spring2013 photo week 2

7/29/2019 Spring2013 Photo Week 2

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Multimedia

Storytelling

JOUR 203Photo Week 2:More on shot compositionPhotoshop basics


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"It was brought to ourattention that the image

'State Champion' by

Washington Postphotographer 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."


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The WHNPA Ethics Rules

No element should be digitally added to orsubtracted from any photograph and the image

must be a truthful representation of whateverhappened in front of the camera during

exposure. Retouching to eliminate dust andscratches is acceptable. Reasonableadjustments in Photoshop are acceptable. These

include cropping, dodging and burning,

conversion into grayscale, and normal toningand color adjustments that restore the authenticnature of the photograph.


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Discussion

How was the

shoot?


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Comments on Last Homework


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Think about everything

In the frame: be intentional.


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Faces! People connect

When they see the

expression on peoplesFaces.


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Todays Goal

Edit photographs to cropand improve brightness

and contrast. Andimprove composition inthe first place.


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Todays Goal

Edit photographs to cropand improve brightness

and contrast. Andimprove composition inthe first place.

* Portraits. Use

photojournalism

to let viewers get

to know a subjector see an issue

through their

eyes.


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Todays GoalIts time to start

thinking about

final projects


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Always Remember

Rule of Thirds


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More on Composition

What makes a good photograph?


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Luck


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More on Composition

Find a clear center of interest.


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More on Composition

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


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Have a Point of Entry


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More on Composition

Fill the Frame


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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)


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More on Composition

Watch out for distracting elements (or cut offlimbs)


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More on Composition

Diagonals=good (for some reason, diagonals aremore visually interesting).


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Kuwait City airport employees wipe the sand from the red

carpet during a sand storm before the arrival of France'sPresident Nicolas Sarkozy in Kuwait February 11, 2009. (REUTERS/

Remy de la Mauviniere/Pool)


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Diagonals=good


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Diagonals=good


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Layering


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ForegroundBackground

N.Y. police officers receive instructions as they stand near protesters sleeping atZocatti park, where they are camping out, before demonstrating outside the New

York Stock Exchange (NYSE) September 21, 2011. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz)


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Color


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Repetition


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Surprise


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Framing


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Decisive Moment


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AP Visual Checklist

Is the image active or passive?


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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 photoof something everyone has seen?


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AP Visual Checklist



Are the photo style and the writing styleconsistent?


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AP Visual Checklist



Are the photo style and the writing styleconsistent?

Does the photo communicate quicker, stronger,better or more eloquently than a simplesentence could describe?


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AP Visual Checklist

Does the photo have visual content or stop shortat story elevation?


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AP Visual Checklist


Does the photo go beyond the trite and theobvious?


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AP Visual Checklist



Does the photo contain essential information tohelp the reader understand the story?


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AP Visual Checklist



Does the photo contain essential information tohelp the reader understand the story?

Does the photo have enough impact to movethe reader?


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AP Visual Checklist

Does the photo have visual content or stop short atstory 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 thereader?

Is the photo clean, interesting, and well composedenough to stand on its own?


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AP Visual Checklist

Does the caption information answer who, what,when, where and why?


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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


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Photo Bridge

Think of your workflow.


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Cropping

Crop ruthlessly. Cut out anything thats notessential to the picture, so that the readers

attention wont be distracted or wasted.

Edmond Arnold, newspaper design pioneer


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Cropping

... but preserve the mood. Mindless croppingcan ruin a pictures intent by eliminating parts

that gave it its mood.


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Cropping Demo


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Color Correction

Auto Color Correct:

ImageAdjustments

Auto Color


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Color Correction

Brightness/Contrast:

Image Adjustments Brightness/Contrast


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Color Correction

Variations:

Image Adjustments Variations


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Color Correction

Levels:

Image Adjustments Levels


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PracticeInclass assignment:

Crop and/or color correct 3 of the 6 photosyou have turned in so far.


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Homework

Photo Assignment #2 (50 points): "Portraits" Find astranger, faculty member, athlete or coach, and

take three distinctly different portraits that say

something about the subjects life, profession,major, personality, background, etc.


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From Past Homeworks


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From Past Homeworks


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From Past Homeworks


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