In week 3 of photojournalism we worked through different types of imagery and image formats, something that I believe most people in the module would have done before on there journalism course. This again was all new to me, so I wanted to try and understand and learn as much as I could.
I learnt that there are three main type of image formats, including GIF meaning Graphics Interchange Format, PNG meaning Portable Network Graphics and the most commonly known is JPEG the Joint Photographic Experts group for photos. We learnt all the advantages and disadvantages of using JPEG whilst also learning about how to use photoshop and how to crop images correctly. For example, all images must be landscape and set to 1920 pixels wide, images should have a caption that moves the story along as well as the name of the photographer responsible and each image should contain ALT text by law. This is used to describe what is happening in the image for the benefit of someone who may be visually impaired.
We were set a series of tasks including, attempting to shape some images on photoshop using tools like perspective crop, as well as tiding up our previous tasks using what we have learnt about imagery. Moreover, we were also instructed to give a brief description of the idea we would like to pitch for our final project. I have been in contact with the club captain at Esher rugby club, and on the 23rd March there is a home game of which ill be attending. The aim is to get access to the changing rooms before the game, the gym and attend a training session in the build up, ill also be looking to photograph some of the players and to have conversations with the director of rugby and England international Petter Winterbottom. Having been relegated in the previous season, the plan is to focus on the hopeful re-promotion of the club to national 1 and the road it has taken to get there. There is of course a drawback given that this is being planned in advance and will depend on how results go in the lead to that particular match.
Photographic Journalism 