
What Makes a Good News Photograph | Show and Tell
Clip: Season 2020 Episode 17 | 7m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Deb Pastner + Kevin Martin from the Star Tribune teach us how to spot good news photos.
Deb Pastner + Kevin Martin from the Star Tribune teach us how to spot good news photos.
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What Makes a Good News Photograph | Show and Tell
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Deb Pastner + Kevin Martin from the Star Tribune teach us how to spot good news photos.
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SHE'S THE HEAD OF PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE "STAR TRIBUNE."
HERE, TOO, KEVIN MARTIN, ONE OF THE STRIB'S FINE PHOTO EDITORS.
GOOD TO SEE YOU BOTH.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
SO, DEB, FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T WORK IN THE BUSINESS, AND BEING CHIME IN, TOO, WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS OF A REALLY GOOD NEWS PHOTO?
>> YOU NEED TO BE THERE AT THE MOMENT.
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART AND THEN ALL THE OTHER PARTS THAT MAKE IT PERFECT AND SOME OF THE EXAM ALSO WE'LL BE SHOWING ARE LIGHT, EMOTION, COMPOSITION, OF COURSE, IF YOU GET ALL THOSE THINGS GOING, YOU'RE IN GREAT SHAPE.
AND YOU HAVE A GOOD KNOT TO.
>> Eric: WE HAVE A LOT OF PICTURES TO GO THROW.
THIS IS THE TRURNL RALLY IN OCTOBER?
>> YEAH, GREAT PHOTO BY JEFF WHEELER AND OF COURSE IF YOU WERE THERE, YOU WOULD KNOW TENSIONS WERE RUNNING HIGH OUTSIDE BUT THIS IS A WONDERFUL MOMENT THAT JEFF QUALITY WHERE THERE WAS SOME LEFTY AND YOU HAD THE POLICE STANDING GUARD AND PROTESTERS DECIDED TO BREAK OUT AND DANCE, WHICH WAS GREAT.
>> Cathy: THE SECOND PHOTO IS IN OUR FRIEND GLEN.
>> YES, GLEN, ONE OF OUR FABULOUS AND THIS IS SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR WHEN SHE ANNOUNCED HER CANADA SIGH FOR PRESIDENT.
>> WHY DO YOU LIKE THAT TO THE?
>> SOME OF THESE ARE HARD TO DO AND THIS IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF MOMENT, IT'S NOT JUST A PERSON AT A PODIUM, IT CAPTURES THE THEME, THAT YOU COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER MINNESOTA DAY THAN A SNOWY ONE AND TO SEE EVERYBODY FACES IN THE SUN AND HER BRUSHING THE SNOW OFF HER HAIR.
>> Eric: LET'S GO BACK TO A BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO, THIS IS OF THE EDINA THEATER, IS IT?
>> EDINA THEATER, 1942.
THESE * PEOPLE ATTENDING A SCREENING OF THE INVITERS, THIS IS NEAR 50th AND FRANCE, OF COURSE, AND THE BOY SCOUTS TO THE RIGHT SOLD WAR BONDS AND THE PEOPLE THAT BOUGHT WAR BONDS COULD COME AND WATCH THE FILM.
[Overlapping Conversation] >> Eric: IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT ONE, YOU SEE THE THEATER IN A STATE OF DISREPAIR HERE.
>> YEAH, 30 YEARS LATER, DURING THE REALLY ROUGH SUMMER OF TORNADOES, IT WAS KNOCKED DOWN, REALLY FASCINATED BY THE SAME PLACE THROUGH TIME.
>> Cathy: YOUR ARCHIVES, PHOTO ARCHIVES, THEY'RE GREAT.
LOVE THOSE HISTORIC PHOTOS.
DEB, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE US BACK INTRO THE DISTANT -- THE NEAR FUTURE AND YOUR PRESENT, I SHOULD SAY.
NUMBER 5 HERE WOULD BE -- WHO'S THAT?
>> THAT'S CALLED THE STATE FAIR.
IF YOU'VE SEEN NOT THAT AT THE STATE FAIR,IVE NOT BEEN THERE.
GREAT PHOTO BY LEILA.
>> TRIPLETS?
>> NO, TWINS WITH AN OLDER SISTER IN THE MIDDLE.
>> Eric: BEHIND THE COTTON CANDY MASK.
THAT'S FANTASTIC.
>> THAT'S A STATE FAIR.
>> Cathy: IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE iCONNICK SHOT, THAT'S ONE.
>> THIS IS FROM -- OUR NEWEST MEMBER OF THE STAFF, YOU WERE TALKING WITH MAYOR LARSON ABOUT THE STORMY SEAS OUT ON LAKE LAKE SUPERIOR, THIS IS THE NOVEMBER GALES WITH THE LIGHTHOUSE IN THE BACKGROUND.
>> Cathy: KEVIN, LET'S GO BACK TO SOME BLACK AND WHITE SHOTS.
THAT'S WEIRD.
>> Eric: WHAT ON EARTH IS THIS?
