1. Portraits
2. Texture - Lines - Pattern
3. Color - Light
4. Still Life
5. Macro
6. Landscape - Panoramic
7. Clones
8. Photo Essays
Photo Essay Links:
- DigitalJournalist.org
- Best of
Photojournalism Awesome photo essays in still,editing and web
categories.
- RHS Photo Essays
- Essay Web Template
- ThemeThursday.com
Photo
Essays
Photo Essays tell stories with pictures in ways that words
cannot. They show us the faces of joy, pain, pride and fear.
One famous photo essayist was Larry Burrows. Burrows was killed in a helicopter crash in Vietnam but his work helped show the face of war to Americans.
TimeLife.com has a Burrows memorial page that has some of his photographs including 15 photographs that served as covers for Life Magazine. This photo is from the cover of his book, Vietnam. You can see some of the photos from this link to the book on Amazon.com.
Time and Life magazines both have a long history of photo journalism. Many of these photo essays are on-line and available for viewing. Life even has a screen saver you can download with some of their best photos.
Assignment
- Photo Essay (Part 1)
In this assignment you will create your own photo essay. To help prepare you for this you should review some other photo essays and prepare a report for the class.
Select a photo essay from the Time.com web site.
Select one essay and be prepared to review it for our class. You will show us the essay and speak to these points:
Assignment -
Photo Essay (Part 2)
Photo Essay Expectations
Essay Web Template
Criteria:
Photo Essays tell stories with pictures in ways that words
cannot. They show us the faces of joy, pain, pride and fear. One famous photo essayist was Larry Burrows. Burrows was killed in a helicopter crash in Vietnam but his work helped show the face of war to Americans.
TimeLife.com has a Burrows memorial page that has some of his photographs including 15 photographs that served as covers for Life Magazine. This photo is from the cover of his book, Vietnam. You can see some of the photos from this link to the book on Amazon.com.
Time and Life magazines both have a long history of photo journalism. Many of these photo essays are on-line and available for viewing. Life even has a screen saver you can download with some of their best photos.
Assignment
- Photo Essay (Part 1)In this assignment you will create your own photo essay. To help prepare you for this you should review some other photo essays and prepare a report for the class.
Select a photo essay from the Time.com web site.
Select one essay and be prepared to review it for our class. You will show us the essay and speak to these points:
- Did the photographer use staged photos, candid photos or both?
- Color or B&W? Did it make a difference? What factors contributed to the selection of one over the other?
- Find examples of good framing and composition and point them out. How close does the subject feel in the photo?
- Find examples of good use of color and light. Do you see
backlighting? Were the photos taken early or late in the day?
- How much narration and text support the essay?
- Do the photos in the essay stand alone or do they need to be seen as a part of the whole?
- Describe your reaction to the essay. Do all photo essays illicit a reaction in the viewer?
Assignment -
Photo Essay (Part 2)Photo Essay Expectations
Essay Web Template
Criteria:
- Minimum of 12 photos
- Single theme or "story" for the essay
- Consider the following in composing your photographs:
- Color or B&W
- Composition
- Lighting
- Angle and distance to subject
- Candid or posed photos?
- Consider the need for text to accompany each photograph.
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