For Samford Crimson journalists

Students watch Sen. Barack Obama's speech.

While Sen. Barack Obama was on stage turning into the president-elect The Samford Crimson newsroom was covering the event locally.

Just a few minutes after he walked off the stage the Email alert was shipped out and a story was uploaded that included a photograph, seven paragraphs and three quotes in a nice team effort that helped capture Samford’s slice of an historical moment.

Nice job!

This didn’t work so well in the auditorium, but you can see several examples and tips from our photography workshop here.

There are good and bad shots there and you will learn a great deal from studying the photography of others, but you’ll always learn more by going out and shooting!

Remember:

• rule of thirds
• focus
• f-stop and shutter speeds
• faces, faces, faces
• take adventurous shots of conventional settings
• your photos tell an important story!
• so does your cutline, you’re also a reporter, get good info from your subjects

And don’t forget to shoot a lot of photos so we can make galleries for the site!