Patterns (Photo Journalism)

TENNIS PLAYER

The man enjoyed playing tennis

The man in the picture captured my attention because he really shows that he’s enjoying the game so I take a photo of him and this was captured in Plaridel Tennis Court.

FLAGLET

Students who are busy practicing a dance with their flaglet

The photo was taken at the Quezon City Circle while the kids are practicing their dance with their band that plays tambourine and xylophone

 

TEACHER

A mother while teaching her daughter how to pray

When I entered to church and looking for a pattern and a subject I saw this mother who is embracing her daughter and teaching how to pray

SWING

People at the swing in Plaridel’s park

I captured this photo in Plaridel’s park, as you can see there are different people who sat at the swings. One of them is texting while the two street kids are enjoying their ride and lastly the man at the last swing is busy playing with his son.

LOVER

Love in the sidewalk of Quezon City Circle

The couple in the picture was happily chatting while holding their hands that shows they’re really inlove

Magnifying Photo journalism with James Austria

“Every time that I am capturing photos, I am just enjoying the moment, I don’t think about myself, I always think the people that will look on it after it will be printed and published because if I will think of what I want to happen on the certain picture, I am manipulating it already.” –James Austria

Who is James Austria?

James Austria is the 4^th year journalism student and an Editor in Chief (EIC) of the College of Arts and Letters publication known as “The Communique”. He’s role in the publication was a photojournalist before he became an EIC.

How it started?

He narrated that his passion in photo journalism started when he was in grade school where he belongs to the publication and he’s task was photo-journalism. The camera that he used was the Sony Cyber shot or a digital camera (Digi-cam). That time the usual subject of his photographs was trees outside their house and his cat.

When we think about the first time or how it started, we always feel excited and amaze of the things that we will know and it also happened to Austria. Back then he was amazed to blogs/ websites about photography and especially to the national geographic. The national geographic inspired him the most and he just found out that his already inlove with it and with photo journalism when his in College.

How he improved his skills?

• He just practice taking pictures every day
• He always watched youtube tutorials about what angle or what shot suits to this kind of events
• His elementary teacher taught him on how to capture good photos and that teacher was his role model in photography, the advised the he got to him is “when you are taking a shot capture the moving objects or the action, not the “Jose Rizal pose”

Who is the photo journalist that he admired the most?

It’s Mr. Jeremy Sandel that he admired the most especially when it comes to photography. Based on his interpretation Mr. Sandel photographs focus on the mood not on the subject, that’s why he idolized him in taking a shot. Austria cited an example where the event is graduation, some photographers focus on the student wearing toga but Mr. Sandel will focus on the mood of the event where he can find the emotion of the subject.

What are his favorites in photo journalism?

• Subject- Before trees but now people and their emotions.
• Shot or photo that he captured- the picture of Sir Dino holding his camera. He said that he like it because it’s Sir Dino and his subject did not know that his taking a picture of him so the emotion that moment was genuine and that’s great in photo journalism especially when your subject is people.
• Event that he covered- MTV Evolution (concert) because there are many kind of people that you can capture because they are having different emotions where you can experiment to your shots.
• Mood/Emotion- deep, very dark and it’s like melancholic because usually many pictures are showing happy faces so he preferred the unusual one.

PHOTO JOURNALISM AND PHOTOGRAPHY

Based on James Austria when we say photography, you have the freedom to manipulate the photos and you can edit the subject example you want to add more hair to your subject, it is possible to photography. While in photo journalism everything should be real you can only change the brightness, exposure and contrast but you can’t add something to it.

PHOTO JOURNALISM VS PHOTOGRAPHY

“You can’t dispose any of this two because it is fun to do both” Austria said, but he chose photo journalism over photography and he compared this to the mainstream and indie film. He said that the mainstream is photography while indie film is the photo journalism where much real, raw and more attachment with the emotions.

TIPS IN PHOTO JOURNALISM

• Save a lot of memory for your camera
• Burst mode so you can take many pictures as you can.
• Don’t let you miss the important moment to capture.
• Don’t worry about your memory just take a shot and choose on it when you’re home.
• Be unique with your angle, don’t take a shot what many people captures so find another place that you have different angle.

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Related article: https://cleirevoyance.wordpress.com/2016/01/16/interview-with-a-campus-photo-journalist/

Perfect Strangers (Photo Journalism 2)

JUST A COIN FROM YOUR HEART

The woman with her son that slept in her arms was begging for a small amount of money to people who are going in that place.

The woman in the picture took my attention while I was on my way to Mcdonalds, Malolos, Bulacan. She asked people that going in this way to give her even a little amount of money for her family, as I observed some people put a coins in the can that she hold but majority of them used to ignored this woman. I also put some coins in the can and she gave me a smile and maybe that’s the sign of how thankful she is.

 

MEN IN MASK

Men run naked around the Bulacan State University, Malolos, Bulacan holding their placards that showed their advocacies

The men in mask are members of the Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity that run naked around the University to reveal the unresolved issues that really need attention. They pushed the issues about the commercial education, budget cut and justice for Lumads that written on their placards.

SELFIE

A group of girls was busy to took a group picture of them

They usually called our generation as a “selfie generation” because the youth today is loved to take a selfie wherever they are. There are many students in this place but this group of girls captured my attention because they are busy at that moment to take pictures of them while others are busy chatting or talking with their friends.

PhotoJournalism 1: Environment

Water Pollution

Hidden trashes on the creek in Ma. Lourdes Subdivision, Tabang, Plaridel, Bulacan

 

I always saw trashes in the creek in Ma.Lourdes subdivision, besides on the trashes that hiding in the corner of the creek you will notice the water is already polluted because of its color. When the water is in the low level, all the garbage under this creek will be seen. When I asked some resident in the place, they said that the people is continuously throwing their garbage in the creek.

 

Patriotism

The Police men while preparing for the singing of the national anthem

Before the Lupang Hinirang was being sang the police men already show their respect to our country, where they stand straight with their serious face. They don’t mind the sunlight and the heat coming from it, they just focus on the flag in front of them.  Showing respect is also the kind of love that the photo wants to say.

 

Sign

When the clouds get dark and heavy

You know that it will rain when you see the clouds get dark. Like our feelings it also became heavy when it is full and the water inside it will fall like the tears that you don’t know will tumble. I captured this photo when I saw the clouds is getting dark and I’m quite amaze on it, this view is in the CICT building in Bulacan State University.