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Poynter is a website that helps train those who manage, edit, produce, program, report, write, blog, photograph and design.
The classes and seminars are for students or professionals.
For class, we took an online self-teaching assessments and all of them had to do with the extra media such as images, video and audio.
I picked the class for Language of the Image. The objective of my class was:
•Use the visual vocabulary when discussing images
•Articulate the journalistic value of an image
•Make better storytelling images
Later in class, the students would have to describe what we learned. I’m pretty sure that this class taught us everything and we learned enough to explain to other people.
The things learned should help people have better pictures which could improve their articles.
Vocabulary
There are three different photo types and 14 different elements that go into making a good picture.
Photo Types
Informational, Passive and Active pictures are the different photo types.
Informational pictures are basically a visual record.
Passive pictures take place after and event or posed.
Active pictures happen during the actual event and probably are the best picture that goes beyond the surface of the facts and capture the essence.
Elements
There are 14 different elements that include graphic, quality of light, emotion, juxtaposition, mood, sense of place, point of entry, impact, rule of thirds, perspective, surprise, layering, moment and personality.
I know that is a lot of information right at the moment.
These elements can be found if you take the class along with lots of examples. It’s free, you might as well take the class.
Value of an Image and Storytelling
Another part of the class is where the lesson shows that using more than one element really helps make a photo better.
Combining the elements actually needs some skill, some elements need other elements to enhance the story or article.
Many pictures with emotion, sense of place and moment tell major stories of the past and present.
Along with the different elements, I learned that different approaches tell different stories.
Someone could take pictures of the same thing, but use different elements and create totally different reactions for the viewers.
Different perspectives could show two or more different views on birth. The audience could see the Father’s perspective or the Mother’s perspective or even the Doctor’s. I would focus on one of the parents though.
Mother’s Perspective
Father’s Perspective
Poynter is a great resource to learn more on how to improve writing and posting articles or blogs.
There is a lot of information to learn from, and it shouldn’t have to cost money. Poynter helps make it free.
I want to go back and take the other classes. I already knew some about pictures.
I want to learn about the video and audio.
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