Vol. 74/No. 7      February 22, 2010

High quality photos can truly be worth 1,000 words. When sending in an article, it is always good to think about what kind of picture would help illustrate it.

Here are a few suggested guidelines for those sending in photographs for the Militant:

Make sure they are in focus. This may seem elementary, but it takes practice. Get enough lighting. Most times you will need a flash for indoor or nighttime photos. Take photos from a variety of angles and send in the best ones.

For demonstrations, a large crowd shot is useful, but sometimes a better news photo is one that gets in closer and shows signs, banners, and expressions on people’s faces.

If you take close-up shots of individuals, ask the person for their name and how it is spelled.

Besides photos of demonstrations, protests, picket lines, strikes, and other political events, the Militant is always looking for shots that show distribution of the paper and Pathfinder books.

Digital photographs must be of high enough resolution for print quality, so set your camera to a high-resolution setting. The preferred file format is JPEG. A quality JPEG file will be at least one megabyte in size. Cell phone pictures are not usable.

Do not manipulate photos. Militant editorial volunteers are trained in adjusting photos to meet our printing specifications.

Make sure you send in all the necessary information. This includes: date and location, a brief caption saying what the photo shows, and names of individuals in the photo, especially of speakers or panels. Also specify who the photo should be credited to, for example: Militant/Jane Doe.

—Paul Mailhot  
 
 
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