Caption/Narrative
Caption is an important part of journalism and documentary photography. Captions must be accurate and informative. In fact, most readers tend to look at the photos, and then the captions, in a story before they decide whether they want to read the story itself. Use the following points to help write a caption that will intrigue the reader enough to read the story.
Caption is an important part of journalism and documentary photography. Captions must be accurate and informative. In fact, most readers tend to look at the photos, and then the captions, in a story before they decide whether they want to read the story itself. Use the following points to help write a caption that will intrigue the reader enough to read the story.
Tips
• The photo and the caption should complement each other. Together they should tell the story. They should avoid repeating each other. A caption should help explain the what, when, and where. But the photo should provoke an emotional reaction.
• The newspaper industry called captions, “cutlines."
• National Geographic photo captions are great examples of photojournalism captions. National Geographic is famous for its photos, but most photos in the magazine also include a story. However, most readers tend to look at the photo first, read the caption, look at the photo a second time, and then decide if they’re going to read the story. A good caption should allow the reader to make that leap between simply looking at the photos to actually reading the story.
• As a photographer, you should carry a notebook and pen/pencil with you to events where you’re taking photos. Use time between photos, or while waiting for a specific subject, to write down the names of the people in your photographs with the proper spelling.
Warnings
• When writing captions, think about captions you’ve read that have confused you. For example, some news organizations may use stock photos in a story because they don’t have an actual photo of the event. While this is fine, the fact that it’s a stock photo and not the real thing, should be emphasized.
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In Class Practice
Pick one of these photographs by Vivian Maier and write a short caption narrative.
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