FOCUS: In this course, we will study with various selected assignments photojournalism, plus learn the basic visual and technical tools used in color photography.

Photography is both extremely difficult and extremely easy! To set a lens opening, to press a button these are technical operations and can be learned. But to capture a mood or inner spirit demands a creative insight and a searching eye.

~ Edward Steichen

Course Outline Download:: CD Level 2 Gallery ::. Reference Links ::.

The Photo-Essays :: A Sense of Place & Environmental Portraits ::.

Course Objectives ::.

::. Photojournalists use images to tell stories. This assignment will help you to develop your story telling skills with your camera.

::. Develop a spirit of enquiry, keener observation skills and unhesitating intuition.

::. Cultivate a higher level of compositional (design) skill, particularly whilst catching the moment.

::. Achieve beyond-the-basics knowledge of the use and function of the camera, lenses, filters, light, film, exposure and its equivalencies

Photojournalism Assignment ::.

::. Pick a subject matter for story telling for your photography project. Some stories lend themselves to being told with pictures more easily than others. Before you begin, make a short outline of shots you want to get. For example, if you were to use Eid as a subject the outline might look something like: Shopping for Eid clothes, preparing the food, cleaning the house, going for Eid prayers, children getting Eidi, people visiting family and friends. These would be at least some of the shots you would try to get. Others will present themselves, but sometimes it is helpful to have at least a partial list of potential shots so you don't forget any important events.

::. Take a lot of pictures at the event. Use the compositional techniques you have learned in class. Look at samples of photojournalism on line to get ideas for shots. These should not only tell the story, but be good photographs. As a photojournalist you shouldn't be posing the shots in any way. Just record things as they unfold.

::. Take observation notes on the experience: what you see and feel, information and anecdotes; these will add depth to your legends.

Presentation ::.

::. Fifteen images in all. Twelve from the above assignments and three favorites (not mandatory) which connects with the block.

::. The photo-essay must have an introduction (minimum 30 words)

::. A brief legend or caption must accompany each photograph (see note below; also, refer to National Geographic Magazine to get a feel for what to communicate and how).

::. The photograph size must be 8"×10" on a normal window mount 2" on all side with a 3" distance on the lower part of the print. The caption/legend should be typed and pasted on the mount, and elements must be visually balanced.

::. Last but not least for our records all submitted work should be scanned and put on a labeled CD. Prepare those files to turn in. Name them 1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg, etc. Put that CD in your printed photo folio.

Course Reference Links ::.

http://www.philborges.com/index.html ::. After working for 18 years as an orthodontist, Phil Borges "embarked on a lifelong journey to explore and photograph dramatic human landscapes around the world." Borges began his photographic work in Seattle, Washington with high-risk inner-city teenagers. His goal was to "understand the stories behind these individuals and capture them on film." This same quest for understanding led Borges to create the award-winning exhibit and book, Tibetan Portrait: The Power of Compassion, about the endangered people of Tibet.

http://www.pdngallery.com/legends/legends10/ ::. Sebastião Salgado, the Paris-based, Brazilian-born photojournalist who made a major impact on the world of images in 1993 with Workers, a dramatic documentation of manual labor at the survival level.

http://www.pdngallery.com/legends/heinz/intro1.html ::. Widely regarded as one of the world's great sports shooters, photojournalist Heinz Kluetmeier's images have redefined what a great sports photograph is all about. Frequently placing cameras where none have gone before, his images often surprise, always inspire.

http://www.camerondavidson.com/main.php ::. For over thirty years, award winning aerial, corporate, editorial, and fine art photographer, Cameron Davidson has been working in the medium he loves. Born in Miami, Florida and later, at three years of age, moving to Virginia, where he still lives today; Davidson has become renowned as a master of aerial photography with compelling images of the varied American landscape from above.

http://www.pdngallery.com/legends/morris/intro1.html ::. Christopher Morris belongs to what is surely one of the exclusive--and demanding--clubs in all of photography: he is a war photographer. From the streets of Bosnia to the sands of the Persian Gulf, Morris constantly risks his own life to document the darker side of the human condition.

http://www.schoolofphotography.com/night/night.html#top ::. Free Night Photography Lessons - Part 1, 2 and 3.

http://www.photosecrets.com/links.html#amateurs ::. Here you have a list of web sites for people who enjoy travel and photography.

http://www.photosecrets.com/tips.html ::. This is another section of the previous site. Here is a collection of photo tips and Ideas to Improve Your Photography.

http://library.thinkquest.org/11355/html/index.htm ::. This is good place to do a recap of what you covered in your last photography class with me.

http://www.magnumphotos.com ::. This is probably the ultimate photojournalistic site. It’s the right place to view the works of photography ... masters.

http://www.fodors.com/focus/ ::. How to Take Travel Pictures Like a Pro.. With the assistance of author and photographer Jeff Wignall, Fodor's has put together an invaluable guide to shooting great travel pictures: Nearly 100 easy-to-follow tips, with accompanying photos, covering every aspect of travel photography.

http://www.jakewyman.com/index.html ::. Jake Wyman’s portfolio of images. A collection of urban and natural landscapes to view. One of my favorite site to suggest for the kind of you guys should be doing.

http://www.outdoorphoto.com/tips.htm ::. An on-line guide dedicated to improving your nature photography. Look here for quick tutorials, a film guide, links to other Internet photography guides and more.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~wiskerke/html/vormfotoeng.html ::. The ultimate hodgepodge of things this gentleman has something for everyone highly recommend to students who think photography is boring ... think again??

http://www.kurtross.com/tn/index.html ::. Kurt Ross “Artistic passion and a fascination for the dynamic forces and ever changing elements of nature, eventually led to photography as my primary mode of artistic expression. These "Impressions of Nature" are my ever-evolving response to this lifelong commitment to the arts, to that consuming need for creative expression, and my tremendous appreciation for nature’s limitless splendors.”

http://www.photo-mark.com ::. Originally trained as a musician…….”These days my musical goals consist of mastering the tools of available light photography in order to capture that sense of performance on film.”

http://www.danheller.com ::. This site contains over 6500 images from around the world. Styles range from the abstract, to the photojournalistic, to the humorist editorial, to the fine art.

http://www.jimbrandenburg.com/home.html ::. The renowned natural-history photographer and filmmaker, with a long association with National Geographic, credits in The New York Times, Life, Time, Audubon, Smithsonian and other leading national magazines, and numerous exhibits and awards.

http://www.williamhuber.com/home.html ::. Certainly one of the most serene sites i have ever been to.

http://pdn-pix.com/masters/artwolfe/thumbs.html ::. Although renowned outdoor photographer Art Wolfe, is widely know as a wild life photographer is also an impressive landscape photographer.

http://www.peteturner.com ::. A must see site that guarantees to wake you up with an amazing riot of colors.

http://www.outdoorphotographer.com ::. OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHER, an online magazine to stimulate outdoor, nature enthusiasts to enhance their travel enjoyment through photography, and to satisfy the needs of amateur and professional photographers with special interest in the outdoors.

http://www.paulamundsen.com/ ::. Paula mundsen I lives and works in Bergen, Norway, as a freelance photojournalist.

http://www.davidclapp.co.uk/ ::. David Clapp a professional photographer based in South Devon, England , specializing in landscapes, seascapes, natural world, travel and architecture.