1. Visual Variety: Scale of Subject Types: Overall Medium Detail

2. Visual Variety: Overall Overall shots set the scene. Give context on location, number & makeup of participants Lack information on individual subjects

3. Visual Variety: Medium More detail on individual subjects Some context provided, but not as much as overall

4. 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

5. 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)

6. 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, 2010. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

7. 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, 2010. (REUTERS/Ajay Verma)