15th April:
Throughout this week, I sat down and combed through the photos I had taken for this module. During the day of photography process, I made sure to take too many and not too little, to make sure that I was giving myself the best platform to work with. Ending with over 120 images, consisting of different field depth levels, angles and aperture, it allowed me to feel very comfortable going into the final selection and editing process. An issue I had to tackle during the actual photography process was maintaining focus and depth whilst being in a public space. Members of the public would walk into shot, which was completely fine, which forced me to take my time in finding the right shot whilst adapting to the public setting.
22nd April:
Following feedback from Karl and Ruth regarding the structure of the text and the images for that section, which images could compliment the narrative I was aiming for and refreshing general pointers that have been discussed throughout the module. From the previous week, I had decreased the total of images from 120+ to a final 20 as I was constructing the story and speaking to the main focus of the piece, so the images had to convey and show the story that I was aiming to tell.
29th April:
The final selection of 10 photos was decided. These were the images I felt encapsulated the story I was telling. During the editorial process, I went back through the slides of the module to refresh my memory on the basics of Photoshop which I felt was necessary as Photoshop is a software that I am a complete amateur with so using the resources provided allowed me to begin the editing at a good level of competence. Alongside this, the textual element of this assignment was also being tackled. Using information from the main person of this assignment, Image 10 is his portrait, it allowed me to create a structure which ultimately lead to the the final selection of photos as they, in my opinion, are the best to sit alongside the text.
7th May:
The deadline day. I feel that the images I have chosen for the task are the best to compliment and tell the discourse of my piece. As I have previously mentioned throughout my reflections for this module, software such as Photoshop and InDesign are completely new to me, and I had little to no confidence in my abilities at the beginning of the module. Now, I am still slightly unconfident, but I feel like my skills and comfortability with these software’s have improved. Having gone from 120+ photos to my final selection, I like to believe that this has shown my ability to judge photographs and how well they can complement a story. This module was one that I didn’t want to do and initially struggled with, but, the tutorials, meetings and in – class discussions allowed me to ask, pick up and understand the photographic side of journalism and how stuff such as formatting, width to height sizing, ALT text and more, can all determine how good or bad a piece can be and ultimately leading to whether or not that can be published.
Photographic Journalism 