In today’s fast paced world of 24X7 breaking news journalism, images play a major role in communicating to our readers the beauty or the horror of a brief moment in time. Photojournalists have to be on the scene quickly, think fast on their feet, compose the photo and record 1/500th of a second of history.

And while television and internet coverage give viewers around the world almost instantaneous access to events, the still photo is able to compete and even exceed the moving image, in level of impact. This is because still photographs give readers something tangible, to hold in their hands, and to view for as long as they wish.

The objective of this training program is to help the news photographers to improve their analytical skills to develop a visual vocabulary, leading to improved photographs and more constructive discussions of images. The workshop will help the participants to clinically analyze their methodology, which will include both technical aspects as well as strategic views.

• „„History of Photojournalism
• „„Digital photographic terms
• „„Psychology of Visual Communication
• „„Basic rules of composition
• „„Difference between Series, Reportage and Photo-essays
• „„Creative use of wide angle lenses
• „„Editing
• „„Importance of captions
• „„Picture selection
• „„Work of masters of photography
• „„Ethics and use of sensitive photographs
• „„What to look for in sports photography
• „„India a photojournalists paradise
• „„Projection and critique of works

„Target Group

Newspaper staff photographers, Magazine staff photographers„, „Feature photographers, „„Photo editors„, „Visual Journalists,„ „Assignment editors, „Freelance photographers.

Workshop Trainers

D.KrishnanD. Krishnan is a three decade veteran in photojournalism. He started his career with The Hindu in 1978 and had a stint with The Associated Press for over a decade. His assignments took him to the greatest sporting events of the world and to the remotest parts of India for features on human life and nature. During his tenure at The Hindu as Picture Editor, he headed a team of 150 photographers spread across India. His love for the city of Chennai is now a collection of over 10,000 images of the city. He also teaches Photojournalism at the Asian College of Journalism.

Yannick CormierYannick Cormier was born in France. In the early 2000s he worked in the studio Astre in Paris parallel to his photographic studies in CIFAP. He worked with magazines such as Vogue, Flair, Elle, Vanity Fair. He then began his career as a documentary photographer. He founded the agency Trikaya Photos in India, to showcase emerging photographers working on sensitive issues. His images have been published in various international magazines (OjodePez, Courrier international, Libération, The sunday guardian, Le Nouvel Observateur, The Hindu, etc...) and exhibited in India and abroad. was born in France.

Venue

Savera Hotel
146 Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai,
Mylapore, Chennai 600 004.
Tel: +91.44.2811 4700