Basically, if you don’t get a major in photojournalism, you clearly aren’t a real photojournalist. Without that $100,000 piece of paper, how will anyone know that you are a real photojournalist?  Students of Ohio, Mizzou and Western Kentucky are the true story tellers of American photojournalism. 

But what these students love more than their worthless majors, is talking shit on other photojournalism programs. While Brooks students like to take pretty photographs, we all know they can’t put a story together for shit. Ohio kids get so wrapped up in shooting lens flare and poverty, that they forget how to work on other subject matter. Mizzou students get off on expensive gear to make up for their inability to shoot more than a daily assignment.  Western Kentucky? Let’s not even go there.

When it comes down to it, photojournalism graduates all have one thing in common: unemployment, with the bitter taste of watching photographers with no degree make more money than they do. 

Image from toothpastefordinner.com

 Most of the time a lens flare doesn’t add any storytelling aspect to a photo, but who cares?

Does storytelling matter if a picture looks fucking sweet? I say hell no! If it makes the picture look fan-freakin-tastic, then why not always shoot into the sun or a light bulb or a strobe?  Why are serious journalists always hating on it?  Throw away your dumbass looking lens hood and embrace the flare. Just let it happen.

Special guest post from an Ohio grad who majored in lens flare