{"id":15324,"date":"2024-12-01T16:16:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T14:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?p=15324"},"modified":"2025-11-24T17:17:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:17:55","slug":"how-to-create-a-photo-series-ideas-themes-and-examples","status":"publish","type":"magazin","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/guide\/how-to-create-a-photo-series-ideas-themes-and-examples\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create a photo series &#8211; ideas, themes and examples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n    <div id=\"lead-in-block_805f7aabd86f611da2bd461bc3458e55\" class=\"block-lead-in typo--default font-size--xl has-spacing--m width--default\">\n        <h1>How to create a photo series &#8211; ideas, themes and examples.<\/h1>\n<p>A well-crafted photo series can be powerful and emotionally moving. In this article you will find valuable tips from photography professors.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\">\r\n    <span class=\"posted-on\"><a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/guide\/how-to-create-a-photo-series-ideas-themes-and-examples\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2024-12-01T16:16:11+02:00\">01.12.2024<\/time><\/a><\/span> <span class=\"byline\">Text: <span class=\"author vcard\">Finn Winkler<\/span><\/span><\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\r\n    <\/div>\n\n    <figure class=\"block-photo post__image--full has-spacing--m with-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Andy-Happel-1400x1228.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Andy-Happel-1400x1228.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Andy-Happel-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Andy-Happel-1024x898.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Andy-Happel-768x674.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Andy-Happel-1536x1347.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Andy-Happel-2048x1796.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Andy-Happel-1050x921.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Andy-Happel-670x588.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Andy-Happel-420x368.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Andy-Happel-350x307.jpg 350w\"\n                width=\"1400\" \n                height=\"1228\"\n                alt=\"Photo series by Andy Happel with young people in China in reddish light.\" \n            \/>\n            \n                            <span class=\"post__image__title\">Photos: Andy Happel<\/span>\n                    <\/div><!-- post__image__container -->\n\n        \n    <\/figure><!-- post__image -->\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--none\"><strong>Du suchst nach Ideen f\u00fcr eine <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/magazine-category\/awarded\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fotostory<\/a>?<\/strong> Jedes Foto wirkt immer st\u00e4rker, wenn es in ein gr\u00f6\u00dferes Projekt eingebettet ist. Deshalb ergibt es Sinn, fotografisch nicht nur in Einzelbildern zu denken. Du kannst stattdessen auch an einer ganzen Fotoserie arbeiten: Mit einer fesselnden Fotoserie kannst du Menschen ber\u00fchren. Sie kann kraftvoll und emotional bewegend sein. Au\u00dferdem kann sie eine ganze Geschichte durch eine visuelle Sequenz erz\u00e4hlen und dabei komplizierte Themen verst\u00e4ndlich machen. Spannende Fotoserien findest du in den unterschiedlichen Bereichen \u2013 in Zeitungen und Magazinen, aber auch in der PR und sogar in der Wissenschaft. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m has-spacing--default\"><br\/>Wenn du an einem Fotoprojekt arbeiten m\u00f6chtest, erfordert das sorgf\u00e4ltige Planung, Kreativit\u00e4t und eine solide Ausf\u00fchrung. In diesem Artikel geben dir Professor*innen des Studiengangs <u><a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/news-en\/application\/ten-reasons-to-study-visual-journalism\/\">Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography<\/a><\/u> kreative Ratschl\u00e4ge f\u00fcr eine sinnvolle Herangehensweise. Egal, ob du eine Serie f\u00fcr den Kunstunterricht fotografieren musst, gerade an deiner Bewerbungsmappe arbeitest oder f\u00fcr die Sch\u00fclerzeitung recherchierst: In diesem Beitrag findest du wertvolle Tipps und Tricks f\u00fcr deine Fotostory!<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-color-6-background-color has-background has-spacing--s\">\n<div class=\"pinned-block has-spacing--m\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"pinned-block__column--left\">\n    \n\n \n\n    <div id=\"lead-in-block_a3307386d0d4916477026623fcaa9e11\" class=\"block-lead-in typo--default font-size--xl has-spacing--xs width--default\">\n        <p><strong>Content<\/strong><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph is-style-typo--soehne has-spacing--xs\"><strong>\n  <a href=\"#1-themenfindung\">1. finding a topic. <\/a>\n<\/strong>What actually makes a good story? Tips for preliminary research and finding photo ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph is-style-typo--soehne has-spacing--xs\"><strong><a href=\"#2-fotografieren\">2. taking photos.<\/a> <\/strong>With the camera on site &#8211; and now? Dealing with light and shadow, color and how to avoid tunnel vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph is-style-typo--soehne has-spacing--xs\"><strong><a href=\"#3-bildauswahl-und-bildbearbeitung\">3. image selection and image editing.<\/a> <\/strong>Where to put all the photos? Recommendations for editing and manipulating your photo series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph is-style-typo--soehne has-spacing--none\"><strong><a href=\"#4-fazit\">4. conclusion:<\/a> <\/strong>The implementation from the idea to the finished photo project &#8211;<strong> <\/strong>here you will find all steps summarized once again.