Quick overview of services and taking images for Online distribution.

1. PHOTOGRAPHY
Online
Mike Johnston
about me
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2. CONTENTS
Flickr
Instagram
FaceBook
Tumblr
Pinterest
Google +
Cameras
Framing/Composing/ rule of 3rds
‘Real’ pictures?
Editing images
Media managing
Digging deeper
Best Practice
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3. FLICKR
Photosharing
Flickr is owned by Yahoo
and had been languishing
for a number of years.
Their recent iApp is a
rather late in the day
attempt to make up the
ground lost to Instragram
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4. I N S TAG R A M
(Statigram)
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5. U S E R S O F I N S TAG R A M
Celebrities
Journalists How they are using IG
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6. N E W F B - I N S TAG R A M
IG now on the web
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7. TUMBLR
for Photos/Photoblogs
http://www.londonshopfronts.com/
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8. PINTEREST
Curation
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9. GOOGLE +
for photographers
PDF guide here
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10. MOST POPULAR C AMERA?
Data from Flickr
Yep it’s the iPhone
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11. TA K I N G T H E P I C T U R E S
The frame
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12. TA K I N G T H E P I C T U R E S
The frame
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13. TA K I N G T H E P I C T U R E S
Composing
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14. TA K I N G T H E P I C T U R E S
The ‘rule of
thirds’
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15. TA K I N G T H E P I C T U R E S
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16. TA K I N G T H E P I C T U R E S
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17. TA K I N G T H E P I C T U R E S
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22. CROPPING
In app
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23. CROPPING
In app
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24. F I LT E R S - P R E S E T ‘ L O O K S ’
CameraBag
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Version 1 Version 2
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25. I M AG E E D I T I N G
Snapseed/ PhotoShop Express
Overview
Selective adjust
Using Snapseed (6min)
PS Express
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26. M E D I A M A N AG I N G
‘So many images’
PicBox
PhotoSync
Capture Image (via Mac)
Instragram images are heavily compressed. So if you want to archive your images you
need to manage that process.
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27. F I LT E R S - H OW ‘ R E A L’ A R E T H E P I X ?
Hipstamatic
Is it a serious journalist’s tool?
A ‘Grunts Life’ - an award winning example
On the other hand...‘Faux Vintage’
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28. BEST PRACTICE
• Simplify
• Balance the composition
• Focus on the subject/meaning - what are you trying to say?
Where do you stand?
When do you take the picture?
‘On being a Photographer Bill Jay’
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29. DIGGING DEEPER
further reading or directions for students
Explore
Light meter
Photographic basics
Animated gifs GifBoom, Loopcam, Cinemagram.
Animated gifs don’t work on some platforms. Tumblr - Yes. Flickr/IG - No.
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