Here are some instructions, tips and hints to help make your photos more appealing and usable for the paper.
Photo Tips
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Action shots are always better than "staged" or "posed" photographs. They are more interesting, tell a story and will more likely lead the reader to read the accompanying story or information.
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Cose-ups on individuals are usually better than more distant shots that include "everyone." Although it's nice to get everyone at an event into a picture, it just isn't as attractive or useful.
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Needless to say, fuzzy or blurry pictures are unattractive and usually unusable.
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Of course, there needs to be plenty of light, or there is really nothing to see.
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To improve the chances of our using your photos, please keep in mind a couple of things: First, don't be shy. A good rule of thumb is that you should get as close to your subject as physically possible, and then take a step even closer. That way, faces will show up clearly, and readers can see the pastor's delighted smile at being handed a cheque.
If you force yourself to get in close to your subject, it also makes it more difficult to take photos of long line-ups of people, and that's probably for the better.Newspaper reproduction usually makes it impossible to see much detail in a photo that contains a dozen people.
Please keep it simple, and keep it close.Be creative. Rather than taking a picture of 10 people standing at the Bake Sale table, take a picture of your most senior (or junior) member, holding a slice of her famous 12-layer chocolate cake.
