Come, Holy Spirit, Divine Creator, true source of

light and fountain of wisdom. Pour forth your

brilliance upon my dense intellect, dissipate the
darkness which covers me, that of sin and of
ignorance. Grant me a penetrating mind to
understand, a retentive memory, method and ease
in learning, the lucidity to comprehend, and
abundant grace in expressing myself. Guide the
beginning of my work, direct its progress, and
bring it to successful completion. This I ask
through Jesus Christ, true God and true man,
living and reigning with You and the Father,
forever and ever. Amen.
PHOTOJOURNALIS
M
 OBJECTIVES:
a. Define photojournalism
b. Explain its purpose and functions
c. Differentiate photojournalism and
photography
 Photojournalism is the communication of
news through photographs, it is the process of
story telling using the medium of photography
as your main story telling device. While a
journalist will use their pen and paper to tell
stories, a photojournalist will use their camera
to capture the visual representation of a story.
 WHAT IS THE
PURPOSE
OF
PHOTOJOURNALISM?
Simply speaking, a photojournalist's
role is to relate a story through
photography. The goal is not only to
take pictures, but to hold the images
up to the highest journalistic
standards in an effort to convey the
truth.
 FUNCTIONS OF
PICTURES
AND
ILLUSTRATIONS
 1. To attract
attention

2. To beautify the
page
3. To complement, support and
give visual meaning to the
news

4. To illustrate a
point in the story
 5. To tell the story itself
through the help
of the caption

6. To tell a story in sequence

of photos or illustrations
 7. To give visual relief to the
design of the story

8. To help the readers know how

the person or place mentioned
in the story look like
GETTING BETTER
PICTURES
1. Simplicity

2. Beauty
3. A focal point

4. Action
5. A story

6. Mood
7. Truth

8. Size
9. Technical quality
 FACTORS
AFFECTING THE
QUALITY OF
PICTURES
1. Taking of Pictures
A. Be sure to know the workmanship
of your camera, its every part and
function.

B. There is need for mind-eyes

coordination when taking pictures.
2. Pictures to be set for layout
A. Sharp pictures
B. Message-laden
C. Well-cropped

3. The quality of printing

press
 THINGS TO
REMEMBER IN
PHOTOJOURNALISM
 1. An action photo can vividly tell
its own story that no need of
caption to go with it. Editorial
cartoon as an illustration does not
have caption, but it tells a story or
makes a point.
2. A series of pictures can tell a
story with minimum caption.
This is known as picture story.
This is usually used to
illustrate "how to" article.
Prominenc
e
Timelines

Actio
n
ELEMENTS OF
Human EFFECTIVE
 TIPS FOR
ASPIRING
PHOTOJOURNALIST
1. Know your camera.
A camera need not to
be expensive.
2. Try squatting, kneeling
down, standing on your
toes when shooting
pictures.
3. Take portraits of
people doing their
thing.
4. Do not hesitate to ask
the subject to do what
you believe will make the
best shot.
5. Concentrate
on facial
expression.
6. Look for focal
point of
interest.
7. Take more than
one shot of every
scene.
8. In photos of exhibits,
it's better to have
someone viewing.
9. Be always at the look
out to take unusual
pictures.
 10. Read manuals of
photography to learn
techniques in picture-
taking.
 11. Prefer action and more
interesting scenes that show:
• Struggle • Romanc
e
• Oddit • Humor and
• Emotio
n y others
• Actio • Beaut
n y
12. Avoid the following:

 Ribbon cutting
picture
12. Avoid the following:

 Handshaking during
awarding
celebration
12. Avoid the following:

 Posed picture (firing

squad picture)
12. Avoid the following:

 Group picture that

say nothing
12. Avoid the following:

 Speaker whose face is

hidden by the
microphone
 DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN
PHOJOURNALISM
AND PHOTOGRAPHY
PHOTOJOURNALISM

• People
• Tells news story
• Specific and timely events
PHOTOGRAPHY
• Aesthetic
• Open to interpretation
• Making visual images of
anything
MANIPULATIVE
MEDIA
PARTS OF A
CAPTION
Cutline or underline

Overline
• Catchline
• Body
• Credit
TIPS FOR WRITING
CAPTION OR
CUTLINE
 1. Brief and
straight to the
point
2. Use simple,
short caption
3. Supplement and
explain but do not
state what is
obvious
4. Do not repeat
lengthy facts
5. Do not omit
words that are
important
6. Identify the
people in the
picture.
7. Accurate and
careful
 8. Check the
number of person
9. Say when and where;
news story
10. Present tense