Photos for the press

Photographers' briefing

This is what you can send your photographers before your action to make sure everything will run smootly on the day.

Credit

If you want crediting, identify your photos; & how you want to be credited. Organise this in advance.

If no credit is necessary, M&M should use a credit, eg. “credit XR Nottingham”.

Online folders

For each action, all photographers should use ONE Google Drive folder and ONE Signal/Telegram file.

Practice uploading to the folder / chat BEFORE the action.

Watch this tutorial to learn how to use Google Drive on your phone.

💡 Ideally, the media team will set up a folder (or chat) where you can 'dump' all your photos, and someone else will make a selection of the best shots for the press (No more than 6 photos in the Press folder).

Make sure to give a phone number that the (M&M) team can use to speak with you on the day, and that you know how to join the media person in case you have an issue with the folder / chat.

Use of photos

You will probably be taking photos for 2 main outlets - Press and Social media. Photos/video may also be useful for defence if a rebel is taken to Court.

Press. Speed is EVERYTHING. Get the shots that tell the story, and the “wedding photo” shot (ie. as many faces as possible all in one shot). If possible get an image of rebels who have given a quote. Send these urgently to the Press folder / M&M. If you are sending directly to the Press File, images should be tagged with names of quoted rebels / portraits (if these people have identified themselves).

More beautiful / better resolution / tweaked photos won’t be used if they come in too late - send good, raw images as fast as possible.

Early morning / late night actions - use flash to get images of faces.

Get readable images of the message of the action (eg. on-message banners, placards with good facts)

Get readable images of the “Involve” - (eg. web addresses / hash tags etc on placards)

Try and make the photos identify the town / area / target the action is taking place in (eg. recognisable place / logo of the target company)

On chat send photos with names if portrait. (name, age, area they live, job/role in the community)

Take photos / video of police actions, including arrests. If there is any chance of arrest, don’t leave until the rebels / police do!

Landscape video and (preferably) landscape photos.

Get permission from any passerby / parents in order to be able to use the image (name, age, area they live, job/role in the community)

Social Media. You can take a bit more time with these images. Press may well use video if it can be edited very quickly (ie. top and tail).

If you have a media team working remotely don’t leave until you’ve checked they’ve got everything they need.

Live Action Content Telegram

This is the main chat to share your photos if you're at an action and there is no specific chat or folder to send your images to. Click here to join it.

ADVICE FOR TAKING AND SENDING CONTENT

• SET your camera to it’s highest video and camera quality (1080p is best)

• CHECK you have enough storage space, battery power & a clean lens.

• FILM your video and TAKE photos in LANDSCAPE

• FILM steady shots (try not to walk around)

• INTERVIEW people who are taking action, particularly getting person stories about why they are taking action

• AUDIO: the microphone is at the bottom of the phone, try not to cover or touch it when filming. For interviews, use a headphone microphone, making sure it’s held by the interviewee, as pictured. If unavailable, ask your interviewee to talk as loud as possible.

• UPLOAD video & images to this Telegram chat, ideally as files by clicking: >Attach>File>Gallery (only send your best shots to avoid spamming the chat)