ART 6

3 Quarter
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Week 5-8
 Producing Printed
Photographs for a
Simple Photo Essay
 Steps in Making a Photo Essay
1. Think about a specific theme or topic you would like.
Make sure that your chosen topic is relevant or
interesting to tell a story.
2. Choose your subject matter. Check if it is suitable or
related to your chosen topic or theme.
3. Plan your shoot. List down all the ideas for photo
composition and choose the best one that suited to your
topic or theme. You can also create an outline of all the
things you need to consider in taking photographs.
 Steps in Making a Photo Essay
4. Start shooting. Make sure you have a large
variety of photos to choose from. In taking
photographs, you need to apply the different
principles and elements of art to come up with
good pictures.
5. Choose all your best shots. Make sure that your
pictures are connected visually to each other.
6. Finally, add captions to each picture. Captions
are brief explanations about your photos.
Independent Activity 1
Share a photo that you took of a recent
event or celebration that you attended. It
can be a birthday party, christmas event
or a simple gathering of your family or
friends. Paste it on a separate short bond
paper. Tell something about the photo
and the way you took it.
What to do:
1. Think about a specific topic or theme you like.
2. Create an outline of your ideas in making your
photo essay.
3. Execute your ideas and take many photos as
you want and then choose five photos.
4. Make sure the photos are connected to each
other.
5. Paste the photos in a short bond paper.
6. Caption each photo.
7. Give a title to your photo essay.