News Project
To write TWO kinds of articles:
Research - other news articles
Investigation - your own experience and observation
Put it all together in some format that is like news
Try to use the elements of that format - ie news blog
Yes, I know it is hard to make a news blog
Bias - do you have it? Investigation will be more biased - it comes from you
Choosing photos
Why do news articles have photos?
a photo is worth a thousand words - takes a lot of description to equal a glance
a photo ANCHORS a news story - it takes the ideas and MAKES THEM REAL and it sticks the image of the story in your face (and brain)
a photo ENHANCES a story
brings the story to non-readers or lazy readers
photos can add layers of complexity to a story
the best photos ARE stories on their own
You should consider some photos for your own article. Make your article REAL.
What makes a good photo?
expression of subject - (IF there’s a creature as subject) -> EMOTION
lighting -> no light, no photo - a photo IS light
rule of thirds - the use of the connecting points to attract attention
leading lines - train tracks kind of
value - contrast in colour and light - ie Plus and Minus of colour and light
focus - seems obvious, but this is crucial - sometimes in an artistic way - Depth of Field
movement and motion (the sense thereof) - a dynamic sense of action
sense of story - there’s more to the photo than the obvious
before and after - you “see” what’s happened or what’s about to happen
sense of character - a strong bit of personality
texture
line and dynamic line
detail - getting in close to something almost to distraction - lots to see
geometric design
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