PHotojournalism tips?

Question

please share any good tip in taking pictures and captioning


thank you

Answer 1

I did a stint as a photojournalist and realized a few things:

1. Make sure you get the person's name after you take the picture. This is vital for your captioning and to make them feel like you aren't just a creep.
2. Look for the interesting thing. Keep coming back to it if you have to.
3. Look for "moments." If two people are hugging and smiling, a mother is crying, that kind of thing.
4. Move around. You won't have a wide variety if you don't keep looking for the best angle and new moments.
5. Keep shooting someone, eventually they'll stop posing.

Answer 2

Be bold. Some of the best images I've shot are those that felt like I was intruding on very personal moments (in a public domain though).
Be friendly as far as that will take you. When that stops working, be persistent and forceful in standing up for your journalistic rights.
Shoot first, ask names later- capturing the moment is of utmost importance! Although, if I'm shooting children, I always make a point of asking their parent first as a matter of courtesy. I have found though, that if you've got a captive group of subjects, shoot some posed shots, get their names, and then wait for them to forget you're there. You'll get some good candid images without having to chase them down later for names.
Always have your camera with you and ready to shoot. You never know when you'll come across a compelling image or noteworthy event. Keep your gear in good working order and your batteries charged.
Keep moving, see things from every vantage point possible. Seek higher ground, get down to street-level, burrow your way to the midst of what's happening. It lends to greater diversity and better story telling. Get wide-angle shots and close-up details, landscape and portrait orientations (editors need that kind of variety to fit into different layouts).
Shoot more than you think you'll need. Stay until the event is over, don't cut out early just because you think you've got the shot you need.
Good luck.

Answer 3

Study the masters.

Robert Capa
Dorothea Lange
Margaret Bourke-White
Paul Strand
Eddie Adams
Robert Altman

If you do a Search for photojournalists wikipedia has 98 pages devoted to them.

Answer 4

I don't know if this would really be a tip but here goes: Get a cellphone with a built in camera and get internet access. This way you can submit photos directly from the site of a newsworthy event. Captioning is a bit like poetry you should be able to see the picture in the words that you write for example: This twisted hulk of metal is all that remains after an explosion and fire completely destroyed this gas station earlier this morning after lightning apparently struck a fuel tank. Fortunately no one was injured in the accident.