This class was the opening of our new module photojournalism, where we were to find out what we would be doing throughout the rest of the year, within each week but then also for our assignment. We found out we would be tasked with something new each week, where we would then receive feedback and critical reflection to help improve our work and then an assignment where we would need to write a 2000 word story with 8-12 pictures in that help to tell it.
To first try and help us, we got tasked with going out and taking a picture that would help us to tell a 200 word story. We were instructed to not edit this picture as realistically, it should be something that isn’t as professional as what it should be by the end of the module and then when we got our feedback from Karl, I was able to see what I should have done differently when taking it and how it could help my story.
The positioning was the main problem with it because in my story, I mentioned the managers and crowd for example, but the picture was of the pitch, with the crowd to my side. Doing it now, I would’ve repositioned myself to capture the game in the way I wanted to but also with some of the atmosphere I talked about in the story.
I found the feedback to be helpful and something that I’ll be able to use once I need to take more pictures for my assignment.
Photographic Journalism 