Telling a story with pictures The photo essay Telling a story with pictures

Objective When you finish this activity, you will be able to: Visualize a story from beginning to end Capture photography that represents each stage in the story Utilize Photo Story 3 software to create a photo essay

What is a photo essay? Like a written essay, it tells a story Educates the viewer Spark emotions from the viewer Can include music (or not) Can include captions (or not)

What are the types of photo essays? Time sequence Location Idea Event

Time sequence essays Tells a story chronologically Most useful when passing of time is relevant Life of a bird, from being in an egg to laying their own The time span can be any length Your baby book would be a long time sequence

location essays Captures feel and emotion of a particular location Conveys information about that particular location Should have a definite beginning and end

Idea essays Has a common theme that holds it together One element should be consistent Element can be visible (see below) or not (wind, elevation, etc.)

Event essays Document an event Birthday party, wedding, trip to HEB Be sure to cover the most important parts (if you’re covering a soccer game, don’t leave out the final score) Birthday party, wedding, trip to HEB

example In 2011, Angelo Meredino took these photos of his wife, Jennifer, as she was dying of breast cancer These are only a sampling of his photos; please click here for the entire series This is a very sad and highly effective photo essay

Assignment: photo Essay You will take pictures for the purpose of telling a story Your photo essay will require a minimum of fifteen pictures, which means that you will have to take many more than fifteen to settle on the good shots Using Photo Story 3 For Windows, you will upload your photos, music, and text to accurately and succinctly tell your story We have never used this program, so play around with it and figure it out, hence the reason why you have two weeks Submit the project as [your last name] Photo Essay [class period] and then turn it in to Mr. Nigrelli via Google Drive by the end of class on Friday, May 12th