Editing Intro to Photos

News photography The role of editors

News photography The role of editors How do editors judge?

News photography The role of editors How do editors judge? Content (six elements of news)

News photography The role of editors How do editors judge? Content (six elements of news)

News photography The role of editors How do editors judge? Content (six elements of news) Technique (focus, lighting, composition)

News photography The role of editors How do editors judge? Content (six elements of news) Technique (focus, lighting, composition) Legal & ethical concerns

News photography The role of editors How do editors judge? Content (six elements of news) Technique (focus, lighting, composition) Legal & ethical concerns “Gut”

Scav 6 Content & composition Content: timeliness, uniqueness, singularity, proximity, prominence, impact Composition: use of light (color), use of frame (space), use of rhythm

Let’s look at prize winners 2006 Pulitzer Prize, Breaking News Photos Great photos have great content and great composition

Matters of ethics

How did they catch it?

Would you run this picture?

Editor’s note The photograph involving Mr. Kerlee is not easy to view. But we concluded that that one image captured the human tragedy of the accident, the intense rescue effort and the immensity of the log pile. Had Mr. Kerlee died that night, the photo would not have been published. Tragically, he died the next day and our staff was saddened along with our readers. We take great care with the words and images that The Dallas Morning News portrays each day, particularly those that can evoke strong emotions and disturb some readers. We do not publish photographs to be sensational or to shock readers. Unfortunately, horrific events happen around the world and locally. Evocative photographs can be appropriate to convey the horror of a tragic event.

News photography Design issues as a function of page layout Vertical orientation Horizontal orientation DO NOT USE SQUARE PHOTOS Photos fit within pages Sometimes photos drive layout Sometimes layout drives photo selection

Photoshop “The one essential piece of software” Create text effects Manipulate photo files Prepare photos for Web publication

Does this look familiar?

Column widths For this class: 1 column = 2 inches 2 columns = inches 3 columns = columns =

Cropping and sizing Sometimes for emphasis Sometimes to fit page layout (Many photogs consider this a “crime”)

Sizing Open an image file In the menu bar, go to Image>Image Size At “Document Size,” set the width (inches) according to the column size you will be using in your layout>OK

Cropping and sizing Choose the crop tool On the crop options bar, enter width and/or height values Drag a crop marquee on the part of the image you want to use Double-click inside the marquee or press Enter/Return Image>Image Size to see both dimensions

Photoshop exercise Server>photofiles>drag to USB/MSD Open Photoshop From Photoshop>Baghdad_fire

Photoshop exercise Server>photofiles>drag to USB/MSD Open Photoshop From Photoshop>Baghdad_fire What are original dimensions?

Photoshop exercise Server>photofiles>drag to USB/MSD Open Photoshop From Photoshop>Baghdad_fire What are original dimensions? Image>Image Size

Photoshop exercise Server>photosforexercises>drag to USB/MSD Open Photoshop From Photoshop>Baghdad_fire What are original dimensions? Image>Image Size : x 2

Photoshop exercise Server>photofiles>drag to USB/MSD Open Photoshop From Photoshop>Baghdad_fire What are original dimensions? Image>Image Size : x 2 Two column size: w x d?

Photoshop exercise Server>photofiles>drag to USB/MSD Open Photoshop From Photoshop>MetTripletsMain What are original dimensions? Image>Image Size : x 2 Two column size: x 6.2(14)?

Photoshop exercise New, let’s crop for three-column horizontal

Photoshop exercise New, let’s crop for three-column horizontal Select Crop Tool

Photoshop exercise New, let’s crop for three-column horizontal Select Crop Tool Specify three-column width

Photoshop exercise New, let’s crop for three-column horizontal Select Crop Tool Specify three-column width Drag crop “marquee”

Photoshop exercise New, let’s crop for three-column horizontal Select Crop Tool Specify three-column width Drag crop “marquee” Double-click inside or Enter/Return

Photoshop exercise New, let’s crop for three-column horizontal Select Crop Tool Specify three-column width Drag crop “marquee” Double-click inside or Enter/Return Image/Image Size to see both dimensions

Photoshop exercise InDesign>photofiles>lab_page

Photoshop exercise InDesign>photofiles>lab_page Frame Tool>Rectangle Frame Tool

Photoshop exercise InDesign>photofiles>lab_page Frame Tool>Rectangle Frame Tool Draw frame>set width & depth

Photoshop exercise InDesign>photofiles>lab_page Frame Tool>Rectangle Frame Tool Draw frame>set width & depth File>Place (Apple D)

Photoshop exercise Doctors  size and place as horizontal  crop for vertical; place Yale  size and place as vertical  crop for horizontal; place

Lab InDesign>lab_page