Picture Stories Are Everywhere

This week's lecture on pictures and their importance to a story really interested me in the fact that just one photo can make a big difference in the world of journalism. The example of John Thurston's uncle's funeral photograph, shot by a young woman, was very incapsulating. It showed how it was possible to capture the emotion of a situation if shot a the right moment.

Bruce Redman spoke extensively the origins of picture back to the era of cavemen to the Sistine Chapel, to the high definition photographs we have today. All the elements of taking a picture (framing, focus, lighting, 'the moment') have fuelled me to respect photography on a whole new level.