A specialty track for emerging photographers.
Perfect for students active in Yearbook, journalism or visual arts.
Boston University’s Summer Journalism Academy introduces a specialty track for high school students focused on photojournalism. It’s a unique opportunity for students working for their school newspaper, magazine or yearbook, or simply interested in learning how to take great photos from a professional photojournalist.
With the world of news now viewed on everything from televisions to phones, visual reporting is becoming more important than ever. Most journalism outlets require their reporters to take pictures. A single image or short video clip can add greater detail and emotional punch to every written story.
Photojournalism track students will learn the basic use of a camera’s three creative controls. Students will learn how to:
- Set the camera’s ISO so they can use the camera in broad daylight, or dark of night.
- Use shutter speeds to stop action dead, or create the illusion of motion by using slower shutter speeds to create unusual and dynamic photos that catch a reader’s attention.
- Explore F-stops, which make the background blurry, or conversely, make everything appear sharp.
As the session progresses, students will take these skill sets into their own neighborhoods.
Photojournalism track students experience a similar schedule as other students participating in the Summer Journalism Academy — attending class online, receiving assignments, and reporting stories in their home towns.
The photojournalism track is taught by Stephen Haines, a veteran photojournalist and a lecturer at Boston University. He spent most of his career at The Boston Globe where he worked as a staff photographer, assignment and photo editor. He has taught at Boston University for 14 years where he concentrates on the creative controls of photography, teaching students to take powerful, storytelling photos from which readers can learn.
The photojournalism track is limited to 12 students per session.
REQUIREMENTS
- Text: A Short Course in Digital Photography, 4th edition, by Barbara London, Jim Stone.
- Camera: Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) camera that works in full manual mode, with at least an 8GB memory card. Students will need to set the ISO, f-stops and shutter speeds independently from one another. Other cameras will be considered with permission by the instructor: shaines@bu.edu.
- Computer: Access to the internet, and speed and memory capable of operating Adobe Photoshop
