This idea really
comes from Brookes Jessen (his Lenswork publications and podcasts are worth a
listen) as different ways develop to share and show your photographs. Also you
can probably get more interest from others when there is a story or common
theme that links things together.
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| My current photo essay project is "Underfoot" |
So what is a photo essay? I'm not the arbiter
of the term but what I am going to discuss is a collection of photos that tell
a story or theme (in a visual way). It can be produced as a series of prints, a
short small book, a slide show or better still a downloadable PDF for sharing
via email or the web. This is an ideal photo project to undertake while you are
in a period social distancing, quarantine or lockdown
What do you have to
do to create a Photo Essay
- Think of a theme and plan out some photo ideas (you can change your mind as you progress).
- Take the photos (a smartphone is fine, I'll be using a small mirrorless camera, but compact cameras and DSLRs will be just as good)
- Organize and select those that best tell the story or represent the subject. (this might be a gallery app on the photo, built-in photo software on a PC or mac or up to a specialist digital photo package)
- Use Software or an App that lets to arrange the photos, and publish them (into a common distributable format eg. PDF, slide show or video)
Simple really.
As an example have a
look at a couple of my recent photo essays. I've used Photo Mechanic & On1 to
manage and edit my photos and the app Canva to format and export the PDF. I'll
be posting a bit more on the last two points in the next days and weeks
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