This week was quite a productive week in terms of progress for my final project. On Wednesday I went and started to capture some practice shots from a golf match taking place at Horsorth. I went into it trying to make sure I got a variety of shots that both are of high quality and progress the story I’m wanting to tell. I really enjoyed testing out different settings on a camera and am glad I went home to get a family members cannon camera as its a lot easier to quickly capture momments than a phone.
I found actually I took some shots I’m really pleased with and can start to work on the post production processes. I just needed to remember about taking shots in landscape rather than portrait so I’m going to have to back and crop some of them to fit the online format.
When I was looking at the best examples of sports photography they capture momments from all types of areas and distances rather than just straight on down the barrel. Perspective enhances images so I think there’s a real mix.
To do in the next week: 1) Go through and delete images I’m not using 2) Start using photoshop to start editing and creating photos that are ready 3) Start putting them in an order to how I want my piece to flow.
I think once I’ve finalised my 8-12 pictures I can start adding the text and my interviews to them meaning I’m on track for the deadline of the 6th.
Progress Update 2
This week has been a positive week in terms of progress. I’ve decided on the 8-12 pictures I think I’m going to use for my piece and have started adding text to the body of it. I’m about 500 words in and feeling positive about the directions its heading. I was a bit worried about how it would come together as a story before but once I started writing I quite like the flow of it and feel my photos do fit in well and add to the text.
Before next week my main focus is going to finish 1000 words off and then focus on post production of my photos and a bit of colour correction as feel like the brightness of them could be brought down a little bit.
Progress Update 3
So far week 3 has been most productive. I’ve finished writing 1500 words of my article with the introduction and first main interview done. I’ve started to place the pictures in order of where they’re going to be placed within the story. One thing I’m a bit dissapointed with is the amount of pictures for each interviewee I got as I think the ones I got for Paul had more choice than the ones I had for Ellie but I’m really happy with the quality of all of them.
I also need to start writing up some captions for my images that help progress the story as when looking through examples of good sports articles alongside images on sky sports and bbc etc they all do this really well.
Trying to shift my focus between photojournalism and journalism project has been a challenge as there’s so much going on but I focussed on this piece this week and feel its been productive.
I genuinely think my photographs would be publishable at a good company and considering I wasn’t familiar with camera before I picked one up and started playing around until I got the best outcome I’m pleased.
I’ve also added a feature image that links well with the title and that’s one thing I’m brain storming about how to end as i’ve got the start of it.
In the next week or so I’m aiming to upload all my finished photos and write up the last few hundred words so I can read back through and just make sure I’m finally happy with it.
Photographic Journalism 