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What is photojournalism?
What is photojournalism?
"Photography is one of the most important parts of journalism because it reaches people so powerfully. It’s quicker, it’s more visceral than text. Photography is immediate.” ~ Geneva Overholser, Director, School of Journalism, USC Annenberg School for Communication
history of digital imaging.pptxUnit 1: What makes a good photo?
Unit 1: What makes a good photo?
Alex McNamee- At a time when everyone has a camera in their pocket, photojournalism still has its principles — and they have nothing to do with selfies, filters, poses, or landscapes. So let's introduce you to a different way of thinking and talk about what makes a good news photo.
What Makes a Good Photo
The human element
Unique perspective
Action
Skillful composition
The graduation example
The sports example
The restaurant
The winter storm
The record store
Guiding question:
💡 What challenges do you think photojournalists face in trying to capture historical moments? What images or moments in history do you remember from seeing a photograph or visual? 💡
💡 Reflection discussion: Use the link below to explore award-winning videos from National Geographic. Then, pick a video to analyze for how they use the rules of photo composition to achieve a compelling video.
Create a Google Document and talk about what you see. Remember to be thorough--if you see a photo composition rule in the video, explain how that rule was achieved and its impact on the video. (For example, "this video at 15:24 uses rule of thirds, which draws attention to....").💡
Part 1-What does a great photo look like?
Let's start with the professionals. Work through this Nearpod lesson.
Matching Images for Discussion.pptxMatching Questions.docxUnit 2: Photo Composition
Unit 2: Photo Composition
While anyone can point a camera and take a photo, composition is key to making your photos stand out. By keeping some tried and true guidelines in the back of your mind, you’ll be able to capture images that are not only visually appealing, but that hold your viewer’s attention as well.
Photo Composition Guidelines
What is Photo Composition?
Rule of thirds
Repetition
Point of view
Filling the frame
Using a frame within a frame
Leading lines
Knowing your subject
Don’t cut off limbs
Create depth
Rule of space
Activity
Activity
Photo Composition Compilation
This activity can take place entirely during class time, or as a take-home assignment. Start by dividing students into pairs. The pairs will then be tasked with leaving the classroom and taking a total of 10 photos. Each photo should demonstrate one of the 10 photo composition guidelines that are outlined in the presentation. Once the photos are collected, students should compile them into a slideshow to present to their peers.
Upon reconvening in class, students should present their slideshows and discuss how keeping the 10 photo composition guidelines in mind influenced the shots that they took. Reserve time for more in-depth discussion or critique of photos if interested.
Matching Questions.docx#22 Selfie Notes.pdfSelfie with style!
Selfie with style!
Long Depth-Landscape.pdfFast Shutter water.pdfY10 Photography Cover lesson - photo analysis.pdfCover Analysis
Cover Analysis
What were they thinking??
100-Best-Photos_2017.pdfThis booklet is from Walsworth, the EHS yearbook company. It starts with vocabulary and moves into amazing images captured by students. Get some inspiration here!
Graded: Pick 2 images from the booklet
Put them in a Google Slide
Answer: 1) What elements do you see in the picture you chose. (Pull from the vocab list)
2) What was it about the picture that made you chose it? Is it creative, inspiring, etc.?
Download the slide a turn it in to Google Classroom
You've seen professional and student photography, now, It's your turn. But first you need to learn a few rules.
We have the honor of partnering with Sandy Puc' Photography studio, one of our professional partners, to bring you a 30-minute photography lesson. There are assignments peppered in the lesson. You have 3 days to complete this seminar and the assignments within the lesson.
A HUGE THANK YOU TO SANDY PUC' PHOTOGRAPHY. This is a unique opportunity to get real advice from the pros!
Learn about your camera and photo composition
Learn about your camera and photo composition
Before you are allowed to spend a lot of time with the EHS Media cameras, you need to know how to check one out, and how they work. Click on the webinar and then, you can go over the camera with Ms. Shotts, check it out, and take one home for a week.
If you can't get the WEBINAR to load, go through the CAMERA BASIC lesson on the left.
Unit 3: Photo Lighting
Unit 3: Photo Lighting
The word “Photography” comes from the Greek roots phōtos (light), and graphé (drawing). It literally translates to “drawing in light.” Therefore, in order to capture successful photos, it’s crucial to understand light, how it works, and how it can affect your images.
Types of Photography Lighting
Lighting intensity: Hard vs. soft light
Directional lighting
Front lighting
Side lighting
Backlighting
Rim lighting
Lighting from above
Activity
Activity
Directional Lighting Scavenger Hunt
Just because your school might not have a huge repository of photography equipment doesn’t mean your students can’t start identifying elements of successful photos on their own. In this activity, students will look through newspapers and magazines to find examples of different types of directional photography lighting. They will then analyze the images to uncover the impact that lighting can have on a photo. Some assembly of this activity is required of the teacher.
