Journalism 2300:News Photography

Week FourFebruary 18, 2013

Words matter!

And more!

Upcoming major assignments

I. Major Assignment I: Features Photograph* Due TODAY

II. Major Assignment II: Portraits/Personality* Due 6 pm on Monday, March 4

III. Major Assignment III: Winter Events* Due 6 pm on Monday, March 25

IV. Major Assignment IV: Sports* Due 6 pm on Monday, April 1

V. Major Assignment V: Weather* Due 6 pm on Monday, April 8

VI. Major Assignment VI: Spot News* Due 6 pm on Monday, April 15

Extra Credit

• Photojournalist Profile: Due March 25

To be a better photographer…

…you need to take a lot of photos!

Carry your camera with you!

The week in pictures

• MSNBC:– http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3842331/

• Duluth News Tribune– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/even

t/photogalleries/tag/photo%20galleries/

Let’s look at your photos

• Overall excellent variety of shots!• Some of you had tough lighting to

overcome• Learning more about exposure and

compensating for poor light• Bracket, bracket, bracket!• Need to answer 5Ws and H in caption• Get familiar with Associated Press

Stylebook!

Need to share ALL of your photos in your Picasa album

• Contact sheet of photos• Shows me that you have taken a

variety of photographs from different angles, with different exposures

https://picasaweb.google.com/115943674943334661819/Feb112013DiningCenterOCA?noredirect=1

Let’s practice cropping

• Go to Photo #6 and download

#13

Let’s look at all of the photos:

• Most artistic• Best fulfills the assignment• Strongest caption

Equivalent f-stops/shutter speed

It's a simple 1:1 relationship.One f-stop change = one shutter speed change.

Exposure concepts

http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/best-aperture.html

Shutter speeds

• http://silverlight.co.uk/tutorials/compose_expose/speeds1.html

Macro photography=Closeups

http://digital-photography-school.com/macro-photography-tips-for-compact-digital-camera-users

How to hold your camera

• http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-hold-a-digital-camera

Expressions of motion

• http://www.picturecorrect.com/photographytips/expressing_motion_sports_photography.htm

What’s a caption? See page 150

• Who:– Need names or detailed description– Need last names

• What:– What’s happening in photo

• When:– Time element important

Day of week, time of day• Where:

– Location• Why:

– Importance of shot• How:

– Explanations as needed

Chapter 7: Photo Editing

• Eye-Trac Research:– ¾ of a second spent looking at a

photograph!• Imaginative Assignments

– Go beyond the news release– Nursing home example

• Select the strongest photographer– Look at other photographers’ work for

ideas

What does it take to be a photo editor?

• Research, research, research!• Camera skills not necessary• Day in Pictures:

– San Francisco Chronicle Web site– http://www.sfgate.com/

Photo-selection strategies

• Tough to be own photo editor– Too close to subject

• Washington Post Hierarchy: P. 130– Informational– Graphic– Emotional– Intimate

• Combine categories for strong images

What readers don’t see

• Whole population segments often ignored

• Inciting violence or informing the public?

What do readers prefer?

• Not easily defined• Liking photo different than being

interested• Victim photos

Chapter 6: Sports

• Concentration the key– Easy to get distracted!– Anticipate the action

• Timeliness important– Old news = no news– Important to get background

information on sport you’re covering

Barry Bonds: Brad Mangin, SI

• http://www.manginphotography.com/index.php#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=0&p=3&a=0&at=0

Summarize game in one photo

• Stay until the end of the game• Summary shot might not be action

shot• Crowd reaction• Coach reaction• Thrill of victory, agony of defeat…

Need complete caption information

• Must know names of athletes photographed

• Editing nightmare: having excellent action shot, but no name

• Take a photograph of the game roster– To get names with the numbers

Sports as features

• Entertainment factor• Look in the stands for photos that

capture flavor of the event

Sports photography techniques

• Freezing action– Shutter speed of at least 1/500 second for

action sports– Let’s look at your cameras!– Speed of subject: sprinter vs. jogger

