Wednesday 17 October 2012

PRESS PHOTOGRAPHY

Press photographers take photographs to record news, current events and lifestyle stories. Their aim is to capture the best images in order to document an event, tell a story or convey a message. The pictures are then reproduced in newspapers, magazines and, increasingly, niche-market, web-based publications.
Press photographers sometimes specialise in a particular field, such as sport, current events or entertainment. The market is very competitive and many work on a freelance basis, using good business skills to sell their photographs to news agencies or publications. This work is also known as editorial photography.
http://www.prospects.ac.uk/press_photographer_job_description.htm

Typical work activities

 

Press photography requires a combination of intuition, creativity and technical skills. Typical activities include:
  • working closely with other people concerned with the story, such as journalists and picture editors and agreeing the photographic requirements for a story;
  • explaining technical photographic terminology to non-photographers;
  • handling relevant administrative arrangements, such as timing, press passes, transport and access;
  • photographing events or personalities, noting details for photographic captions;
  • ensuring that all pictures are appropriate, processed, catalogued and ready in time to meet deadlines;
  • preparing and sending digital photographs for newspaper publication to deadline;
  • maintaining up-to-date knowledge about current news stories and any specialist areas;
  • sourcing freelance photographers for a job or sourcing existing photographs if pushed to meet a deadline;
  • arranging lighting and other requirements for magazine studio shots;
  • maintaining photographic and electronic communications equipment.
For freelance work, additional activities include:
  • researching and anticipating relevant events;
  • negotiating the sale of specific shots;
  • handling all business activities and establishing and maintaining maintaining contacts.
    
 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2009/nov/10/100-years-press-photography#/?picture=355491719&index=27

http://totallycoolpix.com/2011/02/world-press-photo-of-the-year-2010/

 
 
 http://www.bigpicture.in/collection-of-best-press-photographs-2010/



   

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