subject: Seven Useful Tips For Journalism Photography [print this page] Journalism photography is a very difficult shooting subject. The valuable moments are fleeting and there are so many unexpected things. If you are a journalist and need to record the most valable moments by your camera, you can try to learn some useful tips as below.
1. Anticipate
When you see somting or hear some news, you should guess the next situation of this event. You should have the ability of anticipating the event. This need you to practice more. When you become an experienced journalist, I guess you will have this kind of ability.
2. Research
Stories are often already occurred before you get to that place. After you get there, you have to know more about the people and things you are about to shoot in order to be able to record the most real and meaningful reality. The research of news materials is very important. You should know what should to shoot and what you wnat to show to people.
3. Reach out
Sometimes, subject which is worthy of shooting is
far away. When you want to achieve your aim, you need a lot of assistants. No matter for the driver or for the local people, they are helpful for you. Therefore, you'd better often make new friends.
4. Prioritize
You need a clear goal before shooting. You must discuss the shooting plan with your partners and then prioritize
the shooting tasks. This will save your time and help you finish the work efficiently.
5. Practice
The latest camera is not necessarily the best. You should know more about your shooting equipments and prctice more. As the old saying goes, "Pratice makes perfect."
6. Interact
The best photos can tell a story and eye contact is very important in the journalism photography. The expression in the eye can tell a thousand words and make people feel the atmosphere in the real scene.
7. Be invisible
If you want to capture the reality, you'd better hide youself and your camera.
If you are found by the litigant, it is likely to undermine the story in the real scene.
No matter for photography shooting or for video shooting, you need to make full preparisions in advance. You should try to get the latest and the most valuable news. What's more, post-production is also very important. For the recorded video, if you have the requirement of converting mpeg mac, you can try to use the best mpeg converter. It can even meet your basic video edition need.
