In week 2 of the photojournalism module we focused more on the different types of photojournalism, of which there are 2 key categories, Photojournalism and illustrative photography. Our Task was to identify which type of photography we would find the most interesting and conduct some research delving into it more deeply resulting in a saved draft in the form of a research blog post. The type of photography that we selected should also have some relevance to the idea we were aiming to pitch for our final project.
Given this information I decided to look more deeply into the element of sports photography and I discovered lots about its history, the different techniques sports photographers use, the challenges that they face. Furthermore, we were asked to locate some examples of a well know photographer in that particular field. Amidst my research I came across Neil Leifer who instantly caught my attention, and little did I know was responsible for the famous Muhammed Ali photograph of him knocking out Sonny Liston in the heavyweight title 1964. Following our task we were strongly instructed to avoid publishing and to maintain our work as a saved draft alone. Our module leader went on to explain how publishing someone else’s work and photos is a form of copy write and can lead to an invoice direct to the university. This advice was prioritised and something that I will remember for future tasks.
In our class session we also received some feedback from our first task, mine being that I need to address who is involved and name who is in my research, as well as some tips on how to title properly and what I can do to capture a more engaging photograph.
Photographic Journalism 