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Photojournalism
What is it?
Tips
A look at some of the best
"If it doesn't communicate
anything, it might be great on
someone's wall, but it has to
tell a story."
-Bob Lynn
What is photojournalism?
Dictionary Definition:
Communicating news by using photographs
Photographer's Perspective:
"Photojournalism as a medium can be used in what are
intended as interpretively neutral ways to document life
as it is. It can also be a vehicle for political, social and
personal statements. In many cases, the lines between
objectivity and subjectivity, fact and attitude, are
impossible to disentangle." -Michael Benson
Composition
● Composition includes the elements in a
photo and how they compete for the
reader's attention
● The composition should cause the reader
to think.
Techniques: rule of thirds, linear perspective,
framing, selective focus, perspective, etc.
Rule of Thirds
Linear Perspective
Framing
Selective Focus
Perspective
New York Times
Time Magazine
NBC
Huffington Post
BBC
"If it makes you laugh,
if it makes you cry,
if it rips out your heart,
that's a good pictures."
-Eddie Adams
Dragon Press: Photo Contest
*1 Entry Per Person
*photo must include one or more of the following
techniques: rule of thirds, linear perspective, framing,
selective focus, perspective.
*photo must tell a story without using words
Email to: beth.fank@gmail.com
Due: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013.
There will be prizes for the top 3 winners.

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Photojournalism Best Practices, by Bethany Fankhauser

  • 1. Photojournalism What is it? Tips A look at some of the best
  • 2. "If it doesn't communicate anything, it might be great on someone's wall, but it has to tell a story." -Bob Lynn
  • 3. What is photojournalism? Dictionary Definition: Communicating news by using photographs Photographer's Perspective: "Photojournalism as a medium can be used in what are intended as interpretively neutral ways to document life as it is. It can also be a vehicle for political, social and personal statements. In many cases, the lines between objectivity and subjectivity, fact and attitude, are impossible to disentangle." -Michael Benson
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  • 5. Composition ● Composition includes the elements in a photo and how they compete for the reader's attention ● The composition should cause the reader to think. Techniques: rule of thirds, linear perspective, framing, selective focus, perspective, etc.
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  • 17. NBC
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  • 23. BBC
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  • 26. "If it makes you laugh, if it makes you cry, if it rips out your heart, that's a good pictures." -Eddie Adams
  • 27. Dragon Press: Photo Contest *1 Entry Per Person *photo must include one or more of the following techniques: rule of thirds, linear perspective, framing, selective focus, perspective. *photo must tell a story without using words Email to: beth.fank@gmail.com Due: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013. There will be prizes for the top 3 winners.