Multimedia Storytelling JOUR 203

Photo Week 2: More on shot composition Photoshop basics

Discussion
How was the shoot?

Comments on Last Homework

Comments on Last Homework

Comments on Last Homework

Comments on Last Homework

Diamondback

Friday Knight Slice

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.

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

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? consistent?

Are the photo style and the writing style

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? consistent?

Are the photo style and the writing style 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? obvious?

Does the photo go beyond the trite and the

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

at story elevation? obvious?

Does the photo go beyond the trite and the 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? obvious?

Does the photo go beyond the trite and the 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? reader?

Does the photo have enough impact to move the

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
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 3 of the 6 photos you have turned in so far.
Turn in at least one picture at: 320x240 pixels Name blog post: Your Name: Edited Maryland Photos

Homework
Photo Assignment #2 (50 points): "Portraits" Find an

interesting person you do not know well, and take three distinctly different portraits that say something about the subjects life, profession, major, personality, background, etc. at least one medium shot. Portrait

Shot variety: Must include at least one close-up shot and Post 3 pictures to the blog. Title the post: Your Name: Caption the first image using AP caption style. The other

two pictures do not need captions. can that we talked about in class.

Follow as many of the composition guidelines as you

And Due 2 Weeks From Now...

Final Project Proposal
Must include:

Format you plan to use. (video or audio slideshow) Story arc and hook Types of people who will appear Proposed headline for the piece Expected run 5me