Photojournalism

Visual News

Photojournalism gives you the opportunity to frame a situation from a visual point of view. The photographer frames an issue by directing the eye towards certain pieces of information. True, a camera doesn't lie; but as instant replay in football shows, each angle provides a different interpretation.

The ethical photographer will never "doctor" a photo to make something seem to exist when it wasn't actually there. The ethical photographer does not "flip" photos in photoshop. An amateur photographer takes a lot of grip-n-grin photos; a mature, professional photographer not only takes multiple pictures from multiple angles, but also obtains cutline information to identify everyone within the photograph.

Not only does a photographer frame a story through the angle and the crop in Photoshop, but it also occurs when writing a cutline. The typical two-sentence cutline leaves little room outside the 5Ws and 1H, but MUST provide background for any permanence.

Of course, it's tough to remember these things when you're also trying to get a story. We do the best we can. The following represent some of my better efforts.

Outside the chapel -- Alumnus Chester Johnson (right) tells UAM journalism students (from left) Danielle Kloap, Michael Ford and Linna Jones about St. Paul's Chapel. Giving up half of his Saturday to answer questions and show the group around, Johnson also treated the group to lunch followed by a trip to Wall Street and Battery Park.

Here it is -- F. Richard Jordan, M.D., holds his epidural electrode for spinal cord stimulation. European doctors use the device for angina, which is cardiac pain (heart), and ischemic pain in the legs.

Photos of the Smoky Mountains accompanied Glynn Wilson's original "Secret Vistas" as well as mine.

My photos accompanied Julie Gause's story on "Drought and the Family Farm.

Trappin' - Philip Baldwin puts together Beaver traps on Baldwin Lake. Baldwin believes central Arkansans worried about Lake Maumelle’s purity need to consider that environmental engineers proposed to work around the water source for 360,000 people ruined his private lake in Ferndale.

Kalim Holoch sinks Burns Park's 13th hole during the Arkansas State Disc Golf Championship.

First interview: American Legion Boys' State Gov. LeAndrew Cranford of North Little Rock High School relaxes in front of Hendrix College in Conway, Ark. A year later, Corrie Alexander became NLR's second consecutive student to be named Boys' State governor.

Piggy-back: Mayor Pat Hays gives a Sherman Park resident a lift during the National Night Out festivities.

High School Mentor: 1993 North Little Rock Teacher of the Year Carol Ann McAdams discusses drama plans with Stephanie Williams and Julie Robertson.

Steady ... Employees of Lowell North Construction and Paramax lower a dome cover for the WSR-88D radar used by North Little Rock's division of the National Weather Service. The Doppler radar's dome measures 11 meters (35 feet) in diameter.

OUCH!: Lou Scott, an elementary Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) officer, winces from receiving a Hepatitis B immunization shot from Paula Patton, a public health nurse of North Little Rock's Health Department. Sgt. Butch Swaim holds Scott's hand during the free clinic for the city's police officers.

Environmentalists: Dr. Doug Stevens and his wife Joy point to a 5.2-acre tract they purchased overlooking Lakewood Lake No. 1. The Stevens said they plan to preserve the land in its natural state.

Election Eve 1993: Tom McRae (left), a Democratic candidate in the most-watched lieutenant governor's race in Arkansas history, discusses issues with North Little Rock Community Relations Director Joe Smith. McRae lost to Rep. Mike Huckabee, who would later become governor of the state.

Leading the Parade: North Little Rock citizens took to the streets by the hundreds to support the National Night Out on Crime program. Sherman Park residents, accompanied by city leaders and police, march in protest of drugs and crime.