Introduction
Visuals in the newspapers are the one item that the readers react to immediately than the
words and they retain it. A renowned psychologist Albert Mehrabian (1981) has
demonstrated through experiments that 93% of communication is nonverbal. Photography is
a very powerful medium of visual communication. We see the world with the help of our
eyes that’s why visuals or images are important for every newspaper.
Photojournalism is taking photographs which tell a story. It is frequently used to explain still
images but it can also apply to news broadcasts. Photojournalism is distinguished from others
forms of journalism due to its qualities. The images must be timely, referring to the fact they
have meaning in context to recent event, they are objective, meaning the situation implied by
the image is a fair representation of the events in both content and time, and they are
narrative, which is when the images combine with other news elements to make the facts
relatable to the viewer and/or reader on a cultural level.
Photojournalism is a specialisation within photography; it is used in the media industry to
take news worthy photos of events. The important task of a photojournalist is to click images
to go along news items (both broadcast and print media like TV shows and
newspapers/magazine). A good news photo often explains the whole story before listening or
reading the text. Photographs by photojournalist capture the viewer’s attention and motivate
and lure the readers to continue listening to or reading the story.
Photojournalists always hunt for action pictures with expressions and uniqueness. Readers
always like to feel something was going on when photo was taken. The image with good
expression is always preferred in the newspaper industry. Photojournalist always captures
expression to tell the news in an effective manner. People like to have a glimpse of the action
that cannot be revisited in reality. Photojournalist takes the photographs of the unique
moments of people's lives to tell the story.
Photojournalists must make decisions instantly as well as carry their own equipment, all
while being exposed to different obstacles such as physical danger, weather, enormous
crowds, and much more. With the speeding increase in the evolution of Science, Technology
and gadgets have made its entrance almost at every point of life whether it is medical science,
vehicles, gadgets and even in the fourth pillar of democracy which we term as “Media”.
Photos plays an important role in each newspapers. The routin process of a photosection has
developed with the growth of digital technology in last 10 years in India. New technologies
have the potential to deliver news photos within the newsroom whithout wasting the time.
Digital technology is playing a significant role for making editorial-decision very quick. As
know a photojournalist can send his or her assignments without delay to the newsroom, and
editors can take their decision from outside the offices after check the photographs on their
mobiles or laptops.