Simple Vs Changing Lives?
c. Looking for what others don’t see?
d. Clicking Vs Making

40. A photo essay is a group of images organized in a
way that speaks forcefully to your audience.

41. 6. How to make a story?
a.Research
b.Look for a story which was never told
c.Find the real story
d.Clear Start and End
e.Ideate
f.Visualize your shots
g.Plan and make your shots
h.Follow Ethics for sure

42. 7. How to pitch a story?
Audience matters. Time matters too.
Magazine
Newspaper
Editor
Research... before pitch
A Pre pitch Email
Intro. Pitch.
Wait for 2 weeks
Reminder.
Re-Pitch Elsewhere
Understand the Contract
Act like a Pro.

43. 8. Making a Multimedia
Images + Sound+ voice overs
Make a beautiful presentation.

44. 9. Questions?
THANK YOU

45. Backup.

46. 10. RAW vs JPEG
RAW is not an image file.. But JPEG is.
RAW is uncompressed and Complete. JPEG is Opposite.
RAW is higher in Dynamic Range and Lower in Contrast.
RAW is not Sharp, but JPEG is.
RAW cant be used as is. JPEG can be used.
RAW will be a Large File. JPEG is less size.
RAW should be processed by you. JPEG was by Camera.
Lot of options to correct errors with RAW. Not with JPEG.