LIGHTING.pptxLighting Notes.docxUnit 4: Elements of
Unit 4: Elements of
Photo Exposure
Photo Exposure
If your photos are frequently coming out too light or too dark, the problem lies with your exposure. Exposure relates to the amount of light that reaches your camera’s image sensor, and it’s a critical element of photography. To get the right exposure, it’s important to learn about how to measure light and find the right balance in your shots.
What is exposure
Measuring exposure
The “Exposure Triangle”
ISO
Aperture
Shutter speed
Mid-semester Self-Evaluation
Mid-semester Self-Evaluation
Photo 1 Mid Semester Self 2018 fall latest version.docxUnit 5: Photo Cropping
Unit 5: Photo Cropping
While capturing stunning images at first click is ideal, sometimes it takes a bit of work with a cropping tool later on to make your shots really stand out. Although there isn’t a strict set of rules when it comes to cropping, following a few common guidelines can have a big impact on your photos.
What does it mean to crop?
Focusing attention through cropping
Cropping beyond portraits
Considering movement
Cropping along leading lines
Getting it right at the time of the shot
Unit 6: Photoshop
Unit 6: Photoshop
When it comes to photo editing, Adobe Photoshop is one of the most commonly used and versatile softwares out there. It can also be one of the most intimidating, simply because of the sheer number of editing tools and capabilities that are built into it. If you’re just getting started in Photoshop, this lesson will give you some basic techniques to help get going.
Editing image size, resolution, and focus
Adding layers to an image
Editing color, lighting, brightness, and contrast
Saving and exporting photoshopped images
Portaiture and Photoshop Lessons
Portaiture and Photoshop Lessons
Ghostly Images.pdfUnit 7: Captions and Cutlines
Unit 7: Captions and Cutlines
Even if your photos are worth a thousand words, they still need captions and cutlines to provide context for your reader. Photo captions and cutlines are some of the most highly read text, so it’s key that they follow the same standards of accuracy, clarity, and completeness as any other writing in your publication.
The difference between a caption and a cutline
The importance of captions and cutlines
The basics of a cutline
Collecting information for a cutline
Tips for cutline writing
What not to do when writing a cutline
Activity
Activity
Craft the Cutline
It’s time for your students to put the cutline writing tips they’ve learned to work. In this activity, students will be given four photos, along with relevant information to compose a cutline from. For each photo, students must write a captivating caption and cutline that would draw a reader in, all in three sentences or less.
Unit 8: Online Usage Rights
Unit 8: Online Usage Rights
In an ideal world, each article in your publication would feature an image or images that a staff photographer captured. However, sometimes this simply isn’t possible. That’s where images from the internet come into play.
Determining which images to use can be tricky, and if not done correctly, can result in legal trouble. Therefore, before using photos you find online, make sure you know which ones can be legally republished, how to interpret their licenses, and how to properly attribute them.
What is copyright?
Potential consequences for violating copyright
Images in the public domain
Creative Commons images
Stock photos
Images from social media
Additional tips for online photo usage
Activity
Activity
Sharpening Photo Search Skills
There’s a lot for students to keep in mind when searching for images online. From looking for proper identification marks, understanding usage stipulations, and correctly citing them, the process can be overwhelming and the consequences can be steep.
In this activity, students will get to practice this search process and prepare for what to do when working on a real publication. Advisers should check all work afterwards to confirm that no copyright violations were made, and to point out any common mistakes as a learning opportunity.
This is a self-guided PHOTOGRAPHY lesson
FOR STILL CAMERA (DSLR)
(DSLR-digital single-lens reflex camera)
We will work through the pieces together and you will have plenty of time to practice at home with our EHS Media cameras.
Try your camera online
Try your camera online
Please take notes on the sheet below and turn it in to Google Classroom. You will need to have done all of the lessons above and have a camera at home.
PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE
Can you spell out your name
in images?
This is a Canon
This is a Canon
camera simulator
camera simulator
Play with the camera controls found in the "Creative Zone" of an EOS Digital SLR. Here, you can really dictate the outcome of your photos and get the effects you want. Your shots will appear below where you can review, get feedback and compare the settings you used.
When you click on the camera to the right, look at the top right corner of the page. You will see three (3) options: Learn, Play, Challenge. Take some time to try all three. It will make you a better photographer.
Finally, you are ready for a few activities. You will be assigned two (2) activities associated with school (sports, etc) to photograph for EHS Media, so make sure your skills are up to par!! This next assignment will get you ready.
