Individual Task 12

 

Meeting 12

“Using photographs: Writing captions”

 

Vocabulary Logs

1.     Porous /ˈpôrəs/

Part of Speech : Adjective

Indonesian : Berpori

Synonyms : Hollow, Rotten, Rarefied 

e.g., “newsprint which is more porous” 

 

2.     Urge 

Part of Speech : Noun 

Indonesian : Keinginan

Synonyms : Encouragement, Boost, Impetus     

e.g., “Urge your photographers to get into the middle of the action”

 

3.     Clutter  

Part of Speech : Noun 

Indonesian : Kekacauan

Synonyms : Chaos, Mess, Turmoil

e.g., “It should be free of background clutter” 

 

4.     refeal /rɪˈviːl/

Part of speech : Verba

Indonesian : mengungkap

Synonyms : Utter

e.g., "The work reveal about the creator"

 

5.     gripe /ɡrīp/

Part of speech : nomina

Indonesian : mengeluh

Synonyms : hub, bleat, mither, twine

e.g., "Anyone can gripe about a problem"

 

Summary

Photographs used for journalistic purposes must tell a story as well as being visually appealing. While mug shots or small head and shoulders shots may help a reader understand who an article is about, it is the large action shots which will draw readers into the story package and serve as an entry point into the story. Good photos should be cropped for maximum impact and should have a dominant center of interest. Before the photo is placed on the page, it may need to be lightened, darkened, enlarged, reduced or otherwise edited. With traditional photography, this can be done in the darkroom, or the photos can be scanned and edited in with software such as Photoshop. Digital photos will be edited on the computer. Changes to the photo, such as knocking out the background and creating a clipping path so that text can be wrapped around it, are best handled in a program such as Photoshop.

The best photographers move in close to the action and fill up the frame with pertinent information.

·       Captions are important.

·       Photos stand out on the page a little better if a 1-point rule box surrounds them.

·       Action photos which depict real people doing real things are better than staged photos or pictures of people staring into the camera.

·       Each photo used on the page should have some relevance to the story it accompanies. The picture should have a direct connection to the story.

·       In group photos, the general rule is that each face should be at least the size of a dime. Otherwise, their features will not be distinguishable

·       Photos should be placed in the story package so that the people in them seem to face into, rather than out of, the story.

·       Vertical pictures often have more impact than horizontal photos. If the picture was not taken vertically, you might see if there are ways to crop away part of the background to make it more vertical.

·       Avoid “grip-and-grin” or “shoot them at dawn” pictures. These are the standard awards presentation photos that get taken at civic and organization events.

Caption Writing

 A picture may be worth 1000 words, but it still needs a caption to give the reader information about what is going on. Remember, the caption is the third most often used entry point into the story package. More people will read the information in the caption than will read the actual story, so it is important to include pertinent information in the caption.

 

Reflection

For the most important of journalism is how to write “using photographs: writing captions” help transfer knowledge effectively between educators and student. Now, I realise that journalism effective teaching how to write using photographs and writing captions.  Photographs used for journalistic purposes must tell a story as well as be visually appealing. While mug shots or small head-and-shoulder shots can help readers understand who the article is about, it's the big action shots that will draw readers into the story pack and serve as entry points into the story. then learn about the best Photographers approach the action and fill the frame with pertinent information that has 8 types. after that learn how to crop a good photo when it will be used as a caption. When I became to be a teacher or journalist i know how to give the student effective of learning news gathering and interviewing, for me the activites learning that make me know all about english is to know what i will learn like i summarize, memorize the course and distribution of english and check the grammar to know it my english is already good. hopefully this material can add knowledge and insight related to learning innovation for me to get better sense of the purpose of the material.