What sets the good photos apart from the ever-increasing stack of common photos, are the people and actions photographed. A photo of a person feverishly grabbing his belongings before his house floods, is almost certainly going to be a more gripping photo than the one of the flood water and nothing else. At least, that’s the case in the world of photojournalism.
More information is derived form photos like these. Document the people affected by the news you are covering and you will be a step ahead of most other amateur photographers.
