A very long post on a very simple subject.
Every photographer thinks they know how to write a photo caption. Yet many photographers either don’t caption their pictures or they do it very poorly.
Two days ago, I edited 170 editorial photos from a couple dozen photographers to prepare the images for a slideshow. The slideshow will display each picture’s caption.
Many of the captions had spelling and grammar errors, broken or incoherent sentences, factual errors, no names, no locations and/or no dates. All of these captions were written by professional photographers.
Retired Finnish ice hockey player Teemu Selanne displays his membership ring after being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Canada, 10 November 2017. Established in 1943, the Hockey Hall of Fame recognizes achievements of players, coaches and others involved with the sport of ice hockey.
Photo captions have to provide relevant information using the least number of words. Easy, right?
