Lone Star Dispatch Issue #4 & Submitting Lit Mag Photos

Please post your 3 images in a new blog titled "Literary Magazine" and then email them to bowielitsociety@gmail.com with the following in the subject line Your Name & Literary Magazine Artwork Submission. Artwork should be attached as a JPEG.

Then please start your evaluating the Lone Star Dispatch, Issue #4.

Here is your assignment top be completed on your blog in an assignment titled Lone Star Dispatch Issue #4:

Writing:

You will be required to read three story from the paper:

Pick one story from pages A1, A2, A3 or A4-5
Pick one story from pages A6, A7 or B3
Pick one story from pages B1, B2, B4, B5, B6, or B7

As you read the stories I want you to answer the following questions for EACH story:

First, write a three to five sentence summary of the story.

Second, answer the following questions:

Who?

What?

Where?

When?

Why?

How?

Who was quoted in the story?

What quote was the strongest in your opinion and where did that quote appear in the story?

Did the lead sentence make you want to keep reading?

Photography:

Then I want you to do a couple of things with the photography:

You will be required to evaluate five photos from the paper.

Pick one photo from pages A1, A2, A3
Pick one photo from pages B1 or B2
Pick one photo from pages B4, B5, B6 or B7
Pick one photo from page A8
Pick one photo from page B8

Answer the following questions for EACH photo:

Critique the photo in 2-3 sentences, include in your writing something about the lighting, the impact of the photo on the page, the impact of the photo on the story it goes with.
What rule of composition do you see in the photo?
What or who is the main subject?
Is the photo exposed properly?
Do you see evidence of a shallow or deep depth of field?

Once you are done with specific images, please look at all the photos in the entire paper.

What is your favorite photo in the entire paper?
Why is this your favorite?
What rules of photo composition are evident?

What is your least favorite photo in the entire paper?
Why is this your least favorite?

If you were a photographer on staff, which event/photo assignment would you have liked to do for this issue? You will need to look through the entire paper and see the topics covered and decide which one you think would have been fun.

Overall, how would you rate the photography in this issue? What were the strong points and weak points, write 2-3 sentences.