- Coming straight at you, or on side– Distance

- The closer that the camera is to moving subject, faster the shutter speed

Shutter: 1/200Aperture: f/5.20Focal length: 115ISO 50 No flash

ISO 800Shutter: 1/250 secondAperture: f/5.60No flash Focal length 300

ISO: 800Shutter: 1/180 secondAperture: f/5.6Focal length: 105 No flash

ISO: 400Shutter: 1/750Aperture: f/4.80Focal length: 129 No flash

ISO: 400Shutter: 1/1000 secondAperture: f/4.50Focal length: 120 No flash

ISO: 800Shutter: 1/350 secondAperture: f/4.80Focal length: 82 No flash

ISO: 400Shutter: 1/500 secondAperture: f/5.60Focal length: 105 No flash

Shutter: 1/50 secondAperture: f/5.60Focal length: 82No flash

Shutter: 1/60Aperture: f/4.20Focal length: 78No flash

Peak action

• Look for momentary pause in action

• Shutter: 1/100 second• Aperture: f/4.80• Focal length: 255 No flash

Panning

• Slow shutter speed, move camera to follow the action

• Try: Shutter of 1/15, small aperture• Background will blur

ISO: 200Shutter: 1/15 secondAperture: f/22No flash Focal length: 48 mm

Getting sharp images

• Bracket! Need a lot of exposures to get sharp sports images

• Use autofocus• Select the autofocus point to capture

the action– Center usually safest

Bag of solutions

• DSLR Tips:– Use a long telephoto– Teleconverter– Zoom lenzes– Monopod/tripod– Rain gear– Wireless remotes

Sports tips for DSLRhttp://photo.net/learn/sports/overview

Reaction Time

• Anticipating the action– If wait until crack of bat, you’re too late

• Press the shutter release halfway down

Basketball strategies

• Stake a position– Don’t try to cover entire court

• No flash!• Watch the key players, then anticipate

where they will be on the court• Look for emotional shot• Difficult to stop action, but keep trying!• How Sports Illustrated works: p. 123

Hockey tips

• Lighting a challenge indoors• Focus on key player, follow them• Focus on the puck – tough to follow!• Prefocus on an area in front of the goal

and wait!• Avoid going behind goal – will just see

goalie’s head• Move around for different angles• With DSLR, shoot through the glass

Shutter: 1/60 secondAperture: f/4.20Focal length: 168 No flash

Shutter: 1/60 secondAperture: f/4.20Focal length: 105 No flash

Indoor sports photography

http://digital-photography-school.com/indoor-sports-photography#more-3754

More tips for sports photography

• http://www.nyip.com/ezine/sports/

And even more sports tips!

• http://jacobfuentes.com/2009/sports-photography-tips-and-tricks/

Chapter 17: History

• The Daily Graphic:– First illustrated daily newspaper

• Difficult process– 5 by 7 inch plates– Cumbersome equipment– Days to develop– Artists drew replicas!

62

Evolution of printing process

• Halftone screens– Ordered dot pattern, held against screen– First halftone in Canadian Illustrated

News, 1871

• Full-bleed photographs by 1900• First photograph on front page of

New York Times in 1910• Skeptics questioned power of

photographs63

Jimmy Hare

• Born in London, came to U.S. in 1889• Freelance photographer from 1896-

98 for Illustrated American• After leaving, went on to photograph

battleship Maine explosion• Covered Spanish-American war• First flight at Kitty Hawk

64

Women enter field

• Frances Benjamin Johnston– Documented early educational methods

in schools– Bain News Service in Washington, D.C.

65

National Geographic

• First issue in 1888: No photographs• 1903: Ran first halftone• 1905: First photo spread unbroken by

text

66

Photographers as reformers

• Jacob Riis/Lewis Hine– Exposed slum conditions for immigrants– Led to child labor laws

• Immigrants could understand photographs published in tabloids

67

Weegee: King of crime photographers

• Arthur Fellig• Police radio, lived near police station• “New York City was his working

space, night was his time, and violence was his specialty”

68

Let’s look at the book…

69

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!

In Class Assignment

• Go to the Recreational Sports area and practice stopping action

• Work in teams, with others who have similar types of camera

• Come back, download photos, and upload to my Picasaweb page

Picasa 3: Editing, selecting photos

• Set up Google Account: google.com• Go to: http://picasa.google.com/• 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

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 lkragnes@d.umn.edu