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Develop Feature Sense: This knack, which is only partly observation and probably more a matter of imagination, is a talent which one may or may not be able to acquire. Most editors probably would tell you that if you don't have it you won't get it without working hard to develop feature sense it.
The editors, you see, are constantly trying, despite discouraging results, to develop feature sense the feature sense in their own staff photographers. A good many editors post bonuses for their spot news men who bring in feature sets and I know of one editor who threatened to fire any photographer who didn't produce at least one feature every week. He couldn't stand by this threat, by the way, or he would have run out of photographers within a few weeks.
With feature pictures, the editor is in an entirely different position. If he doesn't have use for your pictures today or tomorrow, he can hold them until next week. Editors love to have local feature pictures with a timeless quality. It gives them a sense of Security to have a store of such pictures to throw into the paper on lean days.
eveloping a color sense eryone can develop feature sense an eye for harmonious color combinations, id so become aware of how colors and patterns work together. To tplore your own taste and style, observe color combinations in indow displays, color magazines, and advertising brochures, ake notes of what you like and and what you don't, and even cut jt interesting pictures and glue them onto a large sheet of paper. DU will soon begin to develop feature sense your own personal preferences and iscover the combinations you find most pleasing.
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