Task 2: Photographic Genres that I'm interested in

Press photography/ Photojournalism

Press photographers take photographs to record news, current events and lifestyle stories. Their aim is to capture the best images in order to document an event, tell a story or convey a message. The pictures are then reproduced in newspapers, magazines and, increasingly, niche-market, web-based publications. 

 

Press photographers sometimes specialise in a particular field, such as sport, current events or entertainment. The market is very competitive and many work on a freelance basis, using good business skills to sell their photographs to news agencies or publications.

Press photography requires a combination of intuition, creativity and technical skills. Tasks commonly include:

• working closely with other people concerned with the story, such as journalists and picture editors, and agreeing the photographic requirements for a story;
• explaining technical photographic terminology to non-photographers;
• handling relevant administrative arrangements, such as timing, press passes, transport and access to restricted areas, venues and events;
• photographing events or personalities, noting details for photographic captions;
• adding relevant keywords to image files relating to the photographic content for library sites so the image is recognised in search engines;
• ensuring that all pictures are appropriate, processed, catalogued and ready in time to meet deadlines;
• preparing and sending digital photographs for newspaper publication to deadline;
• maintaining up-to-date knowledge about current news stories and any specialist areas;
• sourcing freelance photographers for a job or sourcing existing photographs if pushed to meet a deadline;
• arranging lighting and other requirements for magazine studio shoots;
• checking weather forecast and light values of areas and venues beforehand;
• maintaining photographic and electronic communications equipment.

Portrait Photography

Portrait photography or portraiture is photography of a person or group of people that displays the expression, personality, and mood of the subject. Like other types of portraiture, the focus of the photograph is usually the person's face, although the entire body and the background or context may be included. 

Photograph by Damon Baker

Commercial Photography


Commercial photography is photographic work done for commercial purposes, such as for magazine advertising, corporate publications, brochures, restaurant menus, etc. On a basic level, commercial photography involves a client that wants to sell or promote something for which they need photographs taken. 
Commercial photographs fall into many categories: 
* Photos may be taken of a product a business is trying to sell, such as a car or a piece of furniture. * Some businesses, like sports teams or real estate firms, may need aerial photography to show their stadium or property in an attractive way. * Architectural photography may be needed by a commercial builder or architect. * Photographs of food are seen everywhere from fast food menus to ads in culinary magazines. * And of course, most people are familiar with fashion photography, which appears in magazines, on billboards, on TV, and many other places.

Editorial Photography

Is simply said to be a photography that supports the printed word. That may be either news or advertising. 

As many readers may mistake this to be is type of a commercial for a product specially for fashion articles that needs visual to give the reader a perspective of what the article is all about. You might say it's a way also to attract readers to buy the magazine or news paper.