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Shedding light on video (and still) photography
A high school journalism teacher got the attention of Poynter's Al Tompkins when she created YouTube videos that teach the basics of TV photojournalism. Al's Morning Multimedia for Feb. 28 highlights the work of Cyndy Green, a former TV photojournalist who now teaches in Stockton, Calif.

Tompkins writes:

So this is a lesson from Cyndy Green on how you can use your hand to figure out how shadows will fall on the subject you are capturing. Here is another easy-to-use Cyndy Green production, with tons of examples of how to use reflected light and shadows effectively.

Here is a great primer on the seven basic shots (wide, medium, close up, extreme close up, pan, tilt, zoom) that every person who is shooting video needs to know.

The tips will help still photographers, as well.  Great stuff.


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