“Are we using 1,000 words where a picture should be? — Matt Thompson
This Matt Thompson quote begins Chapter 6, and it really made me stop and think. We’ve all heard the cliche a picture is worth 1,000 words a million times — but I’ve never really thought of a picture as a substitute for text.
I think that the digital age has had (some of) the same impact on photographers as it has journalists. There are many parallels that can be drawn between the newsprint business and the print photography business. (Kodak just filed for bankruptcy. Yikes.)
Being able to publish your work globally at the click of a button is fantastic. Journalists can share their stories, photographers can share their photos. The down side? So can everyone else.
This chapter is a beginners guide for the journalist who may be uncomfortable with a camera but still need to add photographs to their stories and do it better than the Average Joe blogger.
This chapter covers:
- An introduction to digital photography
- How to capture solid photographs
- How to edit and manage digital photos on your computer
- How to publish photos