A picture is worth a thousand words. That’s a lot of pressure — that means the quality of an image must be near perfect to well encompass and capture the emotion that can be articulated in a thousand words.
I grew comfortable navigating the features and various buttons and knobs on the Canon EOSR7. It was overwhelming at first — I mean using a phone camera would be way easier after all — but I found that the quality, contrast, exposure, composition, and even color balance can best be manipulated pre-production simply by using higher-end equipment.
I cannot enter an event with an intent to take pictures if I don’t have a NanLite. Lighting is so important to produce quality images but also set the stage of how you would like the viewer to interpret your image. If lighting is bright and develops an aesthetic image which satisfies the eye, it will allow viewers to feel comfortable and those warm, fuzzy feelings so they can approach your accompanying story or other journalistic medium with optimism.
I strive for my photojournalism to always tell a story — to have movement in it. If a player scored on the football field I wouldn’t simply capture the moment, I would capture the celebratory reaction from the coach, other players, or student section that follows because that can, at times, be more telling of a moment in time than a static, easy-to-understand image.
Some of my images are used to supplement my articles while others are posted as galleries or used to enhance the stories we share on our broadcasting platform.
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