Photojournalism

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1. Find three photos that you find especially powerful.

 Filipino photojournalist Bullit Marquez reveals his experiences in the aftermath of the devastating storm that hit the Philippines in November

Associated Press eliminated seven Cuban government handout photos of Fidel Castro after determining some were digitally altered to remove what appears to be a hearing aid from the retired leader’s ear.

3. Under the section on "Planning," what does the writer suggest doing to capture emotional images?
To get involved and ask people what they are protesting, fighting, etc at the event. 

4. Under the section on "Composition," what does the writer suggest doing to help you "pick a face out of the crowd?"
the writer says to not take too many photos of the back of peoples heads, it lack emotion and to capture a good photo you should catch at least one persons face and have it framed in any way you can.

5. What is a photo essay?
A collection of images that capture with a progression of events, emotions, and concepts.

6. Summarize the 5 tips the writer provides.

1. Find a topic to shoot
2. Have all research done 
3. find the "real story" 
4. Have the pictures show the emotions of the people involved
5. Plan your shots

Planning Ahead:

What event will you photograph?
 A soccer game. 

Provide the 5 Ws and H for your event:

Who: my brother
What: Playing soccer
When: this weekend
Where: in a stadium
Why (why will the event happen?): it is a tournament out of school
How (how will the event happen?):

"Formal Portrait Pose Vote."

Romantic Couple:10 34 47

Friend Couple:4

Friends: 37

Individual Guy:38 50 22

Individual Girl: 9 36

HDR photography

1. What does HDR stand for? High Dynamic Range,

2. In your own words, explain what makes an HDR photo an HDR photo? its supposed to be an image as the human eye sees things

3. What is bracketing? Bracketing is varying the shutter speed or aperture up and down to get a correct exposure,

4. What software can you use to produce an HDR image?Photoshop

5. When selecting layers, what do you have to be careful about when creating your HDR photos?The key is to not go to the extreme and combine dozens of photos leaving every pixel of the photo well exposed.

6. Save your favorite HDR photo on your blog.

Family portraits

Prom posing

 Pose for a single man.

 Pose for a single female.

Pose for friends.

Pose for couple (romantic).