How to photograph a fire: A journalist's guide
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Not sure what to do when your editor sends you to a fire scene and tells you to take a camera? This journalist's guide from the Ohio Newspaper Association will show you what you need to know the next time you're sent to tell the story of a fire through photographs.
- Shooting the flames
- Arrive during the fire
- Find the location of the flames
- Change lenses depending on your location and purpose
- Keep your camera's exposure on automatic
- Types of shots
- Overall-scene shots
- Location-identifying shots
- Around-the-building shots
- Human-interest shots
- Look for sources of light
- Keep your camera steady
- Watch where you're going
- For Twitter and Instagram
- For your website
- Final tips to remember
- Stay alert
- Find the human side
- Take a lot of photos
View the guide, which includes tips and photos from award-winning photographers.
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