Photojournalism

Photography = “drawing with light” – taking pictures

Journalism = the investigation and reporting of events, trends or issues

      Reporting = gathering the 5 W’s and H (who, what, when, where, why, how)

Photojournalism = collecting and presenting images to tell a story about something true

Let’s see some examples:

1 in 8 million by the New York Times

National Geographic Photography

Pulitzer Prize Photography (the highest award in journalism)

Seattletimes.com/photography ("Photo of the Day" galleries updated daily)

Successful visual storytelling techniques =

• Try to create visual variety – a mix of pictures
• Scenery
• People
• Close-ups and detail
• Faraway
• Tell a story
• beginning, middle, end
• first, second, third...
• don't make it random  

Program =

Photo Story 3, a free download for Windows machines

• Can use for school projects, weddings, family slideshows