Multimedia

Storytelling
JOUR 203
Photo Week 2:
More on shot composition
More on photojournalism ethics
Photoshop basics

Multimedia News of the Week

Multimedia News of the Week

Discussion
How was the
shoot?

Comments on Last Homework

Comments on Last Homework

Think about everything
In the frame: be intentional.

Comments on Last Homework

Faces! People connect

When they see the
expression on peoples
Faces.

Comments on Last Homework

(in future, dont turn in out-of-focus pictures)

Todays Goal
Edit photographs to crop and
improve brightness and
contrast.
And, improve composition in
the first place.

Todays Goal
Edit photographs to crop and
improve brightness and
contrast.
And, improve composition in
the first place.

* Portraits. Use
photojournalism
to let viewers get
to know a subject
or see an issue
through their
eyes.

Todays Goal
Its time to start
thinking about
final projects

Final Project Details

There is no set length for the final project, but most will generally

run between 2:00 and 4:00 minutes.

Your final project will be a work of journalism. That is, it will tell a

story, (ideally a compelling story) not simply document an

event, just as we have been talking about all semester. I'll be
looking for a hook and a story arc. I'll also be looking to see that
you've followed all of the composition and technical guidelines
we've covered. There will be significant penalty for late work.

Do not use music in your project unless you clear it with me first.

You can use "found footage" if it helps tell your story, providing
it does not violate copyright laws. In other words, if you are
profiling a student band, you can use a short clip from their
music video if they give you permission to do that. Such
footage cannot make up more than 15 percent of the running
time of your piece. (Most projects don't have such footage, but
it's an option.)

Examples From Past Classes

Examples From Past Classes

 "It was brought to our

attention that the image

'State Champion' by
Washington Post
photographer Tracy
Woodward, that received an
Award of Excellence in the
2013 WHNPA Eyes of History
stills photo contest in the
Sports Feature/Reaction
category, was digitally
manipulated in violation of
the contest rules."

The WHNPA Ethics Rules

No element should be digitally added to or

subtracted from any photograph and the image

must be a truthful representation of whatever
happened in front of the camera during
exposure. Retouching to eliminate dust and
scratches is acceptable. Reasonable
adjustments in Photoshop are acceptable. These
include cropping, dodging and burning,
conversion into grayscale, and normal toning
and color adjustments that restore the authentic
nature of the photograph.

Always Remember
Rule of Thirds

More on Composition
What makes a good photograph?

Luck

More on Composition
Find a clear center of interest.

More on Composition
Find a clear center of interest.
Another way to look at it: have a point of entry.

Have a Point of Entry

More on Composition
Fill the Frame

Fill the Frame

Chinese paramilitary policemen take their breakfast with snow before

shovelling snow from a road where a heavy snowfall in Yumen, Gansu
province March 9, 2010. (REUTERS/China Daily)

More on Composition
Watch out for distracting elements (or cut off

limbs)

More on Composition
Diagonals=good (for some reason, diagonals are

more visually interesting).

Kuwait City airport employees wipe the sand from the red
carpet during a sand storm before the arrival of France's
President Nicolas Sarkozy in Kuwait February 11, 2009. (REUTERS/
Remy de la Mauviniere/Pool)

Diagonals=good

Diagonals=good

Layering

ForegroundBackground

N.Y. police officers receive instructions as they stand near protesters sleeping at
Zocatti park, where they are camping out, before demonstrating outside the New
York Stock Exchange (NYSE) September 21, 2011. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz)

Color

Repetition

Surprise

Framing

Decisive Moment

AP Visual Checklist
Is the image active or passive?

AP Visual Checklist
Is the image active or passive?
Is the photograph of something no one has ever

seen before or is it a unique or interesting photo

of something everyone has seen?

AP Visual Checklist
Is the image active or passive?
Is the photograph of something no one has ever

seen before or is it a unique or interesting photo

of something everyone has seen?

Are the photo style and the writing style

consistent?

AP Visual Checklist
Is the image active or passive?
Is the photograph of something no one has ever

seen before or is it a unique or interesting photo

of something everyone has seen?

Are the photo style and the writing style

consistent?
Does the photo communicate quicker, stronger,

better or more eloquently than a simple

sentence could describe?

AP Visual Checklist
Does the photo have visual content or stop short

at story elevation?

AP Visual Checklist
Does the photo have visual content or stop short

at story elevation?

Does the photo go beyond the trite and the

obvious?

AP Visual Checklist
Does the photo have visual content or stop short

at story elevation?

Does the photo go beyond the trite and the

obvious?
Does the photo contain essential information to

help the reader understand the story?

AP Visual Checklist
Does the photo have visual content or stop short

at story elevation?

Does the photo go beyond the trite and the

obvious?
Does the photo contain essential information to

help the reader understand the story?

Does the photo have enough impact to move

the reader?

AP Visual Checklist
Does the photo have visual content or stop short at

story elevation?

Does the photo go beyond the trite and the obvious?

Does the photo contain essential information to help

the reader understand the story?

Does the photo have enough impact to move the

reader?

Is the photo clean, interesting, and well composed

enough to stand on its own?

AP Visual Checklist
Does the caption information answer who, what,

when, where and why?

AP Visual Checklist
Does the caption information answer who, what,

when, where and why?

Does the photo communicate effectively?

Photos should move, excite, entertain, inform or

help the readers understand a story

Photo Bridge
Think of your workflow.

Cropping
Crop ruthlessly. Cut out anything thats not

essential to the picture, so that the readers

attention wont be distracted or wasted.
Edmond Arnold, newspaper design pioneer

Cropping
... but preserve the mood. Mindless cropping

can ruin a pictures intent by eliminating parts

that gave it its mood.

Cropping Demo

Color Correction
Auto Color Correct:

ImageAdjustments
Auto Color

Color Correction

Color Correction
Brightness/Contrast:

Image Adjustments Brightness/Contrast

Color Correction
Variations:

Image Adjustments Variations

Color Correction
Levels:

Image Adjustments Levels

Practice
Inclass assignment:
Crop and/or color correct the 3 photos you
turned in for homework this week.

Homework
Photo Assignment #2: "Portraits" Find someone

you do not know well and take three distinctly

different portraits that say something about the
subjects life, profession, major, personality,
background, etc.

From Past Homeworks

From Past Homeworks

From Past Homeworks