Engaging in feature photography

Jake Miller, 4, talks to a mascot at a football game at Bowling Green State University Saturday. Photos by PHO245 Yusta

     feature stories are human interest articles that focus on  particular people, places and events. Sometimes photojournalist refer feature photography as evergreens never form brown or sometimes a slice of everyday life, according to the text book "The professionals Approach" by Kenneth Kobre.
 
    When taking feature photos some photojournalist choose to cover the most interesting element or situation in occurrence so as to make the picture interesting and for it to tell a story.

     To have a good feature photo one should consider the following.

• the covered story should be timeless.
•  the news should be covered in depth.
•  have fun and be open minded and engage readers.

Camera operations while taking a shot

Owens CC firefighters train in a smoke-filled room during a simulated rescue. (PHO245 photos by Yusta Kyusa)

   Camera controls and light are the biggest elements while taking a picture.

Fire fighting  tools at Owens Community College. (PHO245 photos by Yusta Kyusa)

   Controlling my camera has always been tough to me. In class I learned three ways to control light on a camera:

• ISO
• Aperture
• Shutter speed

    ISO stands for International Standard Organization. ISO is a function that control how much light  is available while taking a shot. Setting your ISO is very important, as it gives you more light to play with. The higher the ISO, the faster shutter speed you can use.

    Shutter speed is an element on a camera that allows time exposure. Examples of a slow shutter speed can be 1/60th of a second and slower. While taking a shot that has movement make sure your shutter speed is fast in order to stop the motion of a fast moving object. If your shutter speed is too slow, the object will come out blurry.

    The aperture controls the amount of light coming through the camera lens. An example of a large aperture, or f/stop, is f/1.4, f/2.8 and f4.  A small aperture is f/22. Aperture also controls depth of field.

    It's been tough for me to be a able to control all these elements in my camera, but i believe its one of the important subject to fallow while operating your camera.

A scene created to be rescued by firefighters at Owens Community College.(PHO245 photos by Yusta Kyusa) on

The importance of caption writting

    It is believed  that a picture says a thousand words, but in some cases especially magazines and news papers a plain picture can leave a reader hanging with a lot of questions.
    For instance when am reading a  news paper or a magazine and come across a picture the first thing that comes into my mind is;

• Who is that in the picture
• What was the occasion
• Where was is taken
• Does the picture relate to what is written , but good thing most pictures have captions underneath.

    Caption writing are words that describe a photograph. I think caption writing is very important because it makes it easier for the reader to understand the picture. Sometimes captions act as a summary once you read the outline you could at least know what is going on.

Steps to take a better cell phone picture

  As technology progresses in our world, we experience lots of things that make our lives easier. For me it's easier to take pictures with my cell phone than with my digital camera because a digital camera has lots more settings to deal with.
    Most cell phone cameras are equipped with settings that are simple and ready to use. My phone has easy steps to follow while taking a picture. These steps are:

• When taking a picture indoors, especially if the room is dark, turn on the lights and take a shot
• Get close to the object, and don't move around 
• With my phone I can edit my pictures any way I want  
• Set the white balance 
• Clean the lens before taking a shot

    It is not necessary to have an Android or iPhone to have the best picture; but you can use any phone and follow the easy steps and have  a good picture.