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Reportage photography is one of the main and most popular genres of photography. If you open a random newspaper on any given day, you will see dozens of reportage photographs whose aim is to provide us with information about one event or another. This is the main purpose of reportage photography – with its help we can be partial to events taking place anywhere in the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anti-monopoly protests \u2013 Sofia, 21.02.2013. Sony A99, Carl Zeiss 135\/1.8, 12800ISO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You can say that the fathers of modern reportage photography were the legendary Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson. They changed the face of this genre when they created the photography agency Magnum which is still in business even today, transforming reportage photography from a simple illustration accompanying an informative text to an art form able to tell an entire story within a single frame. Their photos often did not need explanatory footnotes and were complete reports in their own right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Street photography<\/a>, as we have already said, is very similar to modern reportage photography and often one and the same photo can fall into both categories at the same time. That is because the object of both “street”<\/a> and reportage photography is one and the same. In both cases the aim is to capture the \u2018decisive moment\u2019 which must provide the viewer with the fullest possible account of the story being told by the photographer. So, the advice in our chapter on street photography is also applicable in reportage photography. The main difference between the two genres lies in the goals of the reporter. Their aim is to document a specific event or a series of events and to inform the community about what happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anti-monopoly protests \u2013 Sofia, 21.02.2013. Sony A99, Carl Zeiss 135\/1.8, 12800ISO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Anti-monopoly protests \u2013 Sofia, 21.02.2013. Sony A99, Carl Zeiss 135\/1.8, 12800ISO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The decisive moment is of key importance not only in street photography, but also in reportage photography. Sometimes a single photograph is worth more than a thousand words. Anti-monopoly protests \u2013 Sofia, 21.02.2013. Sony A900, Carl Zeiss 24-70\/2.8, 400ISO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Reportage photography covers sports events, concerts, street incidents, military events, etc. A reportage can also be simply an account of the life of people in an exotic country. Digital photography opens many opportunities for photographers who wish to work in the field of reportage photography. Without the extra costs for film, a photographer has unlimited opportunities to perfect their skills with a lot of practice. The fast transfer of digital data over the internet to the numerous photography agencies makes you highly competitive and gives you equal opportunities to everyone else and you no longer depend on the privileges of fast film development and copying at any time of the day and night in the dark rooms of the editorial offices which professional reportage photographers used to enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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19.02.2009 \u2013 paying respects at the Vasil Levski monument A decisive moment symbolically representing the current political situation at the time. This photograph was awarded by BG Press Photo and took part in the 2009 national exhibition. Sony A900, Sony 70-200\/2.8, 1000ISO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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19.02.2009 \u2013 paying respects at the Vasil Levski monument A self-explanatory multi-layered reportage photograph. Sony A900, Carl Zeiss 135\/1.8, 200ISO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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19.02.2009 \u2013 paying respects at the Vasil Levski monument Sony A900, Sony 70-200\/2.8, 1000ISO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A reportage photograph from a ballet class in Sofia led by the world famous ballerina Suzanne Farrell. I was looking for a point of view which would add a philosophical dimension to the photograph – the past, the future and their continuity. Sony DSLR A900, Sony 70-200\/2.8<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Rose festival, Kazanlak 08.06.2008 The mayor of Kazanlak is leading the procession along the main boulevard. Camera Fuji S5pro,Nikkor: 18-200VR<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Rose festival, Kazanlak 08.06.2008 Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, former heir presumptive to the throne and former prime minister of Bulgaria, talking to the Japanese ambassador, Mr. Takeda. Camera Fuji S5pro, Nikkor 18-200VR<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Reportage photography requires very good knowledge of your equipment and of the different genres of photography. “Shooting motion”<\/a> is an especially important tool because reportage photography comprises of many captured moments. If you do not use the right camera settings – low shutter speed, imprecise AF, etc., your sense of a captured moment alone will not make for a good photograph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Rose festival, Kazanlak 08.06.2008 High shutter speed – 1\/500 sec, is important to capture the right moment. Fuji S5pro, Nikkor 18-200VR<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wildfire in Strandzha – 22.07.2007 Massive wildfires consumed forests and agricultural fields in the summer of 2007. Locals were trying to contain the spread of the wildfire using materials at hand. Pentax K10, Pentax 70-300\/5.6<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wildfire in Strandzha – 22.07.2007 Massive wildfires consumed forests and agricultural fields in the summer of 2007. Locals were trying to contain the spread of the wildfire using materials at hand. Pentax K10,Pentax 70-300\/5.6<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Protests in front of the Parliament 29.07.2012 Sony A99,Carl Zeiss 24-70\/2.8<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Protesters are throwing toilet paper rolls at the Parliament. Sofia, 29.07.2012.Sony A99, Carl Zeiss 24-70\/2.8<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u2018Dance with me\u2019 protests Sofia, 02.07.2013 Sony A65, Carl Zeiss 16-80<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Reportage photograph from Sofia Folk Fest – 19.07.2009 Turkish dancers are getting ready to go on stage. Equipment used – Camera: Sony A900, Lens: Sony 70-200\/2.8<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The singer Raffi is collecting donations during a performance of Avenue Q – Sofia, 12.12.2017 Sony A99mk2,Carl Zeiss 24-70\/2.8<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2018A look at the audience\u2019 – when you shoot reportage of a concert, you should also turn the lens towards the audience, in order to capture some interesting scenes, situations and portraits. This makes for a fuller story from lots of different perspectives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Covering a sports event \u2013 a football match. Sony A900, Sony 70-200\/2.8<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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    Covering a sports event – a football match When the camera has high resolution, it is not a problem to magnify the image with good quality, sufficient enough to cut out the unnecessary parts of the frame. Equipment used \u2013 Sony A900, Sony 70-200\/2.8<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Never forget the main rule – when you shoot reportage photography be honest and objective at all cost, never allow yourself to be dishonest or manipulative, as easy as it may seem. Only in this case any recognition you will receive for your \u2018decisive moment\u2019 will be true!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    To me, photography is an art of observation. It is about finding something interesting in an ordinary place\u2026 I\u2019ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.
    Elliott Erwitt<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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