Selecting and Editing Photos
TimeRemember, the assignment isn't done until the photos are downloaded and organized. Do that within one or two days of taking pictures.
No Grain!Photographs should not show excessive grain.
Preliminary CaptionsWrite preliminary captions and save them into the info box on each photo when saving to our Google Drive. I will show you how to do this.
Photo CroppingWhen cropping photographs, make sure to crop to show the important elements. Always leave room into which the action can move. Don't amputate arms, legs or heads when cropping photos.
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DownloadDownload ALL photos and save original images in a pre-arranged place. DO NOT touch these. You might use them later.
Story-TellingPhotographs should possess a story-telling quality. Focus on action. Avoid using posed photographs.
Batch NameBatch rename the set of photos according to the way your editors have set up. It may look something like this: HCdanceLSharp.10/3/08.
Photo CompositionCrop photographs to the center of interest keeping photo composition techniques in mind. Do leave a little wiggle room for the designer.
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CopiesMake a second copy of all photos. Go through them and delete the ones that should not be considered. Now you have photos to choose from, but originals are still saved if they're needed for editing.
ContrastPhotographs should exhibit good contrast. For black and white photographs, there should be a mixture of blacks, whites and grays. For color photographs, the colors should be vivid and the lighting should reflect true colors.
Editing CompletionAs soon as you have finished editing the photos, make sure they are placed in the proper folder for the designer to use. Tell the designer the photos are there via an email or note or speaking to them directly.
AnglesGet creative with your photography angles. Make things interesting. Have fun. Show us your talent!
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Taking Photographs
1. Get there early and plan to stay until it's over.
2. Digital is cheap. Take lots of photos. Take way more than you think you'll need.
3. Don't take posed photos. Keep shooting until people quit posing.
4. Vary the angle. Move around, get higher than your subject, or lower.
5. Remember your designer has to place these photos on a spread. The designer will need horizontals and verticals and will need the subjects to face different directions to keep action or movement into the center of the spread.
6. Think about the rules of composition.
7. Take notes to know where you are, who the people are, what they are doing and why.
8. Photographers are responsible for writing information so our journalists can write captions.
9. Don't take pictures of your friends.
10. Don't take pictures of people you've already shot.
11. If you're shooting an academic classroom, plan to go there on different days. Plan to stay the entire period.
12. Focus is not a special effect.
13. Crop in your camera.
14. Get close to your subject.
15. Shoot four kinds of photos.
16. Establish shots: These show the big picture. For example, taken from the top row corner of the football stadium, showing everything that is going on.
17. Group shots: Groups of people interacting together. For example, at the football game, shoot the cheerleaders, the drill team, the football team, the parents, kids playing at the rail, the spirit club.
18. Close-ups: One to three people interacting together. For example, guys painting up for the game, three girls sharing a box of popcorn, a parent reading a program.
19. Parts of the whole: Extreme close-ups.
20. When placing photographs on a page or spread, position them so the action leads into the page and no one is looking off the page. Redesign rather than flip a photo.
21. When bleeding across the gutter, make sure the action or faces are not trapped in the gutter.
22. Never force a photo into a preplanned space. Redesign the spread if necessary.
23. Group shots should be cropped just above the heads of the back row and at the waist of the front row.
24. Your best shot should be your dominant.
25. Make sure that the photos tell a variety of stories. If they don't don't wait for an editor to tell you that you need to re-shoot. Be proactive and you'll be appreciated.
26. Shoot the unexpected as well as the expected. You'll be surprised at how much is used.
27. Think photo story and remember every time you shoot, you should be shooting a photo story with each photo adding to the body of knowledge and helping tell another part of the story.
28. Keep your batteries charged.
29. Carry an extra battery and an extra memory card.
30. Keep shooting when something unusual happens. You are there to capture the moment, not to be a participant.
31. Think about taking action, reaction, emotion shots. Think about where the reaction will be and be prepared to shoot it.
2. Digital is cheap. Take lots of photos. Take way more than you think you'll need.
3. Don't take posed photos. Keep shooting until people quit posing.
4. Vary the angle. Move around, get higher than your subject, or lower.
5. Remember your designer has to place these photos on a spread. The designer will need horizontals and verticals and will need the subjects to face different directions to keep action or movement into the center of the spread.
6. Think about the rules of composition.
7. Take notes to know where you are, who the people are, what they are doing and why.
8. Photographers are responsible for writing information so our journalists can write captions.
9. Don't take pictures of your friends.
10. Don't take pictures of people you've already shot.
11. If you're shooting an academic classroom, plan to go there on different days. Plan to stay the entire period.
12. Focus is not a special effect.
13. Crop in your camera.
14. Get close to your subject.
15. Shoot four kinds of photos.
16. Establish shots: These show the big picture. For example, taken from the top row corner of the football stadium, showing everything that is going on.
17. Group shots: Groups of people interacting together. For example, at the football game, shoot the cheerleaders, the drill team, the football team, the parents, kids playing at the rail, the spirit club.
18. Close-ups: One to three people interacting together. For example, guys painting up for the game, three girls sharing a box of popcorn, a parent reading a program.
19. Parts of the whole: Extreme close-ups.
20. When placing photographs on a page or spread, position them so the action leads into the page and no one is looking off the page. Redesign rather than flip a photo.
21. When bleeding across the gutter, make sure the action or faces are not trapped in the gutter.
22. Never force a photo into a preplanned space. Redesign the spread if necessary.
23. Group shots should be cropped just above the heads of the back row and at the waist of the front row.
24. Your best shot should be your dominant.
25. Make sure that the photos tell a variety of stories. If they don't don't wait for an editor to tell you that you need to re-shoot. Be proactive and you'll be appreciated.
26. Shoot the unexpected as well as the expected. You'll be surprised at how much is used.
27. Think photo story and remember every time you shoot, you should be shooting a photo story with each photo adding to the body of knowledge and helping tell another part of the story.
28. Keep your batteries charged.
29. Carry an extra battery and an extra memory card.
30. Keep shooting when something unusual happens. You are there to capture the moment, not to be a participant.
31. Think about taking action, reaction, emotion shots. Think about where the reaction will be and be prepared to shoot it.
Most Important...
When in doubt, talk about it. This is a team project. All of it. So don't try to do everything on your own. Talk with your team. Talk with the graphic designers for advice, talk to the editor or junior editor about thoughts and questions, talk to the adviser if you're not sure what to do. We are all here to help each other.
Time To Get Photos Edited and Loaded For The Yearbook
This week you will need to edit the photos you have taken this far if they are still on your phone. If they are not, let me know so I can load them into a folder for you to access and edit. Call me over when they've been edited so I can go over how to add info and where to save them so that the graphic designers can use them for the yearbook.