JOURNALS During Advanced Photography we will be analyzing and writing about current photography used in photojournalism.
DIRECTIONS - Each photo journal assignment will have a different link. Go to the link provided and select a photo that catches your attention, copy and paste that photo. Write about the photo you selected from the website in WORD or create a google doc. Print out and turn in or share it with me. You should cover the information listed below in your paragraph.
Describe the photograph in a PARAGRAPH of 10 sentences or more…
1) Why did you select this photo?
2) When I look at this photo, it makes me think of...
3) How is the technical quality? Let’s start here before we get to the more subjective issues of composition and emotion. · In focus? (or if not, was that intended?) · Exposure: Is it too light or dark? Are there blown out or underexposed areas? · Use of depth of field to control the viewer’s eye. · Use of contrast? Too muddy or too much contrast. · How was lighting handled? · How do the colors look?
4) How’s the composition? · Framing? · What should and shouldn't be in the frame? · Where is your eye drawn to? . What are the dominant elements and principles in the composition? . What rule(s) of composition are present?
5) How is the emotional appeal? · What emotion do you feel when you look at the photo? Or lack of? · Did the photographer connect with his subjects or do they look tense, or posed? · Does the photograph tell a story, or part of one? (It could be as simple as, “here are my kids who I adore” or “here’s my dog catching a frisbee.” Or a very deep one such as, “this is what poverty looks like, right in my hometown.”)
6) If I were to improve or change anything, I would...
A PARAGRAPH with a minimum of 10 sentences is required for FULL Credit.