Digital Photography Prof. Vaccaro Hofstra University

Today’s class roadmap Review Assignment No. 1 (editorial plan) Lecture on Digital photography Go over Assignment No. 2 – due next class

Digital Photography Digital allows as many photos as your memory card can handle, often hundreds Ability to analyze photos immediately Smartphones and laptops allow for immediate uploads Camera types Point and shoot Digital SLR: Single Lens Reflex Smartphone

Digital Photo Basics Read the manual and understand the machine you ’ re working with Repetition is key to improvement Hold the camera steady and with proper form Get close to the action, don ’ t be afraid to get what you need, when you need it Think about your audience and how they will react to your photos

More on Digital Photos Think about the big shot, the front page Think about photo galleries, images for video or shots that can be used in the future Don ’ t forget your deadline and shipping photos to your editor as fast as possible Ethics: Do not misrepresent a photo, add a dimension or delete anything (cropping is fine for the most part)… unethical journalism is very common with digital photography and unacceptable Record ALL necessary info for captions

More on Digital Photos What works? Composition, emotion, light and outside-the- box Go where the other photographers aren ’ t Don ’ t forget all equipment: tri-pod, batteries, extra memory cards, etc. Act natural and move around Be aware of the background Keep the light behind you Editing: iPhoto, Photoshop, basic cropping and lighting all work

Mobile photography Think mobile first in a pinch Have the proper apps downloaded for editing, for uploading, etc. Keep stabilization in mind … could be very blurry

Smart phone accessories Glif … $20 Tripod … $15

Smart phone accessories Owle Bubo … $175 Fish eye lens … $5

Camera apps for iPhone Adobe Photoshop Express … for editing Drop Box … for storage/uploading Instagram/Hipstamatic … for social features/lens Flickr … upload/storage Photosynth … panoramic Pic stitch … photo collage Pro HDR … for

Ethics Changing photos is unethical Editing color can be borderline unethical Taking photos from another site is unethical Known your boundaries … your rights … i.e. Phil Datz situation

Photo Examples NY Times Lens Blog: Newsday.com - let ’ s scroll their site ESPN.com - let ’ s look at just sports Huffington Post, Sports Illustrated and more … Now APPS: USA Today, AP,

Assignment No. 2 Due NEXT CLASS Photo gallery of an event on campus Off-campus if you prefer (please check w/ me) Use Flickr, VuVox or SimpleViewer.net 7-10 photos with captions Using either your phone or a camera Write graph explaining the image gallery and a headline “Assignment No. 2: Photo gallery” on your blog and post the link Tweet the link out