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MOBILE PHOTOGRAPHYFor photos or video - the best camera is the one you always have with you
GROUNDBREAKING Citizen JOURNALISM - 2009
An anonymous cell phone video of Neda Soltan’s death in Iran won a Polk Award for International Reporting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d90bwM4No_M&feature=related
2010 HIPSTAMATIC GOES TO WAR
The New York Times’ Damon Winter’s award-winning war images:
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/finding-the-right-tool-to-tell-a-war-story/
The Rise of Raw Video 42% of all news video views in 2012 were “raw” or eyewitness accounts
CBS reporter Carter Evans recorded the Dorner shootout with his Smartphone
Verification Separates journalism from the crowd
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/18/business/media/in-omaha-manhole-fire-photo-logging-off-in-search-of-some-clues.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&_r=0
Storyful.com: verifiCation of social Video
http://storyful.com/case-studies/
Verifying and OBSCURING IMAGESfor HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTING
InformaCam - Creates enhanced encrypted information (time,place,camera) verifies context of image capture for witness of human rights violations
ObscuraCam - redacts faces in photo and videos
Android OS only
http://www.witness.org/cameras-everywhere/witness-labs
TIP #1: For audio or video: RECORD IN AIRPLANE MODE
TIP #2: Manage your memoryApps are a memory suck - close them when you use a
heavy app*Double-click the home button to display open apps.
Press and hold an icon to get close mode - then press minus to close apps
Today’s assignment
Working in teams, create a video on today’s mobile workshop on the iPad by the end of class
Length of less than one minute
We’ll use Videolicious
Use up to 10 photos or video clips
Use natural (ambient) sound or voice-over narration
CAMERA RESOLUTION
What is your phone camera’s resolution?
iPhone 4/4s - 2.2 mb photos
New generation Smartphones - up to 8 mb photos
Video - semi HD (1080 x 720)
iPhone5, new gen iPad & mini - full HD (1920 x 1080)
David Pogue is da man! http://www.davidpogue.com/
IMAGE IS EVERYTHINGGet close - fill the display
Digital zooms are worse than useless - crop in postproduction if you must
See if your app allows you to select the point of focus - tap & move the box
Same with exposure control - tap & move the circle
Focus Box and Exposure ring
FOLLOW THE LIGHT
Use the lighting to your advantage - natural or artificial
If you have a flash, experiment with turning it on and off in different lighting situations
Learn to use white balance if your phone has it
Using the light
BE STEADY
Learn to hold the camera steady - important for both stills and video
Where is the lens? Hold the opposite side
Keep your lens clean - it matters
Shoot video in 10 second sequences
Practice, Practice
Learn how to make classically beautiful compositions - rule of thirds - use the grid option on phone if you have it
HDR - “Ansel Adams button” makes multiple exposures and combines them for an expanded range of light and dark tones
Learn how to push the envelope - embrace failure and learn
EDIT (DELETE) LATER
Look at your images on a computer, see how they can be adjusted and only then decide to delete
Did I SayTAKE A LOT
OF PHOTOS?YesYesYes
Best Free APPS - iOS
Camera Awesome - still and video, independent focus and exposure controls, Awesomize (toning)
Instagram - Hipster-ize your photos, social photo sharing
Videolicious - combine up to 10 video clips & photos add voice-over
Camera Awesome!
Make your day – follow Koci Hernandez on Instagram
BEST ANDROID FREE APPS
Snapseed - photo and video, toning and sharing
Instagram - Hipster-ize your photos, social photo sharing
Multimedia - let me know if you find one you like!YouTube Capture coming soon!
ADD-ONS
iOS battery pack: http://www.mophie.com/
iOS Glif tripod adapter: http://www.studioneat.com/pages/glifoptions
Smartphone GorillaPod: http://joby.com/smartphones/griptight-gorillapod-stand
Smartphone mic adapter: http://store.smartphoneexperts.com/smartphone-audio-adapters.htm
Smartphone stereo mic: http://vericorder.com/mobile-journalism/mobile-reporting-hardware
APPS WORTH $pending ON
iMovie - $4.99 for iPhone & iPad
FiLMiC Pro- $4.99 - video focus, exposure, white balance, frame rate, audio meter
Pro Camera - $ 3.99 - powerful photography app
Recorder Pro - $.99 - audio recorder
RESOURCES
Mobile reporting: http://mobilemediatoolkit.org/
Guide to mobile reporting tools: http://www.rjionline.org/news/mobile-journalism-reporting-tools-guide
UC-Berkeley iPhone mobile reporting guide (PDF or free iBook) : http://mobilereportingguide.com/