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"pinned-block__column--right\">\n    \n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"1-themenfindung\" class=\"wp-block-group has-spacing--m has-spacing--s\">\n    <div class=\"headline-block has-spacing--xs\">\n\n        <h2 class=\"post__headline\">1. finding a subject for a photo series<\/h2>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n    \n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--s\">Du solltest zun\u00e4chst Ideen sammeln. Vielleicht findest du ein Thema, das dich pers\u00f6nlich anspricht oder das einen interessanten Blickwinkel bietet. Es ist n\u00fctzlich, zu recherchieren, was andere Fotograf*innen in der Vergangenheit gemacht haben; schau dir Fotob\u00fccher oder <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/magazin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">erfolgreiche Foto-Websites <\/a>an und studiere, wie die Bilder komponiert wurden. Aber es ist auch eine gute Idee, nicht nur auf die Fotografie zu schauen: Kunst, Musik, Film und Literatur k\u00f6nnen ebenfalls eine gute Inspiration f\u00fcr deine Fotoserie sein. <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/prof-michael-hauri\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Professor Michael Hauri<\/a> erinnert sich: \u00abIch bin w\u00e4hrend meines Studiums immer in ein Antiquariat gegangen und habe mir alte Zeitschriften und Magazine angeschaut.\u00bb Du kannst dabei nach alten Ausgaben von fotografielastigen Medien wie beispielsweise National Geographic, mare oder Life suchen. Sie sind h\u00e4ufig ein guter Ausgangspunkt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\n    <div id=\"accordion-block_0963b9b27092ba86844a7f0f07fdae7a\" class=\"accordion has-spacing--s\">\n        <div class=\"accordion__title\">\n            <h5>Deepening: What is the difference between photo series, photo essay and photo reportage?  <\/h5>\n            <span><\/span>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion__text\">\n         <p>The term &#8220;photo series&#8221; is often used as a synonym for &#8220;photo spread,&#8221; including in this post. A photo series in the narrower sense is understood as a series of images that are similar in structure (for example, in terms of perspective, distance, light, colors). Other photographic narrative forms include the photo essay and photo reportage. The difference is that these two forms are more about a change of rhythm and distance. A reportage has a beginning and an end (an example is the photo reportage by Shirin Abedi on this page). With a photo essay, on the other hand, each photo often tells its own story, in line with an overarching theme (as an example, you can find Nanna Heitmann&#8217;s photo essay on this page).<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-color-7-background-color has-background has-spacing--s\">\n    <nav id=\"section-navigation-block_7c91751b672190a88c6e140171192970\" class=\"section-navigation has-spacing--xs\">\n        <ul>\n\n                \n                    <li>Mappenberatung<\/li>\n                \n            \n            \n                        \n                        \n\n            \n\n        <\/ul>\n        \n    <\/nav>\n\n\n\n \n\n    <div id=\"lead-in-block_14d991cc1b69c255f29dd959dd44c94b\" class=\"block-lead-in typo--soehne font-size--default has-spacing--m width--full\">\n        <p>Buche bis zu drei kostenlose Termine. W\u00e4hrend der Gespr\u00e4che beantworten wir deine Fragen zum Studium und zu deinem Portfolio.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"btn-wrapper has-spacing--xs\">\n        <a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/mappenberatung\/\" target=\"_blank\">TERMIN BUCHEN<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--none\">Auch die <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/stories\/\">Fotostorys der Studie<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/magazine-category\/awarded\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">renden des Studiengangs Visual Jo<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/stories\/\">urnalism and Documentary Photography<\/a> sind ein idealer Ausgangspunkt. Die Studierenden haben zahlreiche preisgekr\u00f6nte Fotoprojekte erstellt, die einzigartige Momente, Kulturen und Geschichten durch visuelles Storytelling einfangen. Die Projekte wurden unter anderem mit dem World Press Photo Award und dem Leica Oskar Barnack Award ausgezeichnet. Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/prof-christoph-bangert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christoph Bangert,<\/a> der fr\u00fcher als Fotograf f\u00fcr die New York Times auf der ganzen Welt unterwegs war, gibt den Tipp: <strong>\u00ab<\/strong>Es ist wichtig, ein Thema zu finden, das nicht nur dich selbst interessiert. Themen ben\u00f6tigen eine gewisse gesellschaftliche oder soziale Relevanz.<strong>\u00bb<\/strong> Wenn du eine Idee hast, kannst du beispielsweise mit deinem Freundeskreis dar\u00fcber diskutieren. Vielleicht gibt es einen bestimmten Aspekt, der besonders spannend ist? <br\/><br\/>H\u00e4ufig ist es aber trotzdem schwierig, ein Thema f\u00fcr ein Fotoprojekt zu finden, das sich auch relevant anf\u00fchlt. <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/prof-dr-karen-fromm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Karen Fromm<\/a>, Professorin und Kunstwissenschaftlerin, denkt dazu: <strong>\u00ab<\/strong>Um herauszufinden, ob ein Thema gesellschaftliche Relevanz hat, gibt es sicherlich nicht das eine ideale Bewertungsverfahren. Die  Relevanz eines Themas kann sich auch je nach Kontext und Zeit ver\u00e4ndern. Der Journalismus hat eigene Entscheidungsroutinen zur Bestimmung von Relevanz, die oft auch als Nachrichtenwert bezeichnet wird, entwickelt.\u00bb Prof. Karen Fromm hat deshalb eine Checkliste mit Fragen entworfen, die du dir bei der Ideen-Findung f\u00fcr deine Fotoserie selbst stellen kannst.