Photojournalism
As I joined Journalism when our school began returning to being in-person, we were taught to truly embrace using the cameras to improve our journalistic ability. After our unit on Photojournalism and learning about the different angles a photo could be, such as the Rule of Thirds and Leading Lines, I was hooked on using the cameras. It's not that hard to spot me on campus with one around my neck, that's for sure!
Color Clash
Color Clash was the first student council event of the year and since the exec board decided to combine the event with the Senior versus Faculty volleyball game, I knew it was going to be infectious with energy. Since it was taking place after we had a lesson reviewing sports photojournalism, I knew I wanted to get the best sports photos I could. Despite me having to sit in the hot sun with too much red clothing to count, I practiced using fast shutter speed and ISO to get the best lighting on our players.
Lacrosse
In a similar manner, when I had a story focused on the new lacrosse clinics the school was holding, I used my same sports photojournalism skills of high shutter speed and adjusting the ISO to capture the first session.
Senior Fountain Jump
When working on a podcast on a classic Archer tradition — the senior fountain jump — I decided to include a photo gallery to illustrate the joy that comes with the tradition. Though I did worry about the water, I was able to avoid it and adjust settings to an ISO in the mid 100s since it was a partially sunny day and an aperture of 6.
Photoshop Process
We are taught photojournalism as a unit in the Intro to Journalism course when first joining the program and thus, we strive to avoid using photoshop whatsoever and prioritize adjusting settings on the camera. However, when Adobe Photoshop is used, we only use the 3:2 crop tool and levels tool to adjust photos.
Before Crop
After Crop
Before Levels
After Levels
