1. Journalism 3300: News Photography
Week Eleven
April 13, 2009

2. Announcements
Husband medical trauma

3. To be a better photographer…

4. …you need to take a lot of photos!

5. The week in pictures
MSNBC:

6. Let’s go find news photos online
Work in groups of 4
Newseum: Today’s Front Pages

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

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

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

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

13. 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.

14. 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

15. 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.

16. 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.

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

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

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

20. 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.

21. 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.

22. 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.

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

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

25. 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.

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

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

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

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

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

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

35. 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

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

37. 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

38. 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
“Final Salute:” pages 58-59
Find a newspeg

39. 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

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

41. 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

42. Complication, resolution combined
Boston fire: pages 36-37
Annie Wells’ story of breast cancer: pages
Motel dad: pages

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

44. 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

45. 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

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

47. Los Angeles ABC:
Los Angeles Times:
CBS:

48. New York NBC (4):
Connecticut NBC:
San Diego NBC:
Dallas-Fort Worth NBC:

49. Time: 2:
U.S. State Department:

50. White House:
London Times:

51. Huffington Post:
New York Times:

52. Day in Pictures San Francisco Chronicle Web site at:

53. Let’s look at the book…

54. Let’s build a web page Virtual Private Network Samba Account
UMD ITSS Guide:

55. 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!

56. Picasa 3: Editing, selecting photos
Set up Google Account: google.com
Go to:
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

57. 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

58. Carry your camera with you!

59. 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

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