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Journalism 2300: News Photography

Journalism 2300: News Photography. Week Eleven April 5, 2010. Announcements. To be a better photographer…. …you need to take a lot of photos!. The week in pictures. MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3842331/. Major Assignment V: Spot News. Due: NOON on Friday, April 16

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Journalism 2300: News Photography

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  1. Journalism 2300:News Photography Week Eleven April 5, 2010

  2. Announcements

  3. To be a better photographer…

  4. …you need to take a lot of photos!

  5. The week in pictures • MSNBC: • http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3842331/

  6. Major Assignment V: Spot News • Due: NOON on Friday, April 16 • Capture a spot news event: • Fires • Crimes • Accidents • Weather! • Doesn’t have to be bad weather …

  7. Sports Photographs • Good variety of shots • Remember: • Sideline shots often as strong as action • Lighting the biggest challenge!

  8. UMD student Vincent Ohaju practices shooting basketball on campus March 25.

  9. Sophomore Anders Engberg heads for third base after a hit from a fellow teammate during the baseball game against Concordia-St. Paul on March 30.

  10. Young dancers from Dreamdance Academy perform to the song "Love Again" at the 2010 UMD Dance Show, which took place on the afternoon of March 27. This dance was among the many performances that took place in the Romano Gym on the University of Minnesota Duluth campus this weekend, and these determined dancers are showing their family and friends what they have learned in their dance classes recently.

  11. Braham Player, Brad Walton squares up against a Rush City defender late in the fourth quarter of a High School playoff game held in the Romano Gym at UMD on Friday March 19th. Braham defeated Rush City and advanced to the State Tournament.

  12. Vicious and Delicious and the Red Rockets line up on third down during their intramurals 4 on 4 flag football game on March 31 at Griggs Field.

  13. A group of UMD students frolf on a Tuesday afteroon.

  14. UMD's Ivan Franklin jumps up to block a basket from a Bemidji State player on Feb. 24 in Romano Gymnasium. The Bulldogs lost their final home game of the season 90-98 to the Beavers.

  15. Senior Lindsey Seaver serves for a 6-3, 6-4 win over Bemidji State during Sunday's home meet.

  16. (L-R) Roy Sundbom, Charlie Rolling and Doug Freeman sweep in front of a rock to make it go faster and straighter towards the house or target. As participants of the Duluth All-American Club Curling Bonspiel on March 21, they had a good time even though they placed last. The All-American Club hosts the yearly tournament at the Duluth Curling Club to bring members and others interested in joining together and to have fun.

  17. Two UMD teams participated in the National Broomball Championships held in Blaine, Minn on March 26 and 27.  UMD I(maroon) defeated UMD II(gold) 6-0 in a semi-final game.  The reining champs UMD I ended up taking the Collegiate Men's Division Championship title 6-0 against the University of Miami-Ohio.

  18. UMD students Brenton Gilbertson, Matt Knutson, and Kevin Burke (from left) eagerly await a putt at the UMD disc golf course  Wednesday. 

  19. Teams Rx for Domination and Pre- Pharmacy faced off March 29 at Malowsky Stadium in the first set of Intermural soccer games for the season.

  20. Asad Jawed waits for the ball after NithurshunSivaloganathan pitches it in the Field House on the University of MN Duluth campus on Friday, March 5th. The cricket club gets together every Friday to play and improvise by using the trashcans as wickets.

  21. Asad Jawed waits for the ball after NithurshunSivaloganathan pitches it in the Field House on the University of MN Duluth campus on Friday, March 5th. The cricket club gets together every Friday to play and improvise by using the trashcans as wickets.

  22. University of Minnesota Duluth Senior Jeff Engelhardt played quarterback at their team's first intramural football game of the year at Malosky Stadium March 31 as a way to get involved on campus.

  23. (L) to (R) Terry Hansen, Howie Hanson, Dave Riesland, Dave Burger, Mark Berger, and George Lancour were winners of the 36th AnnualCity of Duluth Senior Eight-Ball Pocket Billiard Tournament. The finals for the event was held on March 10 at the Lincoln Park Center in Duluth.

