Capturing Emotion

Photojournalism is the capturing of a story with photos, so a key piece of the story is the emotion of the people involved. There are some key ways to capture emotion. First, focus on the faces and zoom in very tight on them. By making the photo black and white, the viewer can no longer be distracted by any other aspect of the photo and the expression is the the main attraction. Also to contrast the photo many photographers step back and take a photo of the situation on an average day where no emotion is present.