{"id":573890196,"date":"2017-09-11T18:17:22","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T23:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573890196"},"modified":"2017-10-09T12:41:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T17:41:23","slug":"i-do-almost-all-the-photographic-donts-sometimes-on-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2017\/09\/11\/i-do-almost-all-the-photographic-donts-sometimes-on-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"I do the photographic Don’ts – sometimes on purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"

I delivered a lecture on photojournalism composition to a graduate class today. So we talked about the rule of thirds and margins and the golden ratio and visual storytelling and all of that. <\/p>\n

My favorite section — after Step 1.) Removing the lens cap — is the Don’ts section. Don’t do grip and grin shots. Don’t shoot buildings. Don’t put people right up against a wall. Don’t let mergers creep into your shots. Don’t do the Facebook photo poses. You know, the let’s all get together and squat down, or throw fists on hips or, my favorite, just stand in front of a thing. It’s good for Facebook, not so much for the work you’re trying to do here. I show the students, who are always paying close and careful attention, several examples. I used this one of my mother-in-law for the Facebook photo: <\/p>\n

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Also, I need a haircut. <\/p>\n

Yesterday’s sports talk show from the sports talk guys:<\/p>\n