2. Millie (about seven yrs. old) and Mary John (with the baby) eight years old. Both shuck oysters at the Alabama Canning Co. This is Mary’s
second year. She said, “I shucks six pots if I don’t got the baby; two pots if I got him.” (Many of the little ones, too young to work all the
time, tend the baby when not working.) Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama. February, 1911 (Original caption; courtesy of the Library of
Congress Prints and Photographs Division, National Child Labor Committee Collection, LC-DIG-nclc-00846)
3. Photojournalism
Here’s what you need to know before going any further:
it’s ONE word but we’re going to use PJ:
http://rittman.blogspot.com/2008/03/do-you-know-your-
photojournalism-prove.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhb6GtIPrqo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHtRZBDOgag&playn
ext=1&list=PLE4ECA66F4BC8F206&feature=results_main
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6VJw6PmBjE
http://rittman.blogspot.com/2008/01/death-of-arcade-my-
tribute-to-end-of.html
4. MEMO
We are visual creatures – but there is more to PJ than just
taking pictures
However, you also need to be able to plan, shoot, edit and
sell your own material
So, exploit your niche; people need new markets! It’s
cheap, fast and easy to broadcast whatever you want -
markhamnolan.com
Visual literacy – knowing the visual language, which
enhances your understanding and enjoyment of the
image
The writer has a second chance, the photographer rarely
5. About Photos Photo essays:
and Video more
important
YouTube –
unlimited and
than blogging can get you
Words and images: and tweeting anywhere:
or Facebook
There comes a
point when it’s time
to face the You need to
try it and get
stage, the page or good or else There are a
the blank screen. you’re just few myths…
like everyone
else
Get excited, show
up and let go. And
it’s yours.
6. Doesn’t have to be. You can
use iPhone or Droid video
online and shoot print-quality
photos with these tools as
well
Three basic rules or visual
grammar: sequences, framing
and white balance
7. Be a photojournalist: photos
and/or videos of people doing
interesting things
Shoot everyday news events, recording interviews, telling video stories
Hold the camera while asking questions single-handedly; you will feel
inadequate, but it’s possible. Challenge yourself and your lighting and
framing and depth of field.
PRACTICE!
Collaborate when you can - bell curve and the long tail business
Photojournalism is not news photography, publication photography, or
hyphenated photo-journalism.
No personal photos of parties, vacations and family events. Your records
trigger your memories even though represented usually by meaningless
photos
You need a main object and focal point, showing something not normally
seen. Reveal new information at each look answering some of the classic
questions of journalism: 5W1H
8. Shooting to
make it These
look natural are
is hard Buy
What They news
values:
prominence-proximity-
conflict- amusing-unusual-
timeliness-impact
9. It’s a science and
Tricks to storytelling: an art, too!
So, you have to be
because hiccups are a scientist, artist
, documentarian
and a PJ
going to happen
Bookend – end by returning to the beginning, again
Flashbacks – selective basis
Show, don’t tell – listen to whether you’re telling it or showing
it
Reflection – see how long you can get someone to look at
you, or pause in their interview. It’s about 5 to 10 seconds
Back to the past –always have a point to the story
johndmchugh.photoshelter.com
10. Photojournalism is facts and
information, NOT your personal and inner
thoughts
is always being learned, dug up, corrected, asked and answered. -
http://www.futureofcontext.com/?p=23
http://berglondon.com/blog/2009/12/17/magplus/
http://alexxhenry.com/blog/ipad/
http://hulldigital.co.uk/the-future-of-magazines/
is what people make it: http://buzzmachine.com/
is NOT personal camera: http://www.dslrnewsshooter.com/2010/03/15/dan-
chung-filming-chinas-migrant-children-using-the-canon-550d/
Is an honest report visual report of what happened in a form understandable
to others – the best photojournalist will arouse viewer’s emotions and
stimulate thought and action
The goal of the PJ is to tell the reader what was there, clearly, quickly, and
without mystery, confusion, or riddle.
11. PJs are
needed
The world needs what only journalists, who have
spent their lives studying journalism, provide
http://pressthink.org/
http://paidcontent.org/
http://www.tristanharris.com/
http://www.futureofcontext.com/
12. Since you are a PJ now:
Your life on Tuesday and Thursday morning will be to check in to the photo
desk, our room in J-107. You will receive your assignments, which will be a
collaborative list of assignments to tell a story. Then, after shooting, you will
decide with the photo staff what shots to use after discussing the pictures with
them.
You will publish the photos on your portfolio site and write the captions.
Finding your story ideas is part of the job. Further, while in between or traveling
to assignments, and on the few slow days when you have “spare time,” you will
need to find feature photos that can be used, perhaps only with brief captions –
evergreens
Your assignments will include news, features, sports, and wildcards, including
fashion, food, personality profiles, and in-depth stories.
You are also expected to be able to handle any type of assignment, from fashion
and illustration to sports, features, and news – versatility
13. Show up, which means actually going out and reporting on
issues that you know are going unreported
Familiarize yourself with wires, agencies, special
interest, trade, profession and hobby magazines, websites
and nonfiction publications where you want to get $$
You can master the technical and visual means of
communicating with a camera, but you must also have the
instincts of a reporter for news value, emphasis and
significance
The key is practice - because you can't get paid in theory for
something you haven't done in practice. You have to go and show up
for free, too. But, once you start doing it, then things start happening
for you. You can’t be a multimedia journalist if you’re sitting around
thinking about it all day.
14. Plans: you can’t
plan for magic Narrative set of
pictures that work
together to present a
single topic. A
complete photo story
Don’t wait for your whole includes
plan to make sense before headline, captions, a
you start. You don’t need nd a carefully
funding these days. Just coordinated page
start! Photojournalism is layout, if appllicable.
powerful – restrictions on
photos vs. taking notes
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