PHOTOJOURNALISM

Prepared By: Jim Gary O. Villena

WHAT IS PHOTOJOURNALISM?
Photojournalism is a
particular form of journalism (the
collecting, editing, and presenting
of news material for publication or
broadcast) that creates images in
order to tell a news story.
It is the art and science of
making news, opinions or features
in photograph form.

THINGS TO KNOW IN
PHOTOJOURNALISM?
1. The photo will not be
reproduced as clearly as it was
in its original form. Details are
lost in processing, accounting
for smudges.
2. The photographer should be
asked not to use a screen as
intended for better photos like
the ones used in magazines.
3. Action pictures are better than
the firing line or firing
squad and pose pictures.

THINGS TO KNOW IN
PHOTOJOURNALISM?
4. Pictures have moments of truth such as
the punch of Filipino boxer Many Pacquiao
that knocked out Marco Antonio Barrera
of Mexico.
5. If you have to use group pictures, use it big
to allow recognition of people in it, unless
it is a crowd scene where the crowd is
more important than the expression of the
faces.
6. Even crash scene looks dead with only the
plane shown or the train wreck pictured.
People running away from it or people
rushing to it for rescue would make it
lively.
14 TIPS IN PHOTOJOURNALISM
1) Always have your camera with you
2) 2) Compose carefully
3) Shoot with your heart
4) Stay neutral
5) Be prepared
6) Sensitivity counts
7) Know your rights and the rules
8) Start wide, then go close
9) Keep the context
10) Stay up-to-date
11) Know your subjects
12) Backup immediately
13) Learn how to shoot without a
tripod
14) Use available light

WRITING CAPTIONS (CUTLINES)
1. All rules in news writing apply to caption
writing.
2. Captions should be written in short, pithy
sentences, say an average of 15 words for a
sentence.
3. The basic questions every caption must tell of
its picture are: 5 Ws and 1 H.
4. Give the full Christian names or first names to
identify everyone in the picture. Be accurate.
When you name people in the caption, make
clear who is who. Of course, this cant be
done in crowd pictures.
5. A gay picture should have a gay caption.

WRITING CAPTIONS (CUTLINES)
6. A caption is conversational. It should exploit
the pictures potential interest, e.g., Queen
Elizabeth wearing a special order while Prince
Philip, her husband, the uniform of an
admiral. These should be mentioned in the
caption.
7. A caption should supplement what is seen.
8. The caption should not contradict the picture.
9. Dont begin a caption with Photo shows
This is totally unnecessary.
10. When a picture accompanies a news story,
explain the picture in the caption.
11.Dont rewrite the news story as a caption.
12. Captions should be indented, font must be
different.
THE END
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