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-spacing--m has-color-6-background-color has-background has-spacing--default\">\n<div class=\"pinned-block has-spacing--m\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"pinned-block__column--left\">\n    \n\n \n\n    <div id=\"lead-in-block_827c2636f2a56bece23ef4a062f5bf3a\" class=\"block-lead-in typo--soehne font-size--default has-spacing--xs width--default\">\n        <p><strong>Checklist: Relevance of a photo series<\/strong><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph is-style-typo--soehne has-spacing--xs\">1. does your topic have significance for the public? For a specific target group? For a larger group of people?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph is-style-typo--soehne has-spacing--xs\">2. do the events or topic you want to tell about have a larger impact, e.g. on a region, many people, etc.?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph is-style-typo--soehne has-spacing--xs\">3. does the topic have a current reference? Does it have a novelty connection?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph is-style-typo--soehne has-spacing--xs\">4. does the topic generate attention for a grievance?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph is-style-typo--soehne has-spacing--none\">5. does the topic provide orientation knowledge? Does it clarify about a context? Does it convey background?<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"pinned-block__column--right\">\n    \n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m has-spacing--default\">Furthermore, Prof. Karen Fromm recommends that you always ask yourself the classic W-questions for your topic idea: Who? What? When. Where. Why? How? What for? Basically, however, it is always true for them that you should base the idea for your photo series on facts and data that can be experienced and verified. Be guided by the criteria of accuracy, impartiality and independence! A vivid example of a photo story with social relevance is the work <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/story\/fotoserie\/shirin-abedi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>&#8220;<\/strong>May I have this dance?<strong>&#8220;<\/strong><\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/shirinabedi.visura.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shirin Abedi<\/a>. For this she accompanied ballet dancers in Iran. The project is important because it&#8217;s not just about ballet. Shirin&#8217;s photo series tells of the situation of young women who want to develop themselves in a system that despises women.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"pinned-block has-spacing--m\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"pinned-block__column--right\">\n    \n    <figure class=\"block-photo post__image--full has-spacing--xs with-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Shirin-Hochformat-1400x1854.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Shirin-Hochformat-1400x1854.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Shirin-Hochformat-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Shirin-Hochformat-773x1024.jpg 773w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Shirin-Hochformat-768x1017.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Shirin-Hochformat-1160x1536.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Shirin-Hochformat-1546x2048.jpg 1546w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Shirin-Hochformat-1050x1391.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Shirin-Hochformat-670x887.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Shirin-Hochformat-420x556.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Shirin-Hochformat-350x464.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Shirin-Hochformat-300x397.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Shirin-Hochformat-scaled.jpg 1933w\"\n                width=\"1400\" \n                height=\"1854\"\n                alt=\"\" \n            \/>\n            \n                            <span class=\"post__image__title\">\u00abMay I have this dance?\u00bb by Shirin Abedi<\/span>\n                    <\/div><!-- post__image__container -->\n\n        \n    <\/figure><!-- post__image -->\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"pinned-block__column--left\">\n    \n\n \n    \n    <div id=\"quote-block_a86c9232832ed801f175b9f8948d4fe4\" class=\"block-quote has-spacing--m\">\n        <figure class=\"quote\">\n            <blockquote>\n                <p>It&#8217;s important to find a topic that interests more than just yourself. Topics need a certain social or societal relevance.<\/p>\n            <\/blockquote>\n\n            <figcaption>\n\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"portrait--inline\" src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/prof_christoph_bangert_thumb_sw-52x52.jpg\" width=\"52\" height=\"52\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                            <span>Prof. Christoph Bangert<\/span>\n            <\/figcaption>\n            \n        <\/figure>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m has-spacing--default\">Of course, such research trips abroad are costly and require a lot of experience. That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s advisable to find a subject at your location for your photo series. It&#8217;s best if you don&#8217;t have to go far from home. Christoph Bangert advises: <strong>&#8220;<\/strong>It is always better to go from the big to the small. It&#8217;s best to start by finding just one protagonist.<strong>&#8220;<\/strong> For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/noraboerding.de\/proj\/waldzukunft-auf-saechsisch-leipziger-volkszeitung\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nora B\u00f6rding<\/a> accompanied the former forester Gerd Klamer for the Leipziger Volkszeitung. He walked 6000 kilometers through Germany to draw attention to the unfortunate situation of the local forests. Nora B\u00f6rding tells an impressive story about the fight for nature conservation with this photo series on a small scale.  <br\/><br\/>But a special place can also be an interesting subject. Former student <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helena-manhartsberger.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Helena Lea Manhartsberger<\/a> reports on a Viennese boxing club in her work <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helena-manhartsberger.com\/fight-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Fight Club&#8221;<\/a>. This functions as an intercultural meeting place between hostile people from Afghanistan and Chechnya. This photo series also visualizes a larger theme in a simple frame. Often, however, the biggest challenge is to find not only a topic, but also a protagonist. Christoph Bangert recounts from his own experience: <strong>&#8220;<\/strong>It always helps to have a large circle of acquaintances. There&#8217;s always that friend, a friend who can help you along.<strong>&#8220;<\/strong> Otherwise, Christoph Bangert thinks it&#8217;s important to explain honestly to people what you&#8217;re up to. <strong>&#8220;<\/strong>Take your responsibility seriously,&#8221; he advises. And, <strong>&#8220;<\/strong>Be nice. That&#8217;s the most important thing.<strong>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"tableau has-spacing--none\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"tableau__column--left\">\n    \n    <figure class=\"block-photo post__image--full has-spacing--m with-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Nora-Boerding-Hochformat-1400x1854.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Nora-Boerding-Hochformat-1400x1854.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Nora-Boerding-Hochformat-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Nora-Boerding-Hochformat-773x1024.jpg 773w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Nora-Boerding-Hochformat-768x1017.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Nora-Boerding-Hochformat-1160x1536.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Nora-Boerding-Hochformat-1546x2048.jpg 1546w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Nora-Boerding-Hochformat-1050x1391.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Nora-Boerding-Hochformat-670x887.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Nora-Boerding-Hochformat-420x556.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Nora-Boerding-Hochformat-350x464.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Nora-Boerding-Hochformat-300x397.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Nora-Boerding-Hochformat-scaled.jpg 1933w\"\n                width=\"1400\" \n                height=\"1854\"\n                alt=\"\" \n            \/>\n            \n                            <span class=\"post__image__title\">Nora B\u00f6rding accompanied the former forester Gerd Klamer for the Leipziger Volkszeitung.<\/span>\n                    <\/div><!-- post__image__container -->\n\n        \n    <\/figure><!-- post__image -->\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"tableau__column--right\">\n    \n    <figure class=\"block-photo post__image--full has-spacing--m with-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Helena-Hochformat-1400x1854.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Helena-Hochformat-1400x1854.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Helena-Hochformat-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Helena-Hochformat-773x1024.jpg 773w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Helena-Hochformat-768x1017.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Helena-Hochformat-1160x1536.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Helena-Hochformat-1546x2048.jpg 1546w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Helena-Hochformat-1050x1391.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Helena-Hochformat-670x887.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Helena-Hochformat-420x556.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Helena-Hochformat-350x464.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Helena-Hochformat-300x397.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Helena-Hochformat-scaled.jpg 1933w\"\n                width=\"1400\" \n                height=\"1854\"\n                alt=\"\" \n            \/>\n            \n                            <span class=\"post__image__title\">The photo project \u201cFight Club\u201d by Helena Lea Manhartsberger<\/span>\n                    <\/div><!-- post__image__container -->\n\n        \n    <\/figure><!-- post__image -->\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"2-fotografieren\" class=\"wp-block-group has-spacing--none\">\n    <div class=\"headline-block has-spacing--s\">\n\n        <h2 class=\"post__headline\">2. photographing a series of photos<\/h2>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n    \n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--none\">The important part<strong> <\/strong>when creating a photo series is, of course, taking pictures. For Prof. Karen Fromm, this involves, on the one hand, developing a suitable visual language bracket for a topic. For her, that means, <strong>&#8220;<\/strong>It&#8217;s not just about developing a visual signature that people recognize you with.<strong>&#8220;<\/strong> For her, it&#8217;s much more essential that the stylistic means fit the respective theme. Karen Fromm points out, <strong>&#8220;<\/strong>The imagery becomes part of the meaning of your work.<strong>&#8220;<\/strong> <br\/><br\/>From experience, dealing with your own photographic equipment on location is usually more difficult than you might expect. In practice, it can quickly happen that you set the wrong settings on your camera in your excitement. If you&#8217;re unlucky, you end up using the wrong exposure, for example, or can&#8217;t focus. For <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/prof-michael-trippel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Professor Michael Trippel<\/a>, who used to be a staff photographer at Stern, one thing is clear: <strong>&#8220;<\/strong>It&#8217;s very important that you master your camera blindly. You have to know how to change to f\/4 on the dial even in the dark.