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 your tool 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 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. How can you utilize Instagram with journalism? 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 (although phones and apps now have their own internal editing) Drop Box … for storage/uploading Instagram Flickr … upload/storage Pic stitch … photo collage Pro HDR … for photo design/effects

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 ESPN.com Huffington Post, Sports Illustrated and more …

Video Lectures Let’s watch a couple of videos about photojournalism techniques and tips Take notes on your blog and be prepared to talk about one or two key points from each in class VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2

Assignment No. 2 DUE: Next class! Photo gallery of an event on campus ( Off-campus if you prefer … check with me) Use Flickr; register for a login ID, then upload photos to create a gallery Take 10 photos and write DETAILED caption for each 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, then tweet it out using #HUJrnl10