Photojournalism lecture

PHOTOGRAPHYJuly 29, 2009Jennifer Cox

Announcements Quizzes – ouch…

Collect extra credit

Surveys

Sounslides lab – bring a blank CD

Final on Tuesday

Photojournalism Photojournalism is about capturing the

human experience and making your own art; not just capturing the creations of others

Look at the good, the bad and the ugly

Examples of good pictures are posted on the blog

Tips Try to avoid posed pictures Try to capture emotion Get faces; not backs Identify the star of the picture Get up close! Let your picture tell a story Use different angles Avoid inanimate objects; focus on people Don’t crowd the picture Action, good; blurry, bad! Use the “Rule of Thirds” Try different things

Try to avoid posed pictures

Try to capture emotion

Get faces; not backs

Who is the star of the picture?

Get up close!

Let your pictures tell a story

Let your pictures tell a story

Use different angles/levels

Inanimate objects Inanimate objects tend to be boring;

always try to include people

No pictures of buildings, cars, etc.

Don’t just photograph a sculpture; photograph someone looking at the sculpture with an expressive look on his/her face

Inanimate objects

Don’t crowd the picture

Action is exciting; blurry is not

Use the Rule of Thirds

Use the Rule of Thirds

Try different things

Some good examples

Some good examples

SoundSlides – need to know

You will be creating a slide show GOAL: to recruit high school students to

UF Take pictures that capture life at UF Have a theme – don’t be too scattered No need for journalistic captions; you’ll

be creating ad-like captions in lab We’ll look at examples on Monday

Announcements For Monday: read SoundSlides post on

the blog

Lab 11: bring in a blank disc

Lab 11: bring in 10-20 photographs from around the campus on a flash drive

Today’s PowerPoint will be posted on the blog