Discovering the Power of Pictures

By Miss LuftYearbook Production

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In your folder you should have:

• A magazine/newspaper photo

• A caption

– Jot down ideas about the story being told in both your photo and your caption.

– Find your match.

What is the job of the caption?

Caption Writing• “Brittany Spears surprised a

crowd of 1,800 at the Palms Casino’s Rain nightclub when she showed up at 1 a.m. to give an unbilled performance. During a brief set the singer performed two new songs from her upcoming CD and showed off a mysterious backside message: ‘No BS.’”

• People Magazine. September 29, 2004

• includes 5W’s • factual• good choice of

words• complete sentences• new information• people identified

Get with your summer partners and write captions

to each photo.

Look at the do’s and the don’ts in your folder.