The topic we are going to discuss is the news pictures for the daily newspapers. Timeliness is the prime factor in news, whether it will be reported by the writer or the photographer. And just as there are news stories and feature stories, with an in-between hybrid called news-feature stories, so there are news and feature and news-feature photos.
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The News Pictures
A news picture is one that illustrates news of the day or, in case of events at distant points, provides the first available illustration. There are three kinds of pictures:
- the picture that shows the news happening;
- the picture of the agency or site or result of the event; and
- the personality shot, preferably with a spot news picture.
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The Feature Photos
A feature picture purport to show lighter and less urgent phases of the human drama. The news picture has the quality of immediacy; it demands to be published; if it is not published on receipt by one newspaper, a competitor will use it, which means its value is spoiled for the tardy one. The Feature picture has no such urgency.
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The News-Feature Photos
This type of photograph is rich in human interest but with only a minor reliance for its importance upon the news to be classed as a news feature picture. It tells no important news, yet, if not use quite promptly, is of no value.
Sources of Pictures
There are various sources of pictures to be used by the editorial staff of the different newspapers. Each publication, irrespective of the size and staff of the newspaper, has its own photographers including a photo laboratory and its accessories. News agencies also provide news-photos to their respective clients. Such pictures may be positives (direct from wire-photo or telephoto receivers, prints made from negatives received at the national bureau and delivered to the clients), mats (usually mailed to the clients), negatives (for color pictures or facsimiles.) Engravings can be made from pictures transcribed from facsimile, thus eliminating the necessity of waiting for prints from negatives. Facsimile is especially geared to newspapers that do not have wire-photo or telephoto receivers.
Other important sources of news photos are the government offices, the ministry of public information, the public information sections and or offices of the various public and private institutions, business offices, banking institutions, the different media networks and advertising agencies.
Next post will have some sample pictures, watch out! :)
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