Archive for the ‘Photojournalism’ Category

More Excellent Advice for Budding Photojournalists

Friday, November 14th, 2008

My good friend, Bob Basler, at Reuters got another great question, and as usual provided a very succinct and instructive answer.

Blog Guy, please continue answering questions about photojournalism. I was wondering, what do photographers do when people they cover are out of sight?

Tip for Aspiring Photojournalists from Expert

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

My good friend Bob at Reuters runs Blog Guy and from time to time gives advice to aspiring photojournalists. Today he has some great advice as a result of this question:

Blog Guy, now that the election is over I hope you’re not going to stop your advice for those of us who want to break into news photography. I’ve memorized your stuff on shooting luggage, shoes, handshakes and  stairs, but I’m wondering when we’ll get to the REALLY dramatic stuff.

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Here’s how you can take exciting photos like the one above.