Photojournalism: Humanitarian

[YacobAliHassan]

Caption: Look into his eyes, he tell's you something.. Siam Reap, Cambodia.


Please leave your comment and critique, Thanks.

 

[Snyder]

This is a nice portrait of a little kid. That being said, watch your highlights, the viewers eye is attracted to the brightest part of the image. This image needs a bit of toning to make it pop. Now onto the meats and potatoes, this photo lacks a moment, it lacks how me the viewer should feel towards this image. A young boy smiling at a camera, this photo could have been taken anywhere. You want to tell a story with your photos and you need something called visual variety. Show an overall image of where this kids lives or the conditions he lives in giving the viewer a sense of place. Think wide, medium, closeup, extreme closeup, and portraits when shooting your visual variety. Your off to a good start you always want a good portrait of your subject then after that you dont have to show his face again throughout your series of photos since the viewer already knows what he/she looks like. Also a basic caption should cover the 5 W's and if possiable How, so Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How.

 

[YacobAliHassan]

This is a nice portrait of a little kid. That being said, watch your highlights, the viewers eye is attracted to the brightest part of the image. This image needs a bit of toning to make it pop. Now onto the meats and potatoes, this photo lacks a moment, it lacks how me the viewer should feel towards this image. A young boy smiling at a camera, this photo could have been taken anywhere. You want to tell a story with your photos and you need something called visual variety. Show an overall image of where this kids lives or the conditions he lives in giving the viewer a sense of place. Think wide, medium, closeup, extreme closeup, and portraits when shooting your visual variety. Your off to a good start you always want a good portrait of your subject then after that you dont have to show his face again throughout your series of photos since the viewer already knows what he/she looks like. Also a basic caption should cover the 5 W's and if possiable How, so Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How.

Snyder,

I really.. really.. appreciate you comment. Thank you very much. I will try to improve my skill in this photojournalism photography.
Thanks.

 

[Hooligan Dan]

I think Snyder really hit the nail on the head. I fully understand what you were going for but the imaging doesn't quite make it there. The child's eyes just don't have the element that the great photos you're trying to replicate have. The shot is also a tad soft. Keep at it.

 

[YacobAliHassan]

Caption: Teacher is teaching the pupil in a village school Siam Reap, Cambdia




Your comment/critique is highly appreciated, Thanks.

 

[YacobAliHassan]

I think Snyder really hit the nail on the head. I fully understand what you were going for but the imaging doesn't quite make it there. The child's eyes just don't have the element that the great photos you're trying to replicate have. The shot is also a tad soft. Keep at it.

That true. and i learned another topic from Snyder comment that in photojournalism must capture the "Art of Feeling" to get the sense.

 

[The_Traveler]

This second photo above, the teacher at the whiteboard, is missing that essence of feeling, no life, no motion.

The main point of interest is in the center of the picture, there are 5 people but no faces or eyes and there is not feeling to support any idea.
The composition doesn't help the viewer get to the center of interest and there are lots of bright spots around to distract the eye.

A good shot does more than tell a story, it gives some idea of how the photographer sees the scene.

Look at http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/photojournalism-sports-gallery/242444-muddy-mayhem.html these shots by Snyer. You can feel what he feels and, in each picture, the composition supports the feeling. There is emotion in every shot.

Look at this picture taken by a friend of mine. Great interest, great composition, great tone - all that are appropriate.

These kinds of shots are not easy, I think that good PJ and street shooting is the hardest kind of photography.

A friend of mine said this, maybe the best thing I've heard about street and pj shooting.

"Street" is maybe the hardest of all in photography. The photographer stalks his chosen environment where, essentially, nothing is happening - people are quietly going about their business - and yet has to select tiny moments when an image can be snatched which is more than the sum of its parts - fractions of a second often, where some fleeting coincidence of expression, gesture, positioning, and movement come together to create an instant which holds some undefinable meaning.

Keep on, it is immensely rewarding when you produce meaningful shots.

Lew