Photojournalism is a branch of journalism characterized by the use of images to tell a story. The difference between a photograph and photojournalism is that photojournalism is used to narrate a story in the media while a photograph just gives an image alongside a story. The NPPA is the national press photographers association. They are a group that specializes in photo journalism and bring you stories through visuals throughout many different press manufactures.

The NPPA code of ethics:

1. Be accurate and comprehensive in the representation of subjects.
2. Resist being manipulated by staged photo opportunities.
3. Be complete and provide context when photographing or recording subjects. Avoid stereotyping individuals and groups. Recognize and work to avoid presenting one’s own biases in the work.
4. Treat all subjects with respect and dignity. Give special consideration to vulnerable subjects and compassion to victims of crime or tragedy. Intrude on private moments of grief only when the public has an overriding and justifiable need to see.
5. While photographing subjects do not intentionally contribute to, alter, or seek to alter or influence events.
6. Editing should maintain the integrity of the photographic images’ content and context. Do not manipulate images or add or alter sound in any way that can mislead viewers or misrepresent subjects.
7. Do not pay sources or subjects or reward them materially for information or participation.
8. Do not accept gifts, favors, or compensation from those who might seek to influence coverage.
9. Do not intentionally sabotage the efforts of other journalists.

Ideally, visual journalists should:

1. Strive to ensure that the public’s business is conducted in public. Defend the rights of access for all journalists.
2. Think proactively, as a student of psychology, sociology, politics and art to develop a unique vision and presentation. Work with a voracious appetite for current events and contemporary visual media.
3. Strive for total and unrestricted access to subjects, recommend alternatives to shallow or rushed opportunities, seek a diversity of viewpoints, and work to show unpopular or unnoticed points of view.
4. Avoid political, civic and business involvements or other employment that compromise or give the appearance of compromising one’s own journalistic independence.
5. Strive to be unobtrusive and humble in dealing with subjects.
6. Respect the integrity of the photographic moment.
7. Strive by example and influence to maintain the spirit and high standards expressed in this code. When confronted with situations in which the proper action is not clear, seek the counsel of those who exhibit the highest standards of the profession. Visual journalists should continuously study their craft and the ethics that guide it.

The media needs ethics because they need to respect and understand others privacy and use only pictures that are not intended to offend or hurt anyone in particular.

Abstract photography is photography that does not represent the subject in a literal way.It communicates primarily through form, color, and curves rather than image detail. The emphasis on form, color, and curves tends to elicit strong reactions from the human perpetual system, making the image more visually appealing.

Examples:

My Abstract Photos:

Photogram: a picture produced with photographic materials, such as light-sensitive paper, but without a camera.

Artists: Emilio Amero, Christopher Giglio

Samples:

For my photogram i am planning on using football equipment to make a sports  themed photogram. I plan on using gloves, wristbands, laces, and athletic tape.

Pop art is an art based on modern popular culture and the mass media, especially as a critical or ironic comment on traditional fine art values.

It emerged in the mid-1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States, eventually spreading all over the world. In pop art, material is sometimes visually removed from its known context, isolated, and/or combined with unrelated material. laes Oldenburg, Jim Dine, Tom Wesselmann,  Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, James Rosenquist, and Roy fox Lichtenstein were some of the most relevant pop art artists at the time.

Samples:

Tutorial Link:

http://www.photoshoptutorials.ws/photoshop-tutorials/photo-effects/pop-art/

Before And After:

Rule of thirds- Imagine the image is split into nine equal sections. The rule of thirds says that the basis of your picture should be located along these lines.

Balancing Elements- Balance the weight of the objects in your image by adding a lesser important object along with the main one.

Leading Lines- Use different types of lines to lead the viewer to the main object in the image.

Symmetry and Patterns- Add or break symmetry of objects in an image to create a more interesting picture.

Viewpoint- Change the levels from where you take the picture from rather than just eye level to give an interesting viewpoint to the picture.

Background- Choose a background that doesn’t distract the viewer from the main object in the image or overwhelm the subject.

Depth- include objects in the foreground, middle ground and background. Use composition techniques like overlapping, by deliberately partially obscuring one object with another.

Framing- Use natural objects to create a good frame to isolate the main subject from the outside objects.

Cropping- Cropping tight around the subject eliminates background distractions and focuses in on the subject.

Experimentation- Experiment with photos by taking multiple shots from multiple angles to give you a chance to pick  the best ones to use.

My favorite assignment of the year was the flashback friday. It was my favorite assignment because i got to look through old pictures to find it and it brought back good memories.

Song: Red Solo Cup

The song is about how he likes to drink everything put of a red solo cup because it is manly. It is about how much he loves occasions that include red solo cups.

I used the photoshop skills to insert the text and WOW all the pictures.