Hey folks... as a group we decided no class this Thursday -- we will share our favorites from this semester but it will be a later date. So, make-up work day Thursday, do what you'd like with it. I'll be around in the photo room or in 3W, room 2 if you need me.

Andy

Photojournalism Extra Credit Options

You can pick any two of these options -- they have to be posted on Flickr by December 6 and must be labeled Extra Credit in the title. Each is worth up to 25 points.

1. Shoot another photo story. To get the full 25 points, find the most interesting story you can think of to tell. No friends or family, but friend of a friend is okay. Keep in mind the usual -- good exposure, color, and include descriptive captions. 5-7 photos.

2. Shoot another sports assignment. Your best 5 shots from a sporting event with captions. You can do pretty much anything but a pick-up game. (High school, college, pro......)

3. Take the portrait of 4 DMACC faculty or staff members in the studio. Andy and Curt don't count. :) Include some background info in your caption (how long have they worked at DMACC? What do they like most about it? Etc.)

4. Shoot a concert or other musical performance. Five best shots with captions.

5. Tell a photo story about a soup kitchen, animal shelter, or volunteer center. Five photos with captions. Offer for them to use the photos.

6. Three more conceptual illustrations, like we've already done for Oct. 25.

Soldier photo story

Color test

Schedule update

Hey Folks..

Lecture today--

Next week, we are scheduled for both Tues and Thurs -- BUT I'm going to change that up.

We'll meet Tuesday (for those that aren't in San Francisco) and talk about using the studio lights. Thursday will be an open day that you can use to shoot your portraits (in the studio) ....

I can be flexible with the portrait studio due date since we will have a few people out of town and schedules for getting people in to shoot might be tough. So, again, let me know if you need an extension for the studio portraits.

So-- 

Oct 4 - class (studio demo)

Oct 6 - no class, can use as work time in studio if you want

Oct 11 - Lecture #3 / quiz on chapters 5, 7, 14 (I can catch San Fran people up with using studio this day if needed)

Oct 13 - Group 1 meets, group 2 or 3 people can use studio if needed

Andy

Cutline Tips

Cutlines

• Clarity and accuracy are key

• Need to gather enough information from the scene

• If at first you don’t succeed, try try again (rewrites are your friend)

(Noun) (verb) (direct object) during (proper event name) at (proper noun location) in (city) on (day of the week), (month) (date), (year). Why or How.

Who is in the photo

What are they doing

When and where

How (was the photo staged in any way?  was a long exposure used to make a motion blur? is there a special effect involved in the photo?)

Why did the event occur?

Avoid unnecessary adjectives, adverbs and commentary (“Jill Smith makes an excellent play at home plate as she quickly tags out Katie Johnson, who ran too slowly.” -- instead: “Jill Smith tags out Katie Johnson in a close play at home plate.”)

"The city council votes to ban smoking in bars Wednesday."

"The city council votes Wednesday to ban smoking in bars."

• Always identify main people in photo

• Use present tense for describing the scene.  Use past tense for additional information that happened in the past.

• Avoid telling reader what they can see for themselves in the caption

• Don’t try to read people’s (or animal’s) minds

• Write your own captions

• Usually no more than two sentences (but this rule can be broken if more information is needed).

• Avoid "is shown," "is pictured," and "looks on"

• Use identifiers: "in the red jacket," "holding the shovel," etc. or simply "left," "right," "center"

• Use commas when identifying:  "Fran Francis, middle, cheers as..."

• Interesting quotes can spice up your captions

• Don't use cliches

• For newspapers, AP (Associated Press) style is followed

• Watch your spelling!

Hey folks, reminder that we have a short quiz over chapter 1-4. Mostly true/false multiple choice.

Other than that we'll just do an in-class demo. We might talk about external flashes so if you want to practice you can bring yours, but it won't be required. We'll just talk about some techniques using the flash.

Andy