  24. Watching as her ball soars over the fence, junior catcher Ashley Johnson gives UMD a walk-off grand slam crushing Concordia-St. Paul 8-0 on Thursdays opener extending UMD's winning streak to six games.

  25. Players from Lacrosse and Moorehead prepare to take the draw at the beginning of their lacrosse game on Saturday March 27.

  26. At a basketball game in Hermantown, freshman Kevin Folman, player for the  Junior Varsity Hermantown Hawks, rushes in an attempt to win the game against Hibbing.

  27. Pitcher, Jesse Crain (left); and Outfielder, Jason Kubel (right), took some time out of their busy schedules to sign a few autographs for Twins fans from the Northland.

  28. Sharing final photographswith me • Remember: • Your edited photograph counts toward your class participation grade!

  29. Chapter 17: History • The Daily Graphic: • First illustrated daily newspaper • Difficult process • 5 by 7 inch plates • Cumbersome equipment • Days to develop • Artists drew replicas!

  30. Evolution of printing process • Halftone screens • Ordered dot pattern, held against screen • First halftone in Canadian Illustrated News, 1871 • Full-bleed photographs by 1900 • First photograph on front page of New York Times in 1910 • Skeptics questioned power of photographs

  31. Jimmy Hare • Born in London, came to U.S. in 1889 • Freelance photographer from 1896-98 for Illustrated American • After leaving, went on to photograph battleship Maine explosion • Covered Spanish-American war • First flight at Kitty Hawk

  32. Women enter field • Frances Benjamin Johnston • Documented early educational methods in schools • Bain News Service in Washington, D.C.

  33. National Geographic • First issue in 1888: No photographs • 1903: Ran first halftone • 1905: First photo spread unbroken by text

  34. Photographers as reformers • Jacob Riis/Lewis Hine • Exposed slum conditions for immigrants • Led to child labor laws • Immigrants could understand photographs published in tabloids

  35. Weegee: King of crime photographers • Arthur Fellig • Police radio, lived near police station • “New York City was his working space, night was his time, and violence was his specialty”

  36. War photographers • You’ve already reviewed several!

  37. Let’s look at the book…

  38. Chapter 10: Covering the Issues • You’ve shown how photojournalists can bring about change • Dorothea Lange: Depression • Carol Guzy: Haiti, Sudan, Somalia Nick Ut: Vietnam napalm screaming little girl • Jacob Riis: NYC slum conditions • Lewis Hine: Child laborers

  39. Nursing homes: A case study • San Jose Mercury News investigates elderly abuse • How to photograph? • Background information • Generations under the influence • Pages 208-211 • Helpers in the war on AIDS • Pages 213-214

  40. Let’s brainstorm local issues • Homelessness • School closings • For rent businesses; businesses closing • 300-foot rule • Trash in the streets • Spring cleanups • Transient/mental health • Construction on lift bridge

  41. Spot news ideas • Public construction projects

  42. Chapter 11: Photo Story • Era of modern photo story • W. Eugene Smith for Life magazine • Finding stories: • Personal experience • Assignments • Topical trends

  43. Major Assignment VI: Photo Story • Developing a photo story on a specific theme: • Editorial essay portraying a particular point of view • OR • A documentary that neutrally captures a lifestyle, place or issue • Five photographs due NOON on Friday, April 30

  44. Picture story has a theme • Not a collection of pictures on a topic • Test theme with a headline: • No theme if these headlines work: • “All you ever want to know about…” • “A day in the life...” • “Aspects of …” • “Scenes from…” • Examples from book: • “Every Day is Father’s Day:” page 132 • “Generations under the influence:” pages 208-11 • “Final Salute:” pages 58-59 • Find a newspeg

  45. Types of people stories • The well known • People magazine grew out of Time section • Little known but interesting • Little known but representative • One person as an example of a trend • “Never too old for love” • One person representing an abstract topic • One person living on the streets: homelessness

  46. Visual consistency • Photos interact in a print layout • Same person • Same object or place • Mood, theme, perspective

  47. Narrative storytelling • Stories have common structure: • Complication, resolution • Compelling photo story also need action that can be photographed • Woman in a wheelchair: complication • If tries to walk, potential narrative photo story • Showing struggle a possible resolution • Photos walking alone completes story

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