Photography
PhotographyJuly 29, 2009Jennifer Cox
AnnouncementsQuizzes ouch
Collect extra credit
Surveys
Sounslides lab bring a blank CD
Final on Tuesday
PhotojournalismPhotojournalism 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
TipsTry to avoid posed picturesTry to capture emotionGet faces; not backsIdentify the star of the pictureGet up close!Let your picture tell a storyUse different anglesAvoid inanimate objects; focus on peopleDont crowd the pictureAction, good; blurry, bad!Use the Rule of ThirdsTry 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 objectsInanimate objects tend to be boring; always try to include people
No pictures of buildings, cars, etc.
Dont just photograph a sculpture; photograph someone looking at the sculpture with an expressive look on his/her face
Inanimate objects
Dont 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 knowYou will be creating a slide show GOAL: to recruit high school students to UFTake pictures that capture life at UFHave a theme dont be too scatteredNo need for journalistic captions; youll be creating ad-like captions in labWell 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
Todays PowerPoint will be posted on the blog