<strong>&#8220;<\/strong> <br\/><br\/>It makes similar sense for Professor Trippel to be on site beforehand and look around a bit. He says, <strong>&#8220;<\/strong>I always look at the light. Is there any incident light or back light outside that I can use somehow? Or is there only subdued light?<strong>&#8220;<\/strong> Because light is essential in photography. You can use it to highlight certain aspects of each image. By doing this, you&#8217;ll help the viewer focus on what&#8217;s important. For example, <a href=\"http:\/\/agataphotography.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Agata Szymanska-Medina<\/a> documented a group of charcoal burners making charcoal the old-fashioned way in the Polish Carpathian Mountains. The skillful use of light gives her picture of the coal furnaces a special drama.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"pinned-block has-spacing--none\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"pinned-block__column--right\">\n    \n    <figure class=\"block-photo post__image--full has-spacing--m with-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lost-Paradise-_MG_2036-1536x1024-1-1400x933.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lost-Paradise-_MG_2036-1536x1024-1-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lost-Paradise-_MG_2036-1536x1024-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lost-Paradise-_MG_2036-1536x1024-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lost-Paradise-_MG_2036-1536x1024-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lost-Paradise-_MG_2036-1536x1024-1-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lost-Paradise-_MG_2036-1536x1024-1-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lost-Paradise-_MG_2036-1536x1024-1-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lost-Paradise-_MG_2036-1536x1024-1-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lost-Paradise-_MG_2036-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w\"\n                width=\"1400\" \n                height=\"933\"\n                alt=\"\" \n            \/>\n            \n                            <span class=\"post__image__title\">Photography from the series &quot;Lost Paradise&quot; by Agata Szymanska-Medina.<\/span>\n                    <\/div><!-- post__image__container -->\n\n        \n    <\/figure><!-- post__image -->\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"pinned-block__column--left\">\n    \n\n \n    \n    <div id=\"quote-block_d526037dde8f5507ed55fb8122a8f996\" class=\"block-quote has-spacing--m\">\n        <figure class=\"quote\">\n            <blockquote>\n                <p>The visual language becomes part of the meaning of your work.<\/p>\n            <\/blockquote>\n\n            <figcaption>\n\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"portrait--inline\" src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Prof_Dr_Karen_Fromm_thumb-1-52x52.jpg\" width=\"52\" height=\"52\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                            <span>Prof. Dr. Karen Fromm<\/span>\n            <\/figcaption>\n            \n        <\/figure>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m has-spacing--default\">Light often looks best when it doesn&#8217;t come directly from above. Faces in particular look more interesting when lit from the side. Therefore, one of the best sources of light are windows. Through them you often have a soft light from the side even during the day. This provides good lighting, especially for portraits. Ceiling light, on the other hand, often looks much more unattractive and boring. Especially when you visit your protagonists at home, you can work well with window light.  <br\/><br\/>A great example is a portrait from Fran\u00e7ois Klein&#8217;s <strong>&#8220;<\/strong>Isaya&#8217;s Dream<strong>&#8220;<\/strong> series. The image is characterized by a soft, gentle light from the side. For Michael Trippel, from a journalistic point of view, it is perfectly okay to switch off the ceiling lamp indoors if in doubt. He remembers: <strong>&#8220;<\/strong>I always photographed with available light and without flash if possible &#8211; as long as the picture was still sharp. That goes up to a handheld exposure time of 1\/30 of a second.<strong>&#8220;<\/strong> <br\/><br\/>You can also influence the lighting mood of your images by selecting the time of day. For example, student <a href=\"http:\/\/jonaskako.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jonas Kako<\/a> photographed a <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/story\/fotoserie\/jonas-kako-colorado-river\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">piece on the drying up of the Colorado River<\/a>. To do this, he frequently traveled through desert areas in the USA. The light there during the day is excessively bright and harsh &#8211; for photography this is usually quite unfavorable. Jonas Kako therefore decided to shoot mainly in the morning and evening. Due to the lower position of the sun, the light then comes from a flatter angle and has a warm color temperature. This provides atmospheric lighting. The two photographers <a href=\"https:\/\/volkercrone.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Volker Crone<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rafael-heygster.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rafael Heygster<\/a> traveled through Germany together for DER SPIEGEL magazine in the summer of 2021. In the process, they documented the mood before the federal election. Through the use of flash, her images seem like scenes from a play.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"pinned-block has-spacing--xs\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"pinned-block__column--left\">\n    \n    <figure class=\"block-photo post__image--wide-left has-spacing--m with-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/19Francois_Klein-1-1050x700.