How to Write a Caption and why are Captions Important?

 How to Write a Caption? 

When writing a caption, you want to make it short and quick but also providing context for the picture answering the who, what, when, where, why, and how. It is really important that those are answered because it helps the reader understand what's going on in the picture, who's in the picture and where it was taken place at. There are two types basic and expanded captions. Basic captions identify the people in the picture and describes the action in the photo while expanded captions includes the same information but usually with a quote and goes more into detail. To write a caption you first want to start by researching and finding out the who, what, when, where why and how of the photo. After finding this information you will than need an action lead to start your caption off followed by describing the names of the people included in the photo along with explaining the action in the photo. 

Why are Captions Important? 

Captions are important in an article since they are the most read copy in a spread. Not only are they the most read but they play the role as the other half to pictures since it tells the story of the photo. Captions are the verbal connection to the visual connection of pictures. Without them the reader is confused as to who's in the picture and what's going on allowing the reader to form their own conclusion based off of what they can observe. 

Basic Caption

Expanded Caption



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