I'm a student living in a small town on the edge of London and am looking to do a 25-photo photo essay. If anyone knows of any inspirational websites or has any ideas then please let me know!
2006-11-17 10:54:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
NPPA Best of Photojournalism site:
http://bop.nppa.org/2006/
It has lots of professional, award-winning examples of photo essays. As for advice, it depends on what you want to say. I've done a few for my campus newspaper, and I must admit that it was daunting the first time just trying to come up with an idea! I settled on focusing on a local charity organization and all the wonderful things that their volunteers do. My second one I did on immigration, attending a few Naturalization ceremonies. Both times were good learning experiences. I guess the main thing that I wanted to focus on was the PEOPLE, and their emotions, and reactions to what was going on around them. I've seen other photo essays that dealt with the environment/nature, sports, and things like that. But, personally, I think most powerful and engaging stories deal with human trials, tribulations, and triumphs.
2006-11-17 22:29:06 · answer #1 · answered by aas_627 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A good photo essay tells a story through pictures instead of words. Think of a good idea for a silent movie and start taking photographs. For example lovers leaving at the train station.
2006-11-17 10:57:34 · answer #2 · answered by mac 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What got me into photography was looking at books by Garry Winogrand and Diane Arbus and Robert Frank...they all had a very clear vision of what they wanted to communicate, and I think that's the place the start, but don't think about it directly. Go out and shoot...shoot things you haven't shot before and try to find new subjects...eventually you will start to see some patterns in your work and try to figure out where you are coming from and what you are trying to communicate. Good luck!!!
2006-11-17 11:20:33 · answer #3 · answered by ♫ giD∑■η ♫ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Photo journalism is simply telling a story with photographs, and a little captioning. You could do one on most any subject, including the changing seasons, the weather, sports events, and anything else you put your mind to. Go with your instincts, and don't make it harder than it really is.
2016-03-19 10:19:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read all the "photo" answers, skipping the obvious
nonsense, and this will be good enough for starters.
Then move on to your books, although I think you
may find a lot of good answers right here on Yahoo
Answers which may lead your mind to start with.
2006-11-17 17:32:17 · answer #5 · answered by Ricky 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As for software you might try the one that comes with windows:
Photo Story 3 or Windows.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx
If you don't have it, you can download it from Microsoft.com. You can play your slideshow back from a laptop to a television.
2006-11-17 12:17:20 · answer #6 · answered by $Sun King$ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to be inspired, go to www.geebeephoto.com, This guy has so much latent talent it makes me want to sell my cameras. He's a UK based photographer that you can't help but learn from just by perusing his site. He's also a very personable individual that shares his insights.
2006-11-17 11:33:45 · answer #7 · answered by Bob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.photosite.com/
http://www.goodsalt.com/
http://www.jaybeestock.com/
http://www.acclaimimages.com/search_terms/inspirational.html
http://www.efn.org/~hkrieger/
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/culture/articles/photo_pages/essay_proj2.cfm?series=sj&ID=1&max=12&ss=off
particlarly like the last link...
2006-11-17 11:11:03 · answer #8 · answered by ♀ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well flickr.com
photofortnight. com
2006-11-17 10:56:50 · answer #9 · answered by mixturenumber1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