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Photography 101; Wednesday, Second Period [04/05].

"Hey, guys," Prompto lifted a hand with an apologetic sort of smile from the front of the classroom, "sorry about last week, but you're all Fandom students, you know how it goes. Sometimes, you just wake up as a puppy, right? Sounds like Gladio did a good job of giving you guys at least something for last week, so I figured we'd discuss a little bit about the doc he showed you, and then we'll try to get back on track. We covered fashion photography the week before last, so if you've still got those pictures for the homework floating around, let's show some of those off, and then we'll get into today's topic, which is going to be photojournalism.

"So...any questions or thoughts about last week's documentary? Or do we just want to jump right into looking at some photos and getting to our next photography career?"

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All about fashion, baby! If you even still remembered that you had fashion pictures to share, anyway! Asking questions or bringing up points from last week's documentary are also welcome, even if Prompto hasn't seen it himself. You could tell him all about it!

"Moving on to this week's topic," Prompto said with a faint grin, "photojournalism. You know the whole phrase, 'a picture is worth a thousand words'? That's sort of the crux of photojournalism, telling a story...usually an important and impactful one...with your photography! Usually, this is going to be something involving current news or hot topics, or issues that could use a little more light shed on them. It's a pretty common career for photographers, and kind of an important one. A photojournalist is the one who's recording all the current news for posterity, so that future generations have a visual reference for historical events or even just pieces of interest and biography, things like that. And the key thing to being a good photojournalist is trying to be impartial and honest: let the picture speak for itself, without any bias or influence, which is a lot harder than it sounds! But a good photojournalist will be able to capture images that inspire, inform,, and highlight important events or situations, maybe in ways that people may not have ever seen before."

With that, Prompto took a few more moments to talk about photojournalism as a whole and good tips and practices in that field, before delving into some examples. Sorry, guys. Since it was a pretty intense topic sometimes, this class was definitely going to be pretty lecture and example heavy, so at least there was no denial that Prompto was definitely back in full teaching form!

There's not really a whole lot to practice, as far as shots go, in the classroom, but it would be a good time to maybe bounce ideas for stories and pictures off your classmates or who knows? Maybe there's something inspirational there, too! What's a good topic to explore for a photojournalism angle for next week? What hot topics around the island could be worth delving into with the power of photography?