Journalism 3300: News Photography Week Eleven April 13, 2009

Announcements Husband medical trauma

To be a better photographer…

…you need to take a lot of photos!

The week in pictures MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3842331/

Let’s go find news photos online Work in groups of 4 Newseum: Today’s Front Pages http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/

Major Assignment V: Spot News Capture a spot news event: Fires Crimes Accidents Weather! Due: Thursday, April 16

Sports Photographs Good variety of shots Sideline shots often as strong as action Lighting the biggest challenge!

Eric Castonguay of the Wildcats Rugby Football Club, goes in for a tackle during a practice on March 16 to prepare for the season's first match.

A little snow and temperatures near freezing couldn't stop Univeraity of Minnesota Duluth senior Scott Pavel from enjoying a little outdoor skateboarding on his first day of spring break on March 13, 2009.

Austin Erickson nears the finish line where he placed third for Albany cross country team at Saturday's home meet. The team beat Paynesville with three of their players filing the top five positions.

Matt Burt, a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, practices his jumps on one of the runs at Lutsen Mountains March 20.

UMD Senior Cassi Corrigan practiced the hammer throw in the field house yesterday.  Corrigan is a two-time national qualifier in the weight throw, a similar event.

Despite freezing morning temperatures, students from Winona State University and Bethel University played Lacrosse on the James Malosky Stadium, Duluth, March 2009.  Winona Kelsey Kiel 11 makes an attempt to catch the game ball, while Bethel sophomore Megan Fruitiger 28 looks for an opening.  Fruitiger proved to be the game's most dangerous player, topping the charts with three goals to her credit.  Game ended with Bethel defeating Winona 12- 2.

Prince Fielder of the Milwaukee Brewers stretches to make the play at first base during a spring training game against the Cleveland Indians March 19 at Maryvale Baseball Park in Phoenix, AZ. The Brewers won the game 7-5.

Callie Johnson of Spooner High School looks over her shoulder as Hibbing's Kaitlyn Buchwitz and Duluth East's Jane Austin gain on her in the 3200 meter race Friday in the UMD Fieldhouse.

UMD student Aaron Rivard returns a tennis serve Thursday afternoon in the Sports and Heath Center.

Freshmen quarterback Jon Lynch led the Bulldogs' offense at spring practice Thursday afternoon at Malosky Stadium.

Xiaogang Chen ends his day with an intense game of ping pong at the Multipurpose Gym located in the Sports and Health Center.

Amature snowboarder Austin Young hits a rail on top of the Chester Park ski hill while filming footage for an upcomming movie for Flow Snowboarding Company, March 29.

Justin Fontaine dribbles toward an oncoming defender during an intramural soccer game Monday night at the indoor soccer field at UMD's Sports and Health Center.

Sophomore guard Kalin Lucas, the 2009 Big Ten Player of the Year, stops to sign autographs before practice at the Metrodome in Minneapolis on March 19. Michigan State has since advanced to the Final Four and will play the University of Connecticut on April 4.

Team Block Party faced off against the Volleyballas on Thursday in Romano Gym for intramural volleyball.

Stephanie Reiter returns a serve playing doubles with Karl Gilbert in Port Aransas, TX over UMD's spring break at the community courts.

Bo Hellekant dribbles the soccer ball inside the Multipurpose rink at UMD.  Hellekant took part in the soccer tournament that was hosted by BSA on March 24.

Alexander Suzuki breakdances at Kirby Student Center in Duluth on Friday. He is part of the UMD hip-hop culture grould Funk-SOUL patrol.

The UMD Bulldogs football team steps to the line for the start of Spring training on Thursday, April 2.

Tim Crisp of Fitchburg, WI finishes the last few feet of the 2009 American Birkebeiner in Hayward, WI this Saturday.

Let’s review photos in small groups Let’s mix it up! Have DSLR photographers in one group

Chapter 15: Ethics Foundations of ethical decision-making Utilitarian: Greatest Good for the greatest number of people Absolutist: Certain principles that are fixed: Right to privacy The Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you Journalism as a whole: Utilitarian

Set up or just clean up? Altering the scene: Ever OK? Grounds for dismissal: Staging a photograph Suggesting a pose Tougher standards evolved Re-creations not OK

National Press Photographers Association Code of Ethics Page 357 Be accurate Avoid staged photos, changing events Keep in context; be complete Treat all with dignity, respect No pay, gifts favors Don’t sabotage other journalists

Chapter 10: Covering the Issues You’ve shown how photojournalists can bring about change Dorothea Lange: Depression Malcolm Browne: Buddhist monk Eddie Adams: Saigan public execution Carol Guzy: Haiti, Sudan, Somalia Nick Ut: Vietnam napalm screaming little girl Jacob Riis: NYC slum conditions Lewis Hine: Child laborers

