Project 10: Practise Writing Captions

For this exercise I looked at captions in The New York Times, Guardian and The Washington Post.  Common to all was the fact that the caption was more than one or two words and often a sentence or two.  The captions were always placed beneath the photograph, although that isn't always the case in all publications, and the text covers the width of the image and is aligned to the left.

The Washington Post

This is a very brief caption.  It answers the Who and the Where but without the story we wouldn't know in this Why or When.

In this instance the caption tells us What, Where and Why.

The Guardian

This one explains What and Where but doesn't tell us Why.

Here we are told Who, Where and Why.

The New York Times

This caption explains What and Where only.

Here the caption explains What, Where and partially Why.

To sum up then all captions tell us Who or What and, usually Where, but we are not always told When or Why.

Captions for Some of My Own Images.

In each case I have attempted to answer as many of the 5 Ws as possible without giving unnecessary information.

In this picture my caption explains What the photograph is of and Where it was taken.  The When is implicit and unnecessary information.

 This caption here explains the What, Where, When and Why.

 Here I have provided the What, Where and When.

In this photograph I have explained What, Where and When.

 Here the caption tells What, Where and also When.

Again What, Where, When and possible Why.

What, Where and When.