Chapter 4. My Shooting Methodology
Lens (mm): 55, ISO: 200, Aperture: 8, Shutter: 1/350, Program: Aperture Priority
A U.S. soldier returns fire on the enemy from a rooftop in Buhriz, Iraq.
There’s an old cliché that practice makes perfect, and as much as I despise adages, it’s especially true in photojournalism. Perhaps practice doesn’t always lead to perfection, but if you practice enough it becomes routine. For instance, as you prepare to take a picture, you have many decisions to make before releasing the shutter—such as lens selection, ISO, f-stop, shutter speed, and white balance. Each photographic scenario is different, which means you ...
Get A Photojournalist’s Field Guide: In the trenches with combat photographer Stacy Pearsall now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