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/19Francois_Klein-1-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/19Francois_Klein-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/19Francois_Klein-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/19Francois_Klein-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/19Francois_Klein-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/19Francois_Klein-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/19Francois_Klein-1-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/19Francois_Klein-1-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/19Francois_Klein-1-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/19Francois_Klein-1-350x233.jpg 350w\"\n                width=\"1050\" \n                height=\"700\"\n                alt=\"\" \n            \/>\n            \n                            <span class=\"post__image__title\">Photography from the series &quot;Isaya&#039;s Dream&quot; by Fran\u00e7ois X. Klein.<\/span>\n                    <\/div><!-- post__image__container -->\n\n        \n    <\/figure><!-- post__image -->\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"pinned-block__column--right\">\n    \n\n \n    \n    <div id=\"quote-block_ec3aba63300fd11012925590b510419b\" class=\"block-quote has-spacing--m\">\n        <figure class=\"quote\">\n            <blockquote>\n                <p>It is essential that you control your camera blindly.<\/p>\n            <\/blockquote>\n\n            <figcaption>\n\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"portrait--inline\" src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/prof_michael_trippel_thumb-1-52x52.jpg\" width=\"52\" height=\"52\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                            <span>Prof. Michael Trippel<\/span>\n            <\/figcaption>\n            \n        <\/figure>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m has-spacing--default\">Another important factor in building a photo series is perspective. This is all about where you stand when you take each picture and the angles you choose for the shots. By playing with different perspectives within a series, you can create variety: try not to always shoot everything at eye level. Maybe there is another perspective that is more exciting? By alternating, you keep the viewer engaged, while also being able to highlight different aspects of your work. Photographer <a href=\"http:\/\/chatard.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daniel Chatard<\/a> used sometimes extreme panoramic shots in his work on coal mining in North Rhine-Westphalia. This makes the dimensions of the lignite excavators clear. He shows the people concerned and their respective homes in more detail. An interesting contrast is created.  <br\/><br\/>For Professor Michael Trippel, however, it&#8217;s also important not to overdo it when it comes to looking for interesting perspectives: <strong>&#8220;<\/strong>Sometimes I&#8217;ve noticed that I&#8217;m just constantly bending my knees or climbing up somewhere. Then it was actually always clear to me that I was just lost.<strong>&#8220;<\/strong> In such situations, he advises taking a break and breathing deeply to get out of the tunnel. For example, you can pay attention to what you currently hear or smell. All of this can help you refocus on what&#8217;s important. Finally, when creating a photo series, don&#8217;t overlook the color palette: Consistent color tones across all images will help tie them together better. Of course, it is often difficult to control the colors of a location in a reportage. Nevertheless, there are numerous photographers who deal with colors in their work in an impressive way.  <br\/><br\/>The student <a href=\"https:\/\/emileducke.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emile Ducke<\/a>, for example, is a master at using colors skilfully: In his multi-award-winning reportage <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/story\/fotoserie\/emile-ducke-diagnosis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>&#8220;<\/strong>Diagnosis,<\/a><strong>&#8220;<\/strong> he relied primarily on soft blues and pastel tones. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ahappel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andy Happel<\/a>, on the other hand, used very intense color tones in his portrait series on the lives of young people in China. His images are thus reminiscent of the lighting of famous neo-noir films.<\/p>\n    <figure class=\"block-photo post__image--wide-left has-spacing--m with-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Daniel-Chatard-Tryptichon-1050x786.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Daniel-Chatard-Tryptichon-1050x786.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Daniel-Chatard-Tryptichon-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Daniel-Chatard-Tryptichon-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Daniel-Chatard-Tryptichon-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Daniel-Chatard-Tryptichon-1536x1149.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Daniel-Chatard-Tryptichon-2048x1532.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Daniel-Chatard-Tryptichon-1400x1048.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Daniel-Chatard-Tryptichon-670x501.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Daniel-Chatard-Tryptichon-420x314.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Daniel-Chatard-Tryptichon-350x262.jpg 350w\"\n                width=\"1050\" \n                height=\"786\"\n                alt=\"\" \n            \/>\n            \n                            <span class=\"post__image__title\">The series \u201cNo Man&#039;s Land\u201d by Daniel Chatard deals with coal mining in North Rhine-Westphalia<\/span>\n                    <\/div><!