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Getting Started
Getting Started
A photo essay is a series of photographs that, when assembled in a particular order, tell a unique and compelling story. While some photographers choose only to use pictures in their presentations, others will incorporate captions, comments, or even full paragraphs of text to provide more exposition for the scene they are unfolding.
Photo essays are a well-established part of photojournalism and have been used for decades to present a variety of information to the reader. Some of the most famous photo essayists include Ansel Adams, W. Eugene Smith, and James Nachtwey. Of course, there are thousands of photo essay examples out there from which you can draw inspiration.
Software Tools for Creating the Essay
Software Tools for Creating the Essay
Adobe Express Pages
(formerly Adobe Spark)Adobe Express Pages
Recommended for web-based photo essays
Recommended for web-based photo essays
Adobe Express is a free, easy-to-use web-based program from Adobe that provides templates for three different kinds of projects: webpages, graphics, and video presentations. An Adobe Express webpage (called Express Page) is a great way to easily combine photos and text into one long webpage. Express Pages is collaborative so you can use it for group projects.
Google Slides
Google Slides
Alternative to Adobe Express
Alternative to Adobe Express
Google Slides is a web-based platform that is a more simple version of Powerpoint. You might be more familiar with using Slides for presentations, but you can also make posters and storyboards by using a single slide and adjusting the size.
Software Tools for Editing Photos
Software Tools for Editing Photos
Adobe Express: Quick Actions
Adobe Express: Quick Actions
Use the "Quick Actions" on Adobe Express to resize images, remove the background, crop, and more. You don't have to download any program!
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop
If you want to do more complicated photo editing - like adjusting colors, more complex photo manipulation, layering photos - you'll want to do that in Photoshop. You can download Photoshop to your laptop or Photoshop Express on your phone.
Examples
Examples
Impacts of technology on family communication and bonding by Mihaela Marler
Inside Boston University’s Dog Pound by Lisa Dukart
The Life and Death of an Amazon Warehouse Temp by Dave Jamieson
Riding the Tube Photo Essay by Stephan Rousseau
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