Brian Walski
• Isn’t everything we’re looking at real?
• What about the angle, or things that were edited out?
Brian Walski
• Isn’t everything we’re looking at real?
• What about the angle, or things that were edited out?
• Is this any different from what print journalists do?
O.J. Simpson
• In 1994, Time magazine published this photo on the cover
• Except that it didn’t look like this photo
O.J. Simpson
• Are you outraged?• Aren’t magazine
covers manipulated all the time?
• Isn’t it obvious that this cover illustration was manipulated?
NPPA Code of Ethics
• “It is the individual responsibility of every photojournalist at all times to strive for pictures that report truthfully, honestly and objectively.”
NPPA Code of Ethics
• “It is the individual responsibility of every photojournalist at all times to strive for pictures that report truthfully, honestly and objectively.”
• “In documentary photojournalism, it is wrong to alter the content of a photograph in any way (electronically or in the darkroom) that deceives the public.”
Goal of Photojournalism
• Selecting story telling photographs that can convey the fullest, most accurate sense of the situation photographed
Goal of Photojournalism
Engage the heart and mind of a viewer with a compelling version of truth that results from bearing witness or a situation or event.
Rule of Thirds
• With the rule of thirds, you mentally divide the crop area with two evenly spaced vertical lines and two evenly spaced horizontal lines, creating a grid of nine sections.
• To create a pleasing composition, the primary focal point of the image should fall at one of the line intersections.
Framing
• Placement of the center of interest in a photograph according to the other elements in the photograph.
Proximity
• Distance between camera and subject. Stare. Get up close and personal. Don't let subject get swallowed up in surrounding landscape.