Sarah Palin Rally
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Jacob Ott
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Sarah Palin Rally
I am just slightly opinionated.
But educated.
But educated.
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Jacob,
Good stuff. But there have to be more flattering photos on your card, I'm sure. I've seen them from other photographers that were there today, so the opportunity was there. She looks worried, scared or confused in all but one of these photos.
Part of being a photojournalist is knowing your subject before taking photos of them. If the running back of the team is known for steamrolling over defenders then you'd want to get a photo of him plowing people over. If a basketball player is the vocal leader of his team, get a shot of him pounding his chest or high-fiving a teammate.
Likewise, if a candidate is known for his/her speaking abilities, confidence and drawing big crowds, get a shot of the excited crowd with the candidate on the stage...looking confident. You've already got the "filling the frame" part down, which is hard for a lot of photographers to do. As they say, Tight is Right. But make sure the subject is pointing or engaging people in the crowd. The "crowd" is also the audience at home that's sitting in front of the TV or reading the paper, and that engages them to analyze your work.
So when you do your next assignment for the LHS Times, I hope I see that element in your photos. That's what sets some photographers apart from the rest. Most just show up and take photos, but only some have a vision and direction and know when to trigger the shutter to achieve their goals for the assignment. It's one thing to sit and fire away 6 photos a second and hope that one comes out, (aka, spray and pray), but one day you'll learn to trigger the shutter two or three times and know that three photos came out just how you wanted them.
I'm glad to see that they let one student in with a camera. I hope you enjoyed your experience taking photos of a candidate for the White House. Not a lot of folks can say they have seen a/their candidate speak in person, let alone take photos of them.
Good stuff. But there have to be more flattering photos on your card, I'm sure. I've seen them from other photographers that were there today, so the opportunity was there. She looks worried, scared or confused in all but one of these photos.
Part of being a photojournalist is knowing your subject before taking photos of them. If the running back of the team is known for steamrolling over defenders then you'd want to get a photo of him plowing people over. If a basketball player is the vocal leader of his team, get a shot of him pounding his chest or high-fiving a teammate.
Likewise, if a candidate is known for his/her speaking abilities, confidence and drawing big crowds, get a shot of the excited crowd with the candidate on the stage...looking confident. You've already got the "filling the frame" part down, which is hard for a lot of photographers to do. As they say, Tight is Right. But make sure the subject is pointing or engaging people in the crowd. The "crowd" is also the audience at home that's sitting in front of the TV or reading the paper, and that engages them to analyze your work.
So when you do your next assignment for the LHS Times, I hope I see that element in your photos. That's what sets some photographers apart from the rest. Most just show up and take photos, but only some have a vision and direction and know when to trigger the shutter to achieve their goals for the assignment. It's one thing to sit and fire away 6 photos a second and hope that one comes out, (aka, spray and pray), but one day you'll learn to trigger the shutter two or three times and know that three photos came out just how you wanted them.
I'm glad to see that they let one student in with a camera. I hope you enjoyed your experience taking photos of a candidate for the White House. Not a lot of folks can say they have seen a/their candidate speak in person, let alone take photos of them.
"Hey Kiddo....this topic is much more important than your football photos, so deal with it." - Mike Deneen
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Jacob Ott
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thank you thank you.
Ivor, I think Gary got that mantra into my head.. the "tight is right"... and I think I got that down now.
With the crazy media I haven't really heard any positives about Palin besides her saying "ya'll" addressing a crowd and her supposed inexperience. But, now I know her speech prowness.. She did pretty good today in my opinion.
I didn't get on the press stand or whatever.. I just stood with some of my friends up front.. or as close as I could. The police didn't give me a problem about a camera.. they didn't even check to see if I had a ticket!
Ivor, I think Gary got that mantra into my head.. the "tight is right"... and I think I got that down now.
With the crazy media I haven't really heard any positives about Palin besides her saying "ya'll" addressing a crowd and her supposed inexperience. But, now I know her speech prowness.. She did pretty good today in my opinion.
I didn't get on the press stand or whatever.. I just stood with some of my friends up front.. or as close as I could. The police didn't give me a problem about a camera.. they didn't even check to see if I had a ticket!
I am just slightly opinionated.
But educated.
But educated.
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