News Photography With a Simple Camera
Cameras
Modern Compacts $500 - $1500
When to use iPhone: Lots of Light Little or no motion Or, find photographer with DSLR
Suggestions: Learn about your camera Use your camera – a lot! Study news photos Pay Attention to light Learn Depth of Field Learn Focus Use Exposure Compensation
Application Isolate Person with Large Opening Shoot Quartet from Front
More Focus Settings Everything Number of Points Single Point Photos…
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Rules of Picture Taking Shoot largest size, highest resolution (fewest shots on card) Don’t downsize or edit Get close Focus on eyes Get the story Take lots of photos Take vertical and horizontal photos Don’t process the photo
F/1.4
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Flash Avoid flash when possible Bounce Flash, soften Fill flash
Ethics of Photojournalism 1.No Posed Photos – unless stated 2.No Altered Photos “Admitting to a lie doesn't make the lie acceptable”
Captions No Caption = No Photo “Michelle Smith, from Enid, Okla., and Seth Lewis, from Simi Valley, Calif., work on a craft at the 2006 ASI Convention in Dallas, Texas, Aug ” Notebook Audio Recorder Photos…
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Remember An amateur photographer takes a few pictures and shows all of them to everyone. A professional takes lots of pictures and shows only a few of them to anyone.