Basic conditions for expressing the theme in news photography reports.

The rapid development of modern science and technology requires journalists to have the basic professional ability to engage in journalism. As a reporter of a trade newspaper and an editor of a government website, I have gained some exercise in my years of work practice. Here, I want to talk about the performance of news photography.

As we all know, news photography is an inseparable part of news work. It is a mode of communication characterized by news, documentary and immediacy. It conveys the big and small things happening all over the world to people in the form of pictures, and records the wonderful world that is changing rapidly through the lens.

Good news photos are good news, and the key is "discovery and performance". News photography must grasp the link of performance characteristics, because everything has its unique place, highlighting performance characteristics, which also highlights the news theme, avoids the generalization of news image, and photos have their distinctive personality.

News photography has a wide variety of objects, which can be manifested in all aspects of life in order to reflect some events in the real society. However, in the real society, people are the main body and the main body of all social activities. To reflect life and the theme of a work, news photography must be related to people's activities, and news photography is no exception. Photographic reporting is also a creative process. The author observes and accurately grasps the theme of the event with his own thinking. Through writing and photography, he praises and exposes the subject of events in the real society, spreads sudden major events, shows society and life, and expresses ourselves as journalists. Journalists themselves must first have good artistic and psychological qualities, and at the same time have a certain knowledge of literary writing and photography. They need to go beyond people's imagination and observation of things, express the theme of their works from special visual and analytical power, and make their works full of appeal and shock. Let people resonate to achieve the ultimate goal of the author's creation.

As a reporter, we should be good at discovering and digging in photography, looking for individuality in commonness and bright spots in different points.

The most important thing in news photography is to explain news events through performance. How does an excellent news photography work give readers strong attraction and appeal? The key points are as follows.

The first is to reveal the theme at the beginning. A group of news photography, like an article, must first reveal the theme clearly, which determines whether the reader can see the meaning of the report at a glance. In the opening photo, we can choose the scene where the event begins, or we can choose a powerful scene that can summarize the whole news event. Opening photos usually serve as news leads. Summarize the main contents of the special report in the text description of the opening photo, so that readers can have a preliminary concept of the report content first.

The second is to distinguish the main paragraphs of news. Expand the content in order and at different levels, and summarize the news events. But the paragraphs and levels of news photography are different from those of writing. Generally speaking, each paragraph in the news text is both a content and a level, which can be composed of one to several photos.

The third is to have a clear expressive force. After the initial completion of the whole news photo report, through our conception of news event report in advance, we choose the photos with distinctive expressive force from the photos taken. For example, the panoramic view of the venue, speeches by main figures, field trips, discussions, commendations, summary speeches and other on-site photos, and then select a group of exquisite news photos according to the chronological order of events.

The fourth is to distribute short text descriptions. Text description is generally divided into two parts in news photo reports: first, special photo reports, which are more in-depth and detailed, use more words, and select multiple photos and related text reports; One is the news of a single picture, which focuses on emergencies or typical major news and needs to be spread to the society and the public in time through the media. Relatively speaking, this kind of photo news reports, in addition to the typical infectious pictures, the text description plays the role of finishing touch, and the language should be refined when explaining the time, place, people and news lead of the incident.

With the rapid development of modern journalism and the improvement of modern tools, new changes have taken place in the form of news photography, but in any case, the discovery and performance of news photography will run through all our work practices. The difference is that we are required to be proficient in modern means and have a unique vision. You also need to have a certain writing skills, read more books on literature, history, law and relevant national laws and regulations, and even have a certain accomplishment in the fields of literature and art.

Photographers should strive to do the following in their specific work.

First of all, we should have a comprehensive and detailed understanding of the performance characteristics and functions of the hand-held camera, and keep the camera in the best condition at all times before the start of the photography work, so as to be handy in the work and ensure the smooth completion of the photography task.

Secondly, in order to accurately express news events, we should fully understand our subjects before shooting. For example, the whole process of preparing for a large conference requires taking photos, and then news reports are needed. Then according to the master meeting schedule and procedures, according to the focus of news reports, make a photography plan, so as to know fairly well. Flash is generally not used when shooting the panoramic view of the venue, because the flash index is generally within 10 ~ 20, so you can take satisfactory photos with the help of indoor natural light, and you can use a tripod to shoot at a slow speed. If the digital camera you use has a CF card, it is more convenient to adjust the shooting value, and you can complete the shooting task by adjusting the photosensitive value. In addition, you should take photos from multiple angles to get a panoramic view. When shooting important speeches, it is best to use a zoom lens of 20 ~ 80 mm, and at the same time, be careful not to shoot from the front as much as possible, so as to avoid closing the eyes of the subject due to the light of the flash, or causing red eye due to the specific optical effect of the flash. It is best to shoot at an angle of 30 ~ 40 degrees. When shooting the speeches of the main characters, we usually try to put the characters in an important position in the picture when composing the composition, and try to finish it in a short time to avoid unnecessary influence. In addition, we should also pay attention to whether there are notices and regulations prohibiting the use of flash lights in the venues. When you use a digital camera, you must improve the imaging rate, so as not to see clearly when you print or enlarge photos in the future because of the low imaging rate. Take notes when making a speech at the conference, so as not to be arrogant in the future. When shooting a panoramic view of an important conference venue, the picture composition should highlight the theme. Through reasonable composition, readers can see the theme that the creator wants to express at a glance. Try to shoot the title of the whole conference from a reasonable angle, increase the depth of field as much as possible when the indoor light allows, and ensure that the picture content is completely clear before and after. If there are obstacles in the room, try to avoid them when shooting, and try to make the picture composition perfect from different angles.

An excellent photographic work should make the subject look more perfect through the photographer's creation, that is to say, more vividly express the external performance and thoughts and feelings of the subject, and achieve the artistic effect of "having both form and spirit", both of which must be "both" and indispensable. We must distinguish between "photography" and "photography" conceptually. Photography is an artistic creation, and it simply reflects the subject. A good photographer will truly and accurately reflect the subject and create good news works.

In news photography, we sometimes need to take a snapshot at a critical moment. Many famous photographers in the world, when reporting important events, many excellent works are obtained through snapshot. These infectious news works have left a deep impression on historical events, which is the advantage of news photography reporting. How to capture vivid images in news photography reports is also something that our photographers should study. Mastering photographic moments is not an easy task. Photographers should not only have agile observation and certain basic photography skills, but also pay attention to the following:

First, understand the subject, try to understand the character and living habits. Only in this way can we find a new perspective, seize the opportunity, and fully display the news theme.

Second, we should be familiar with the development law of people's actions and events, handle news topics well, and choose the most representative moments correctly, so that the sense of scene and atmosphere can be fully expressed.

Third, pay attention to photo composition, instant capture, even the use of light, shadow, color and line, and the contrast and change of picture image, so that it does not deviate from the news theme or subject matter and has more news value.

In order to better express the news theme, we should understand and observe the scene environment, make the surrounding environment cooperate with the main characters, make better use of the environmental background to reveal the theme and express the content, make the work have stronger artistic appeal and achieve the real expression purpose of photography. We advocate that photographers give full play to their subjective initiative, that is, after being familiar with the scene, photographers exert their creativity mercilessly, so that their works can improve their expressive force and be recognized by the public, so as to achieve the goal of "a picture is worth a thousand words".