Photo 135: Intro to Photojournalism: Reading Assignments

Instructor: Sue Leith: sleith@csus.edu Office Hours Monday 1-2 MRP 2011

Features: Chapter 5 Test Review Questions

(Some questions require you to mark several correct answers for credit on the question)

1)  How soon must you run a feature picture after it has been shot.

a) Immediately

     b) Within a day

     c) Within a week

     d) Elapsed time is generally not critical

2) Which of these characteristics apply to feature pictures

     a) Subject is famous

     b) Slice of life

     c) The event is of large magnitude

     d) Old story in a new way

     e) Common place

3) Explain and give your own example of “slice of life”

4) Explain and give your own example of featurizing the news

5) List three subjects for features suggested by the St. Petersburg Times staff photographer.

     a) ____________________________

     b)_____________________________

     c)_____________________________

6) The opening photo of the chapter pp 84 showing a dog barking and children holding their ears is a feature because:

7) Habituation is...

     a) Always photographing people in their natural habitat

     b) Making a habit of shooting high-key pictures

     c) Habitually taking good feature pictures

     d) Accepting as commonplace unique aspects of places seen  daily

     e) Seeing unusual pictures in ordinary circumstances

8) Define a feature picture.

9) What is incongruity and how does it play a part in recognizing a feature?

10) What is the difference between a feature picture and a news picture?

11) How can a PR person help you find a feature?  Give an example from the book.

12) What is a photo driven column? How did they begin?

13) In your own words list 10 ways to find a feature.