A visit from a Photojournalist

This week my Media class and I were lucky enough to meet a professional in the Media business his name was Andrew Johnstone.
He gave us a great insight into his trade and his equipment. Giving us some really good advice and skills we could use in our own work like the 7p's for example which are:
-Prior
-Preparation
-Planning
-Prevents
-Piss
-Poor
-Performance



He also gave us some good terms like Story and Issue and pointed out the differences, so an issue would be the basic root or a cause of a story for example "Some new houses being built"
A story however would be the effect of the issue so "Man struggles to find house as new ones are too expensive"

The equipment he showed us consisted of his main camera equipment. We were informed that the camera was of BBC broadcast quality and that brand new it would of been worth £4500 brand new but now it would be around £1500.
Here are some images and descriptions.

Front Image of the Camera

In this image of the camera we can see the wide angle lens that is fitted which allows the camera man to obtain a large field of view in order to get as much into the image as possible.
We can also see the microphone which is mounted higher just off the end of the handle.

Close up on Microphone

This image gives us a close look at the microphone, as you can see it is rather short as if it were longer than the microphone would be visible in the shot.
The furry exterior is there to make sure that the sound coming into the microphone is clear and realistic.

The Viewfinder

Here we can see the viewfinder for the camera. This is where the camera man will look down in order to achieve the perfect (most accurate shot) whilst the shot being recorded is pictured on a screen that folds out of the camera.
The viewfinder is protected by a layer of fabric which when filming helps to absorb sweat from the users eye to prevent it from going onto the glass below.

Flash light (Collapsed sun)

This is the main light which can be clipped on to the camera if you need more lighting. Even though it is adjustable brightness wise the light would be better served as a collapsed sun as it was so bright defiantly a useful tool in dark environments.