JRN 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Smartphone, Shap, Photo Manipulation
20 Feb 2017
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Take a picture of your subjects that you interview. They provide context, emotional impact, add colour, depth etc. News pictures can appear on social media, desktops, watches where they are easily. Images help tell a story in journalism accessed. Use a smart phone because they are compact, have good quality, are unintimidating, can file quickly, and can send descriptions with images. Cons: low light, usi(cid:374)g zoo(cid:373) (cid:396)edu(cid:272)es (cid:395)uality, does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ea(cid:374) sha(cid:396)p pi(cid:272)tu(cid:396)e, te(cid:373)plates a(cid:396)e horizontal, size matters (phone cameras have compact images) Always check your photos that you take and always take more than necessary. What is the focus of the image: facial expressions: convey emotions as a rule, never shoot pictures of people without showing some of their faces, keep it simple: limited in size and high in value. One focus is better than several areas of focus: use the rule of thirds: we like images that are dynamic and balanced.
