Visual Storytelling with Photographs
That old saying…”A Picture is worth a 1000 words”… that is this chapter.
- Take as many pictures as you want
- immediately see what you have taken a pic of
- upload to share whenever and with whoever
- don’t buy film
- easy to edit pictures on a computer
Get to know your camera!!!
Shooting Mugshots:
- most common used my journalists
- Use the right lighting; avoid noon sunlight
- photograph when there is an overcast- if possible
- use a flash as a last resort
- pick the best background
- stay away from walls to avoid flash shadows
- make sure there isn’t anything lie a lamp or a pole coming out of the person’s head
- More time leads to better photos -DONT RUSH
- Make the best of your pictures
Digital Pictures are easy to work with:
- quick
- easy to crop
- tone and resize any picture
- having the right photo for your story is easy to find
- easy to edit
- don’t add things to pictures, it can be misleading and untrue
Photographs on your Computer:
- Edit a copy of the picture…never the original to avoid damaging and not being able to get the original back if you mess up
- Crop the photo to what makes the photo only
- resize to fit the story and the space needed
- make sure tone and color are perfect
- save a web version
- keep it simple- dont go over board doing things to the photo
Say your words