What Kind of Journalist Are You?
One of the topics that i am interested in as a photojournalist is travel. I love the idea of being able to travel the world while documenting cultures and differences between different geographical locations and feeding it back to people who do not have the opportunity to go and explore these places themselves giving them a greater idea and knowledge of the world. 1http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/ This URL shows exactly what i want to do where photojournalist fly to remote places, take extraordinary pictures then make the images easily accessible through their website, magazines and their tv channels. 2.http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/blueplanet/ This URL is about sea life around the world and has the latest technology in underwater photography enabling the viewer to experience animals in their natural habitats instead of in aquariums/zoo’s giving them more of a insight into how these animals live. 3.http://www.beargrylls.com/index.php/pictures-4/ Bear grylls is one of the most well known TV adventurers and host of many tv programmes such as man v wild and escape from the foreign legion. As well as going off into the wilderness in extreme places with little kit he then has to navigate his way out of danger while explaining what he is doing and why. A photographer and film crew are also with him and manage to get some shots of him in places that hardly anyone has and ever will be able to get to/survive in so it gives a idea of how vast and inhabitable some of the areas on this planet are. 4. http://thetravelphotographer.blogspot.co.uk/ This blog is written by a photographer who is currently travelling around the middle east documenting the sights he see’s learning the culture as he travels. 5 http://www.angusmurrayphoto.com/gallery/12462_353_908/ Angus mainly shoots golf images for magazines but he has also done some documentary work and travelled to many places but the photographs i feel look the best and are a style that i would like to imitate is his black and white images taken during his trip to cuba.
A topic that i haven’t really thought about but i think i would really enjoy is car/motorbike photography as i am very interested in the subject so feel i would be able to use my knowledge of the subject to take the best pictures for the viewers and subsiquently be able to write a very knowledgable write up about the images.
1.http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/Top-Gear-drives-the-fastest-Ferrari-ever-2012-09-21
2. http://www.m2autophoto.com/blog/
3. http://www.f1-photo.com/Gallery#/Gallery/Best%20of%20the%20best/p8
4. http://www.behance.net/gallery/advertising-photography-cars-motorbikes/3331501
5. http://www.xynamic.com/
Reflection.
In this lesson i feel it has helped me realise my goals and the field that i would like to work in. I know i already had a idea of what i would like to do but having a longer in depth think about it has confirmed what i would like to do in the future. The images that i have found are the kind of images that interest me and to be able to become a photojournalist and have the same opportunities the people that took those photographs have had would be a dream. Overall this has made me more motivated and determined to reach my goals.
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