>> THIS IS 1972, THIS IS COLLEEN McGRATH WHO WAS THREE MONTHS OLD AND THEY RAN OUT OF CONVENTIONAL HOODS FOR OXYGEN, SO A VERY SMART NURSE PUT TOGETHER A STERILIZED PLASTIC SALAD DRESSING JAR AS A VENTILATOR.
>> Cathy: OKAY.
I DON'T THINK UNDER DO THAT TODAY.
>> NO.
>> Eric: MAYBE NOT.
>> Cathy: OKAY.
>> Eric: DEB, GO AHEAD, WHAT'S THIS HERE?
>> BESIDES CAPTURING ICONIC MOMENTS THAT REALLY SPEAK TO OUR STATE, WE DO IN-DEPTH STORIES AND WE DID AN AMAZING SERIES THIS YEAR AND THIS WAS THE MEDICAL WAIVER ISSUE SO THESE WERE TWO OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE COVERED.
>> Eric: NOW, THIS ONE IS REALLY STRANGE.
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
THIS IS NICOLLET PARK?
>> YEAH, 1955, THIS IS THE LAST SUNDAY MILLER'S BASEBALL GAME.
>> Eric: WHY IS IT BURNING?
>> THEY WERE COMMEMORATING THE ENDS OF THE PARK'S -- YOU CAN SEE THE ARCS, THE ORIGINAL ENTRY TO THE PARK.
>> Eric: THIS WAS A MODEL OF THE STADIUM?
>> YEP.
>> Eric: THIS WAS A PRECURSOR TO METROPOLITAN STADIUM IN BLOOMINGTON?
>> YES.
>> Eric: AND HERE WE ARE.
>> YES, IN 1982, OPENING DAY OF THE METRODOME AND THERE WAS A GROUP OF SAVE THE MET.
>> JULIAN EPSON AND HIS CREW OUT THERE.
>> THEY WERE TALE GATING AND PROTESTING AT THE SAME TIME.
>> Cathy: THAT IS A GOOD PHOTO, TRULY, AND THIS IS ALSO -- SPORTS PHOTO.
>> SO THE PHOTO YOU JUST SAW WAS PART OF THIS ESSAY, THIS IS THE "STAR TRIBUNE" ESSAY WE DID ON OPENING DAY THROUGH THE YEARS, SO YOU HAVE ROD CAREW SIGNING AN 8 GRAPH 50 YEARS AGO THIS PAST APRIL, DUSTIN BRIDE DUSTING OFF THE SNOW AND THE WARMEST OWNING DAY ON RECORD WAS 88 DEGREES.
>> Cathy: NOW, DEB, THE FINAL SHOT HERE.
>> Eric: VERY FAMILIAR.
RECENT.
>> THIS WAS VERY RECENT, HE GOT THE SHOT OF TYLER JOHNSON MAKING THAT TOUCHDOWN WHAT YOU COULD NOT SEE ON TV BUT WE CAPTURED IT IN A STILL PHOTO AND GREAT ENDING TO THAT GAME AND WE HAVE ANOTHER EXCITING GAME TOMORROW WITH THE VIKINGS AND WE'LL BE THERE.
>> Eric: WE WERE TALKING IN THE MEETING ABOUT, ARE THERE MANY VIDEO ICONIC IMAGES?
SEEMS TO ME THERE'S MORE OF STILL PHOTOGRAPHY, IWO JIMA OR THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE GUY GETTING -- >> THEY'RE DIFFERENT ENTITIES AND I'M GLAD YOU BRING UP VIDEO BECAUSE WHAT'S SO COOL ABOUT OUR STAFF NOW IS WE DON'T JUST DO STILL PHOTOGRAPHY, WE DO VIDEO, TOO, AND WE HAVE SOMEBODY DOING AN AWESOME JOB WITH THAT AND THAT'S WHAT THE 21st CENTURY IS FOR US NOW, NOT JUST PICTURES.
>> Cathy: I HAVE TO SAY, EVERYTHING THINGS THERE'S A PHOTOGRAPH WAR WITH THEIR SMART PHONE AND THAT'S COOL, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND I THINK -- SO HOW HAVE SMARTPHONES AND THAT UBIQUITOUS NATURE OF THE TECHNOLOGY, HAY HAS IT MAYBE CHANGED YOUR JOB IN A SENSE?
>> WELL, LIKE YOU SAID, EVERYBODY IS A PHOTOGRAPHER, EVERYBODY CAN DOCUMENT SOMETHING AND SOME OF THOSE PICTURES GO DOWN AS THEIR RECORD OF A MOMENT AND THAT'S OKAY.
I JUST THINK YOU HAVE TO RELY ON THE PHOTO JOURNALIST AT TIMES TO REALLY TRY TO TELL THE RIGHT STORY AND THE TRUTHFUL ONE.
>> Eric: LEAVE IT TO THE PROFESSIONALS, THAT'S WHAT I'LL SAY.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR COMING OVER.
A LOT OF FUN.
>> Cathy: GOOD WORK, BY THE
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