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Writing Photo Captions

The document outlines a 10-step process for writing captions to accompany photographs. The steps include initially noting what is seen in the photo, adding descriptive phrases and sentences, specifying details like locations and subjects, including interesting contextual facts, polishing the writing, and finally adding an attention-grabbing lead-in phrase. Examples of captions produced using this process are also provided.

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Writing Photo Captions

The document outlines a 10-step process for writing captions to accompany photographs. The steps include initially noting what is seen in the photo, adding descriptive phrases and sentences, specifying details like locations and subjects, including interesting contextual facts, polishing the writing, and finally adding an attention-grabbing lead-in phrase. Examples of captions produced using this process are also provided.

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The step-by-step process

Step 1: Quick note


What do you see
quickly in the photo?

Caption

Three children
Step 2: Add phrase
Write a phrase that
sums up the photo.

Caption

Three children at a river


Step 3: Now a sentence
Use the action in the
photo as verb in the
sentence. (Always in
the present tense)
Caption

Three children playing at a river.


Step 4: The Who
Specify the subjects in
the photo. Whenever
possible, name them!

Caption

Three boys playing at a river.


Step 5: The Where
Specify the place.
Whenever possible,
name it!

Caption

Three boys playing at the Balili


River, Balili, La Trinidad, Benguet.
Step 6: The When
Specify the date when
the action was
photographed.

Caption

Three boys playing at the Balili


River, Balili, La Trinidad, Benguet
yesterday.
Step 7: Throw in interesting facts
The interesting facts are
information that are not seen in
the photo. (These answer the why)
Caption
Despite the warning of the La Trinidad Municipal Health
Office that the water at the Balili River at Barangay Balili,
La Trinidad is unsafe for drinking, bathing, and watering
for plants, still three boys play at the said river yesterday.
Step 7: Throw in interesting facts
Caption
Despite the warning of the La
Trinidad Municipal Health Office
that the water at the Balili River at
Barangay Balili, La Trinidad is
unsafe for drinking, bathing, and
watering for plants, still three boys
play at the said river yesterday.
Interesting facts maybe about:
• Festivals
• Celebrations
• New laws/orders
• Seasons
• Current social
issues
• Etc.
Step 8: More details
Sometimes there are details that
needed to be inserted even when
the interesting facts were added.
Caption
Despite the warning of the La Trinidad Municipal Health
Office that the water at the Balili River at Barangay Balili,
La Trinidad is unsafe for drinking, bathing, and watering
for plants, still three young boys enjoy playing with the
stinky, dark water along the said river yesterday.
Step 8: More details
Caption
Despite the warning of the La Trinidad
Municipal Health Office that the water at
the Balili River at Barangay Balili, La
Trinidad is unsafe for drinking, bathing,
and watering for plants, still three young
boys enjoy playing with the stinky, dark
water along the said river yesterday.
Step 9: Polish!
Remove unnecessary words,
consider dynamic verbs and
adjectives, check grammar, check
spelling, check punctuations, etc.
Caption
Despite the warning from the La Trinidad Municipal Health
Office that the water at the Balili River at Barangay Balili, La
Trinidad is unsafe for drinking, bathing, and watering for
plants, still children, like these young boys, enjoy playing with
the stinky water along the said river yesterday.
Step 9: Polish!
Caption
Despite the warning from the La Trinidad
Municipal Health Office that the water at
the Balili River at Barangay Balili, La
Trinidad is unsafe for drinking, bathing,
and watering for plants, still children, like
these young boys, enjoy playing with the
stinky water along the said river
yesterday.
Step 10: Lead-in Phrase
A catchy word or phrase that
introduces the caption. Usually
written in capital letters and set in
bold.
Caption
THE RIVER. Despite the warning of the La Trinidad Municipal
Health Office that the water at the Balili River at Barangay
Balili, La Trinidad is unsafe for drinking, bathing, and
watering for plants, still children, like these young boys, enjoy
playing with the stinky water along the said river yesterday.
Step 10: Lead-In Phrase
Caption
THE RIVER. Despite the warning of the
La Trinidad Municipal Health Office that
the water at the Balili River at Barangay
Balili, La Trinidad is unsafe for drinking,
bathing, and watering for plants, still
children, like these young boys, enjoy
playing with the stinky water along the
said river yesterday.
EXAMPLES
Caption

PHOEX’S Matthew
Wright goes for the
basket against
Mahindra’s Jackson
Corpuz during PBA
action at the MOA
Arena in Pasay. (Rio Leonele
Tempo, May 2017
Deluvio-Tempo)
EXAMPLES
Caption

Tempo, May 2017

YOUNG girl buys school supplies in a


stall at the Commonwealth Market in
Quezon City on Sunday ahead of the
school opening on June 5.(Jay Ganzon-Tempo)
EXAMPLES
Caption

Tempo, May 2017

COLORFUL floats carrying letsong


baboy (roasted pigs) dressed in
different costumes delight the crowd
along Amoranto Sr. Avenue in Quezon
City during the annual La Loma Letson
Festival. (Jay Ganzon-Tempo)
EXAMPLES
Caption

A BUKIDNON artist plays the ‘Pulala’ an


indigenous flute intricately carved and
etched with their native designs in a
bamboo material, during the 8th Tam-awan
International Arts Festival in Baguio City. (Larry
P. Fabian-Tempo)
EXAMPLES
Caption

SEASON OF BLOOM: Elementary school


pupils perform during the street dance
parade of the 2016 Panagbenga Festival in
Baguio City yesterday. This year’s
celebration of the flower festival carries the
theme ‘Bless the Children with Flowers. (Artemio
Dumlao)
Prepared by
Augustin A. Dao-anis
Email: [email protected]
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Contact no. 09392862807

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