Figure 1-1.—Spot-news photographs.
Your control over the subject is generally limited
reader those events of a spot-news nature. You
to the camera angle and the instant of exposure. A
should do this faithfully without artistic interpretation
selection of lenses and your technical skills should
and faking. Your reader wants to know what
make the job easier. You are expected to move
happened, so show him. Do not tell a fairy tale. This
around your subject shooting from all sides to get
does not mean that you are restricted to only a 50mm
complete coverage, including long, medium, and
normal lens and one type of film. If a super-wide
closeup views. You are obligated to relate to the
lens heightens the dramatic effect without destroying
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