Give Your Photos, Stories
Let's be brutal. Photos without stories are worthless. They are no better than the photos in picture frames you buy off the shelve with people you've never met and they probably didn't know before the photo shoot. Here are six tips to give your photos value by recording the story the photographer captured. 1. BE OBVIOUS Think of your collection of unidentified persons in photos. What is the number one thing you would like? NAMES! What's the second and third thing you wish the photographer had recorded? DATES & PLACES With that in mind, what do you think you should do first when giving your photos back their stories? Record the obvious facts of names, dates, and places. 2. GO DEEPER Explain the why : Why was this photo taken? What was happening? If the photo was taken in April 1942 in Grandma Helen's backyard and has the 5 Smith brothers, what was going on? Was it really an Easter celebration, Spring equiniox, or Passover? Was it a family reuni...