Pick one (1) Self-Directed Photo Activity
A to Z Photo Composition Scavenger Hunt
This is an easy activity that allows you to take images and become familiar with shooting using the composition rules learned. You will shoot an image of an item, thing, activity, person that starts with each letter of the alphabet. After you shoot all 26 images, you will create a Google Slides Presentation to display your images and briefly explain what composition rules were used and why.
6 words, 6 shots
You may be familiar with the legend of “The Six-Word Story.” So the story goes, Ernest Hemingway, while lunching with friends, made a bet that he could craft an entire story in six words. After the pot was assembled, Hemingway wrote the following six-word story: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” Hemingway won the bet.
For this assignment, you will write a six-word story summarizing your summer, COVID-19, the start of the year, election season, etc., and take photos (YOU WILL NEED AT LEAST TWO (2) PICTURES FOR EACH WORD) while demonstrating use and knowledge of composition rules to accompany their written story. You will submit and present a Google Slides Presentation of your story and selected images.
Front Porch Family Portrait
https://www.thefrontstepsproject.com/
Photographers across the U.S. are taking images of families (posing on their front porches/steps) from about 10-20 feet away. Students can document a lot while abiding by social distancing orders.
You will take a portrait of your family, neighbors, friend(s), pets. Combine it with how the subject(s) pictured are coping with the odd start to this school year, possibly sharing and finding stories about our “new normal.” This activity adds an interview aspect to their photography and gets you thinking about story ideas for this year’s newsmagazine, website and yearbook. Please take at least twelve (12) pictures, load them to a Google Slide show and turn them in.
IMPORTANT NOTE—This is great way to introduce interviewing/interviewing at a distance. Please wear a mask and keep your distance (6 feet) from people outside your normal circle.
Capturing History
A Photography Project
You are living through an unprecedented time in history right now! It will go down in history books, and someday, you’ll share stories with your families about living through COVID-19. One day, you’ll meet younger people and think, “They weren’t even alive during the COVID-19 pandemic!” Because these days are historical, it is important to not let these events pass without capturing how they affect you, your family, your school and district, the community, the state, the country, and the world.
PART 1- Taking Photos and Making Captions
ONE DAY A WEEK FOR THE NEXT THREE WEEKS, you will post an appropriate photo OR VIDEO for the category on the SHARED DRIVE. (LINK ABOVE)
Your photo must be accompanied by a four-part caption. You may use your phone or your digital camera. I will create a post for each day so you can just add your photo and caption in the comment.
PICK ONE CATEGORY FOR THE APPROPRIATE WEEK:
WEEK ONE
Center of interest Varying angle Depth of Field Leading Lines SimplicityWEEK TWO
Pattern and repetition Peak of emotion Balance Rule of thirds FramingWEEK THREE
Human interest Something in the sun Something in the shade Something backlit Something with both light and shadow
First, we discuss as a class the NPPA Code of ethics, making a collaborative table about each standard and coming up with Go/No Go actions for a photographer. Then, we take a long look at the Afghan Girl photo and give a little context about National Geographic's cover of her.
Then, we will watch the first documentary and then the follow up. We need to talk not only about the ethical dilemma involved but also the ethical mandate to get things right, to follow up with new information, and to be transparent with our audience.
Photo Ethics
Using the slide show to the left, pick one photo that resonates with you and respond to the following questions.
Name of photograph selected ________________________________________
When you first viewed the photograph what was your initial reaction?
Now that you captured your initial reaction to the photograph, conduct some research about where it was published and some criticism it may have received.
What did you find out when you researched more about where the photograph was published?
Do you think the photograph should have been published? Why or why not?
Using the NSPA Code of Ethics decide what you would do with the image if you were the editor of the newspaper.
Would you print the image?
Is there an ethical reason to publish or not publish?
We don't always want to see the stuff behind the central character in our photo.
Here is a simple website to allow you to remove the background of nearly any photo.
GIVE IT A TRY!
HOW TO ADD IMAGES TO WWW.THEPIRATEER.COM
Food, weather and objects photography projects
Food, weather and objects photography projects
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Mood and Music Photography-Photoshop
Mood and Music Photography-Photoshop
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Pinhole and Caffenol.pdfPinhole and Caffenol
Match Me_ Portrait Posing Challenge.pdfExposure Triangle Simulator.pdfPL splash.docxRelay Project.pdfPhoto 1_ Repetition and Pattern (1).pdfMexican Photographers
Mexican Photographers
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JOU 121 Final Multimedia Project
JOU 121 Final Rubric.pdfPage updated
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