As I have said before, I love to collect photography books, especially photojournalism books. A staple in any photojournalism book collection is The Great Picture Hunt, by Dave LaBelle. LaBelle is a former photojournalism professor at Western Kentucky University. I used to study that book from cover to cover, hoping to find a little inspiration. 

There is a definite art form to looking for and creating feature photos. It's a lot like deer hunting. You have to look for signs that are favorable and put yourself in a position to capture it when it happens. Instead of looking for rubs, scrapes, and trails, like I do while deer hunting, I look for good light, good angles, and emotion, for a good feature photo.

One of my clients is Transylvania University and I work their Spring Commencement each year. I love this particular job because they have other in-house photographers who have specific assignments which allows me to do nothing else but go on the feature hunt all morning. I get to concentrate on nothing but features. And just like a deer hunter, I become a fly on the wall, and blend in, watching and waiting.

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