MOBILE PHOTOGRAPHYFor photos or video - the best camera is the one you always have with you

GROUNDBREAKING Citizen JOURNALISM - 2009

An anonymous cell phone video of Neda Soltan’s death in Iran won a Polk Award for International Reporting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d90bwM4No_M&feature=related

2010 HIPSTAMATIC GOES TO WAR

The New York Times’ Damon Winter’s award-winning war images:

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/finding-the-right-tool-to-tell-a-war-story/

The Rise of Raw Video 42% of all news video views in 2012 were “raw” or eyewitness accounts

CBS reporter Carter Evans recorded the Dorner shootout with his Smartphone

Verification Separates journalism from the crowd

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/18/business/media/in-omaha-manhole-fire-photo-logging-off-in-search-of-some-clues.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&_r=0

Storyful.com: verifiCation of social Video

http://storyful.com/case-studies/

Verifying and OBSCURING IMAGESfor HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTING

InformaCam - Creates enhanced encrypted information (time,place,camera) verifies context of image capture for witness of human rights violations

ObscuraCam - redacts faces in photo and videos

Android OS only

http://www.witness.org/cameras-everywhere/witness-labs

TIP #1: For audio or video: RECORD IN AIRPLANE MODE

TIP #2: Manage your memoryApps are a memory suck - close them when you use a

heavy app*Double-click the home button to display open apps.

Press and hold an icon to get close mode - then press minus to close apps

Today’s assignment

Working in teams, create a video on today’s mobile workshop on the iPad by the end of class

Length of less than one minute

We’ll use Videolicious

Use up to 10 photos or video clips

Use natural (ambient) sound or voice-over narration

CAMERA RESOLUTION

What is your phone camera’s resolution?

iPhone 4/4s - 2.2 mb photos

New generation Smartphones - up to 8 mb photos

Video - semi HD (1080 x 720)

iPhone5, new gen iPad & mini - full HD (1920 x 1080)

David Pogue is da man! http://www.davidpogue.com/

IMAGE IS EVERYTHINGGet close - fill the display

Digital zooms are worse than useless - crop in postproduction if you must

See if your app allows you to select the point of focus - tap & move the box

Same with exposure control - tap & move the circle

Focus Box and Exposure ring

FOLLOW THE LIGHT

Use the lighting to your advantage - natural or artificial

If you have a flash, experiment with turning it on and off in different lighting situations

Learn to use white balance if your phone has it

Using the light

BE STEADY

Learn to hold the camera steady - important for both stills and video

Where is the lens? Hold the opposite side

Keep your lens clean - it matters

Shoot video in 10 second sequences

Practice, Practice

Learn how to make classically beautiful compositions - rule of thirds - use the grid option on phone if you have it

HDR - “Ansel Adams button” makes multiple exposures and combines them for an expanded range of light and dark tones

Learn how to push the envelope - embrace failure and learn

EDIT (DELETE) LATER

Look at your images on a computer, see how they can be adjusted and only then decide to delete

Did I SayTAKE A LOT

OF PHOTOS?YesYesYes

Best Free APPS - iOS

Camera Awesome - still and video, independent focus and exposure controls, Awesomize (toning)

Instagram - Hipster-ize your photos, social photo sharing

Videolicious - combine up to 10 video clips & photos add voice-over

Camera Awesome!

Make your day – follow Koci Hernandez on Instagram

BEST ANDROID FREE APPS

Snapseed - photo and video, toning and sharing

Instagram - Hipster-ize your photos, social photo sharing

Multimedia - let me know if you find one you like!YouTube Capture coming soon!

ADD-ONS

iOS battery pack: http://www.mophie.com/

iOS Glif tripod adapter: http://www.studioneat.com/pages/glifoptions

Smartphone GorillaPod: http://joby.com/smartphones/griptight-gorillapod-stand

Smartphone mic adapter: http://store.smartphoneexperts.com/smartphone-audio-adapters.htm

Smartphone stereo mic: http://vericorder.com/mobile-journalism/mobile-reporting-hardware

APPS WORTH $pending ON

iMovie - $4.99 for iPhone & iPad

FiLMiC Pro- $4.99 - video focus, exposure, white balance, frame rate, audio meter

Pro Camera - $ 3.99 - powerful photography app

Recorder Pro - $.99 - audio recorder

RESOURCES

Mobile reporting: http://mobilemediatoolkit.org/

Guide to mobile reporting tools: http://www.rjionline.org/news/mobile-journalism-reporting-tools-guide

UC-Berkeley iPhone mobile reporting guide (PDF or free iBook) : http://mobilereportingguide.com/