Photo journalism is about capturing a moment to convey what is happening in reality. It is not about setting up and composing a still image with subjects posing, for example, but rather a snapshot of an event. The "father" of photo journalism is often said to be Henri Cartier-Bresson. With the release of the leica compact camera in the 30's, he captured numerous photos of reality.
Because there is a delay between the shutter being pressed and the photo being processed, the photographer must make a decision on when to press the shutter to capture the event. This is called the decisive moment.
As quoted from Henri Cartier-Bresson, "There is a creative fraction of a second when you are taking a picture. Your eye must see a composition or an expression that life itself offers you, and you must know with intuition when to click the camera. That is the moment the photographer is creative," he said. "Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever."
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