-- post__image__container -->\n\n        \n    <\/figure><!-- post__image -->\n\n    <figure class=\"block-photo post__image--wide-left has-spacing--m with-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emile-Tryptichon-1050x786.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emile-Tryptichon-1050x786.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emile-Tryptichon-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emile-Tryptichon-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emile-Tryptichon-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emile-Tryptichon-1536x1149.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emile-Tryptichon-2048x1532.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emile-Tryptichon-1400x1048.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emile-Tryptichon-670x501.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emile-Tryptichon-420x314.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emile-Tryptichon-350x262.jpg 350w\"\n                width=\"1050\" \n                height=\"786\"\n                alt=\"\" \n            \/>\n            \n                            <span class=\"post__image__title\">Photos from the series \u201cDiagnosis\u201d by Emile Ducke<\/span>\n                    <\/div><!-- post__image__container -->\n\n        \n    <\/figure><!-- post__image -->\n\n\n<div id=\"3-bildauswahl-und-bildbearbeitung\" class=\"wp-block-group has-spacing--none\">\n    <div class=\"headline-block has-spacing--s\">\n\n        <h2 class=\"post__headline\">3. image selection and image editing for a photo series<\/h2>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n    \n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m has-spacing--default\">If after photographing you<strong> <\/strong>back home, the next step is to select and edit the images<strong>.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/prof-lars-bauernschmitt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Professor Lars Bauernschmitt<\/a>, who was managing director of the VISUM photo agency in Hamburg from 1993 to 2008, advises image editing: <strong>&#8220;<\/strong>Less is more. Avoid effects. Work with the automatic editing options at the beginning. Trust your image.<strong>&#8220;<\/strong> If you&#8217;re shooting in RAW, though, be sure to adjust the white balance. This makes the images look more uniform.  <br\/><br\/>Lars Bauernschmitt recommends picking out the ten to twenty best photos afterwards and printing them out: <strong>&#8220;<\/strong>You can arrange the pictures according to the chronological order in which something happened.<strong>&#8220;<\/strong> For Lars Bauernschmitt, this is the easiest way to bring order to your pictures. For example, Patrick Junker&#8217;s touching work follows Gerd Kuck, who suffered from an incurable heart muscle inflammation. He had to wait more than ten years for a donor heart. In his final selection of images, Patrick addresses the time before the operation, the operation itself and also the time afterwards.<br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"pinned-block has-spacing--none\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"pinned-block__column--right\">\n    \n    <figure class=\"block-photo post__image--wide-left has-spacing--m with-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Patrick-Junker-Hochformat-1050x1391.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Patrick-Junker-Hochformat-1050x1391.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Patrick-Junker-Hochformat-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Patrick-Junker-Hochformat-773x1024.jpg 773w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Patrick-Junker-Hochformat-768x1017.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Patrick-Junker-Hochformat-1160x1536.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Patrick-Junker-Hochformat-1546x2048.jpg 1546w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Patrick-Junker-Hochformat-1400x1854.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Patrick-Junker-Hochformat-670x887.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Patrick-Junker-Hochformat-420x556.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Patrick-Junker-Hochformat-350x464.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Patrick-Junker-Hochformat-300x397.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tryptichon-Patrick-Junker-Hochformat-scaled.jpg 1933w\"\n                width=\"1050\" \n                height=\"1391\"\n                alt=\"\" \n            \/>\n            \n                            <span class=\"post__image__title\">Final selection of the photo project \u201c3804 Days\u201d by Patrick Junker<\/span>\n                    <\/div><!-- post__image__container -->\n\n        \n    <\/figure><!-- post__image -->\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"pinned-block__column--left\">\n    \n\n \n    \n    <div id=\"quote-block_6ee292094adcbe8d1dd73836ad4ee9ce\" class=\"block-quote has-spacing--m\">\n        <figure class=\"quote\">\n            <blockquote>\n                <p>You should ask yourself: do my photos really convey information to people who weren&#8217;t there?<\/p>\n            <\/blockquote>\n\n            <figcaption>\n\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"portrait--inline\" src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/prof_lars_bauernschmitt_thumb-1-52x52.jpg\" width=\"52\" height=\"52\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                            <span>Prof. Lars Bauernschmitt<\/span>\n            <\/figcaption>\n            \n        <\/figure>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m has-spacing--default\">Aber Lars Bauernschmitt gibt auch zu bedenken: <strong>\u00ab<\/strong>Du selbst wei\u00dft, was du fotografiert hast. Wenn du deine Bilder betrachtest, kommen alle Erinnerungen an das Fotografieren hoch. Du erinnerst dich beim Betrachten deiner Bilder auch an Ger\u00e4usche oder Ger\u00fcche. Du musst dich aber fragen: Transportieren meine Fotos auch wirklich Informationen f\u00fcr Menschen, die nicht dabei waren?