What is the key to news photography?

1. News photography is a form with photographic images as the main form of expression. Its basic task is to report various new facts, which belongs to the category of journalism. It is wrong to think that news photography reports are both news reports and artistic creation.

2. News photography must follow the general principles of news work. Under the guidance of general principles, we must fully take care of the characteristics of its image performance, foster strengths and avoid weaknesses, and give full play to the power of its image reporting. The practice of ignoring the image characteristics of news photography should also be overcome. 3. News pictures are the combination of photographic images and text descriptions of various elements of news, and the requirements for them should be the same. For example, the content required to be reported should be a true story, and the image required to express this content should also be true feelings. We can't ask the written description to abide by the truth principle of news, but we can allow the image to express specious.

4. The image of news pictures should be a selective documentary of news scenes. This kind of picture image must be obtained by the photographer through the most representative plot and instant choice on the basis of on-site observation, rather than the product of "creation". The image of news pictures must abide by the principle of authenticity of news.

5. To measure the image of news photos, we must adhere to the standards of news, mainly the scene is true, the viewpoint is clear, and the atmosphere is rich; We can't impose the measurement standard of artistic photos on news photos, and demand that it be completely blamed. People often use "artistry" to measure the expressive force of news photos, which is not bad from the habit. However, when using this statement, we should pay attention to distinguish two different photos.