Nursing homes: A case study San Jose Mercury News investigates elderly abuse How to photograph? Background information Generations under the influence Pages 208-211 Helpers in the war on AIDS Pages 213-214

Let’s brainstorm local issues Student alcohol/substance use/abuse Homelessness Unemployment Potholes/bad roads Lack of parking on campus Cigarette smoking Lack of air conditioning Food Railway

Chapter 11: Photo Story Era of modern photo story Finding stories: W. Eugene Smith for Life magazine Finding stories: Personal experience Assignments Topical trends

Major Assignment VI: Photo Story Developing a photo story on a specific theme: Editorial essay portraying a particular point of view OR A documentary that neutrally captures a lifestyle, place or issue Five photographs due April 30

Picture story has a theme Not a collection of pictures on a topic Test theme with a headline: No theme if these headlines work: “All you ever want to know about…” “A day in the life...” “Aspects of …” “Scenes from…” Examples from book: “Every Day is Father’s Day:” page 132 “Generations under the influence:” pages 208-11 “Final Salute:” pages 58-59 Find a newspeg

Types of people stories The well known People magazine grew out of Time section Little known but interesting Little known but representative One person as an example of a trend “Never too old for love” One person representing an abstract topic One person living on the streets: homelessness

Visual consistency Photos interact in a print layout Same person Same object or place Mood, theme, perspective

Narrative storytelling Stories have common structure: Complication, resolution Compelling photo story also need action that can be photographed Woman in a wheelchair: complication If tries to walk, potential narrative photo story Showing struggle a possible resolution Photos walking alone completes story

Complication, resolution combined Boston fire: pages 36-37 Annie Wells’ story of breast cancer: pages 240-43 Motel dad: pages 254-59

Natural Narratives Hostage situation: p. 30 A deadly search for missing soldiers: pages 288-91 Sports story: female boxer, page 239 Health-related stories

Comparing documentary and photo essay to narrative story Editorial essays: A point of view Highs, lows of alcoholism Development in western states American gun culture Documentaries Remain neutral; let viewers judge for themselves Documenting a lifestyle, place, issue

Let’s brainstorm photo story ideas! Female athlete in male-dominated sport Effects of smoking ban in Duluth Struggling underground band Theatre production Halloween Alaska Chef/baker Ride along with police officer Mechanic Custom cars Fanatic fans Skateboarding/longboarding: training Spring activities Training for Grandma’s Marathon Training for rock climbing Outdoor Program activities

Obama Trip Photo Galleries A variety of different Web sites Good representation

Los Angeles ABC: http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/gallery?section=news/local&id=6739398&photo=1 Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-obama-g20-pg,0,1250071.photogallery CBS: http://www.cbsnews.com/elements/2009/04/03/in_depth_world/photoessay4916414.shtml

New York NBC (4): http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/us_world/The_Obamas_Euro_trip.html Connecticut NBC: http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/us_world/The_Obamas_Euro_trip.html San Diego NBC: http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/us_world/The_Obamas_Euro_trip.html Dallas-Fort Worth NBC: http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/us_world/The_Obamas_Euro_trip.html

Time: 2: www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1888799,00.html www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1889051,00.html U.S. State Department: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/eur/c29820.htm

White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov/slideshows/ London Times: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/template/2.0-0/element/pictureGalleryPopup.jsp?id=6014090&&offset=0&&sectionName=PoliticsG20

Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/31/obama-europe-trip-five-co_n_181110.html New York Times: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/photos-obamas-first-overseas-trip-as-president/ http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/04/01/us/0401EUROPE_index.html

Day in Pictures San Francisco Chronicle Web site at: http://www.sfgate.com/

Let’s look at the book…

Let’s build a web page Virtual Private Network Samba Account UMD ITSS Guide: http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/webdev/guide/

Photography lingo Shoot: take photos Sharp photo: in focus Soft: out of focus; not sharp Flat light: Even, with no highlights Bracket: Take several shots of same scene at different exposures Shoot a lot of frames! Take a lot of photos – memory cards are cheap!

Picasa 3: Editing, selecting photos Set up Google Account: google.com Go to: http://picasa.google.com/ Download Picasa 3 Upload photographs Under File menu, select New Album Type in Date/name of assignment Select photos, drag to the album you created Edit photos, put the final photo selection first in album Select the final photo, and write cutline where it says: Write a caption! NOTE: Add full name to the end of the caption

Sharing album with me Select the album you want to share Click on the Share button on upper right side of the album screen Sign in to your Google account In the Share Photos screen, in the To: box type lkragnes@d.umn.edu

Carry your camera with you!

Let’s practice … shutter speed Ball toss Prefocus where you anticipate the ball will land Try out a variety of shutter speeds Put your camera in program mode: set the shutter

Reading Assignment for next week: Read Chapter: Multimedia Read the Duluth News-Tribune!