Photojournalism Assignment

I was taking photos in the snow and this man was walking his dog through the park. He stopped to play with his dog by throwing snowballs up into the air. Due to the heavy snowfall the photo originally came out very monochromatic with little decipherable detail because of it, especially after the crop. I darkened, added contrast to, and sharpened the foreground (the man and his dog). The back I used a landscape gradient to lightly contrast and sharpen the branches in the upper right hand corner of the photo. 

Photojournalism Writing Assignment

This photo was taken by Christina Garcia Rodero in Saint Yves Baconois, Haiti.

Magnum does not provide the full story of how this photo came to be. It is clear that the photographer was in the right place at the right time. The motion of this woman's body as she is splashed with water from the waterfall exudes a undeniable presence. The smile is genuine and full of emotion. The movement behind her perfectly out of focus provides reality to this photo as well as an important balance between the subject who is stagnant and the changing background. This once again draws the attention to the woman enjoying the waterfall. Although her figure is in movement the shutter speed was just fast enough to capture the details of her body and the brilliant smile on her face.