Story Proposal

Finding a Subject

As you build up your photo collection and techniques, begin imagining possibilities for a photo story or narrative. Explore some options that might give you both good opportunities for visually appealing photos as well as material for a good story. The story may be easier if it’s non-fiction, and you find a person or team or family or organization that has a story to tell. However natural subjects, people, animals, or scenes can also generate stories.

Propose Subject(s)

Propose 2 subjects for your story, each with accompanying photos (about 5-7 photos each); as well as a short narrative for each subject. Your narrative should be 2-3 paragraphs describing the main content of the story, its audience (who would be interested), and why you think it might be interesting for your audience.

Post your 2 galleries with a Story Title above the gallery/slideshow, and the text description beneath each one, followed by your 2-3 paragraph description. Then use a horizontal rule to divide each section as below

For galleries use the following settings (you may use Size: Large as the photos will scale for the browser window and this will fill the window):

Post settings:

Post Title: Story Proposal-FirstL ( First=first name, L=last name initial)
Post format: Standard
Post category: Story Proposal

You can view the “Photo Stories” (all stories) or the “Featured” (best stories) menu items for student sample stories.

Some additional sources for how to create a photo narrative: