Television Field Production and Reporting, 6th Edition

 

APPENDIX A

Shooting VideoThe Basics

 

 

Photographers take pictures. Photojournalists tell stories with their cameras. In fact, the best photojournalists use the camera much as the writer uses a computer keyboard—to report observations and tell stories. In essence, the camera is a writing and reporting instrument, an extension not so much of the outer eye as of the inner, mind’s eye. What you see, think, and feel about people and events you often can share with other people through your camera.

Photography is among the most technical of the creative arts. To capture mood, action, and meaning properly and place emphasis where you want it demands that you be not only creatively adept, but technically proficient. Accordingly, it is important ...