CLOSED: 2011-Week 45 & 46 Photo Assignment - "Photojournalism"

[Steve Paxton]

What's black and white and read all over? Come on! You know the answer! A newspaper! Ok, what does a newspaper have to do with this week's assignment? The theme for the 45th weekly assignment of 2011 is "Photojournalism"! What exactly is photojournalism? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it as "...journalism in which written copy is subordinate to pictorial usually photographic presentation of news stories or in which a high proportion of pictorial presentation is used." What the heck does that mean? Well, this assignment is for you to interpret what photojournalism means to you. To me, photojournalism expresses a real event or moment in time. It's not staged or contrived. Photojournalism also conveys a feeling of black and white to many people because many of the images published in a newspaper over the years were traditionally black and white (although that has changed a lot).

This is a very broad assignment so don't feel too pinned down.The assignment closes at the end of the day on Sunday, November 20, 2011 - giving you plenty of time to participate!

Assignment Guidelines

• Weekly assignments have been setup to challenge you as a photographer. View the assignments as an opportunity to push yourself and grow. Here are the guidelines:
• You can enter as many images as you wish.
• Do the best you can to capture the images during the week of the assignment (however it is understandable that this may not always be possible - so do the best you can).
• The images must be captured and processed by you.
• Please resize your images to 1000 pixels wide (or smaller) before uploading them.
• You can attach or link to your images - just make sure that the images are displayed in this thread.

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[michjo]

This is a shot of a Coast Guard surf boat patrolling in Coos Bay, OR.

[Andrea Brewing]

Nice

[Steve Paxton]

This is a shot of a Coast Guard surf boat patrolling in Coos Bay, OR.

That's a cool shot! I love the black/white toning you applied.

[michjo]

Thanks.

[Andrea Brewing]

I "bought" (worked time off the clock in trade for) a Mac from work that has Adobe CS4 on it, so I am trying things. I am new to the Mac world and only a little familiar with Photoshop. This is what I same up with.

[marcoattilio]

That's a cool shot! I love the black/white toning you applied.

Ditto!

[Steve Paxton]

I snapped this image today while in Seattle. This gentleman's name is Buddy. He's 53 and has been homeless off and on his for his entire life.



I was actually out with my family when I contacted Buddy. My 7 year old son had his camera and snapped this pic of us.

[Michael]

I was hoping I'd be able to get something in to this contest before it closed.



An EMT helps Virginia football player Bill Schautz give the crowd a thumbs up as he leaves the field on a cart during the football game against FSU in Tallahassee, Florida on November 19, 2011.

[Steve Paxton]

Great shot! That definitely qualifies as photojournalism! It looks like you were pretty close to the action.