<strong>\u00bb<\/strong>  Er gibt deshalb den Tipp, mit deinen Freund*innen \u00fcber deine Bilder zu sprechen: <strong>\u00ab<\/strong>Gib Ihnen zun\u00e4chst m\u00f6glichst gar keine Erkl\u00e4rungen zu den Bildern, sondern lass sie ihre Eindr\u00fccke formulieren. Erkennen sie, was du zeigen wolltest? Oder sehen sie wichtige Details nicht \u2013 weil sie im Bild vielleicht nicht gut erkennbar sind?<strong>\u00bb<\/strong> Er r\u00e4t, in dem Fall die jeweilige Situation noch einmal anders zu fotografieren \u2013 vielleicht aus anderer Perspektive und Distanz.  <br\/><br\/>Abschlie\u00dfend gibt Lars Bauernschmitt den Tipp, deine Geschichte in m\u00f6glichst wenigen Bildern zu erz\u00e4hlen. Liefert ein Bild wirklich einen neuen Aspekt oder ist es nur eine Wiederholung von etwas, das du schon gezeigt hast? <strong>\u00ab<\/strong>Du kannst das auch \u00fcberpr\u00fcfen, indem du die Bilder in Worten beschreibst \u2013 sprich mit dir selbst,<strong>\u00bb<\/strong> empfiehlt Lars Bauernschmitt.\u00a0<br\/><br\/>Wenn du alles fertiggestellt hast, teile es online! Durch das Posten auf Social-Media-Plattformen k\u00f6nnen andere leicht auf deine Arbeit zugreifen und sich mit ihr auseinandersetzen. Es gibt zahlreiche solcher sozialen Netzwerke wie Fotocommunity, Flickr oder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/visualjournalism.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, die sich explizit mit Fotografie besch\u00e4ftigen. Du kannst deine Bilder je nach Wunsch einzeln posten oder eine Galerie anlegen. Verwende Hashtags, die sich auf die jeweiligen Themen beziehen, um online besser wahrgenommen zu werden. Damit erh\u00f6hst du auch die Chancen auf eine m\u00f6gliche Zusammenarbeit mit anderen Kreativen aus \u00e4hnlichen Genres. Finde Freunde auf diese Weise und tausche dich mit ihnen aus! (Aber sei im Internet nat\u00fcrlich immer vorsichtig.) Auch f\u00fcr professionelle Fotograf*innen ist dieser Austausch wichtig: Sie haben h\u00e4ufig eine Fotocommunity im echten Leben. Das hilft ihnen, wenn sie mal eine Frage zur Technik oder zur Vorbereitung auf eine Reise haben. Das kann auch eine vielversprechende M\u00f6glichkeit sein, neue Projekt-Ideen zu finden.<\/p>\n\n\n    <figure class=\"block-photo post__image--wide-left has-spacing--xs with-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-1-1-1050x1716.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-1-1-1050x1716.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-1-1-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-1-1-627x1024.jpg 627w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-1-1-768x1255.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-1-1-940x1536.jpg 940w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-1-1-1253x2048.jpg 1253w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-1-1-1920x3138.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-1-1-1400x2288.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-1-1-670x1095.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-1-1-420x686.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-1-1-350x572.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-1-1-300x490.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-1-1-150x245.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-1-1-scaled.jpg 1566w\"\n                width=\"1050\" \n                height=\"1716\"\n                alt=\"\" \n            \/>\n            \n                            <span class=\"post__image__title\">The photo series &quot;Hiding from Baba Yaga&quot; by Nanna Heitmann<\/span>\n                    <\/div><!-- post__image__container -->\n\n        \n    <\/figure><!-- post__image -->\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"4-fazit\" class=\"wp-block-group has-spacing--none\">\n    <div class=\"headline-block has-spacing--s\">\n\n        <h2 class=\"post__headline\">4. conclusion: the implementation from the idea to the finished photo project<\/h2>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n    \n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph is-style-default has-spacing--xs\">Abschlie\u00dfend kann man sagen: Wenn du auf der Suche nach einer Fotoidee bist, ist es immer klug, dich von anderen Medien, Kunst und Literatur inspirieren zu lassen. Am besten suchst du nach einer Idee f\u00fcr ein gr\u00f6\u00dferes Projekt, m\u00f6glichst eines mit einer gesellschaftlichen Relevanz. Mach es dabei nicht zu kompliziert, die besten Geschichten findest du manchmal direkt vor deinem Zuhause! Vielleicht gibt es jemanden in deinem Freundeskreis mit einem interessanten Hobby oder Beruf? Das eignet sich h\u00e4ufig f\u00fcr eine gute Geschichte. So kannst du leicht kreative Fotoideen finden. Danach kommt das Fotografieren selbst. Achte auf Licht und Schatten, Farbe und Bildgestaltung. Aber wichtig ist, dass du es dabei auch nicht \u00fcbertreibst: Es ist zwar wichtig, dass du in deinen Fotos die Geschehnisse gut in Szene setzt. Gleichzeitig solltest du in deinen Bildern immer den realen Gegebenheiten treu bleiben und Dinge nicht \u00fcberm\u00e4\u00dfig dramatisieren. <br\/><br\/>Zum Schluss musst du deine Fotos ausw\u00e4hlen und bearbeiten. Dieser Prozess ist genauso wichtig wie das Bildermachen selbst. Denn selbst eine starke Fotografie wirkt in einer langweiligen Reihenfolge schwach. Dasselbe gilt f\u00fcr die Bildbearbeitung: Versuche, es nicht zu \u00fcbertreiben. Die beste Bildbearbeitung ist h\u00e4ufig die, die man nicht als solche erkennt.  Wenn du all diese Schritte befolgst, k\u00f6nnen aus deinen Fotoideen schnell ganze Fotoserien werden. Au\u00dferdem wirst du dadurch eine ganz <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/magazin\/ratgeber\/fotografie-studieren-so-findest-du-den-passenden-studiengang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">neue Entwicklung in deiner Fotografie<\/a> beobachten k\u00f6nnen. 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