Visual Variety: Scale of Subject Types: Overall Medium Detail
Visual Variety: Overall Overall shots set the scene. Give context on location, number & makeup of participants Lack information on individual subjects
Visual Variety: Medium More detail on individual subjects Some context provided, but not as much as overall
Visual Variety: Detail Subject detail is focus of image Good isolation – usually only one thing being shown Little to no context – hard to stand alone
Example: Holi Festival (Boston Globe’s Big Picture) Overall: A Hindu priest throws color onto Hindu devotees during Holi celebrations at the Bankey Bihari Temple on February 28, 2010 in Vrindavan, India. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
Example: Holi Festival (Boston Globe’s Big Picture) Medium: People smear colored powder on each other during Holi festivities in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 1, (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Example: Holi Festival (Boston Globe’s Big Picture) Detail: A woman closes her eyes as colored powder is thrown on her face during the celebrations of Holi in Chandigarh, India on February 26, (REUTERS/Ajay Verma)