Sequence, export, and critique
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The idea in everyday life
Turn selected photographs into a paced story, deliver correct files, and revise using specific viewer evidence.
A sequence is a sentence: order changes emphasis, rhythm, context, and meaning.
One step at a time.
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- 1
Arrange opening, context, people, action, detail, transition, peak, and closing images while testing visual rhythm and redundancy.
- 2
Write accurate captions with who, what, where, when, and necessary context without narrating what is already obvious.
- 3
Export separate web, presentation, and print files using correct dimensions, quality, color space, sharpening, naming, and metadata.
- 4
Ask viewers what they notice first, think is happening, remember, and find confusing. Use repeated feedback to improve the photo order and edits.
See how it works.
Ava opens in predawn darkness, builds through preparation, peaks at the first customer rush, and closes with flour-covered hands at rest.
Did you cover these?
- Your work includes a final ten-image story, captions, rights notes, three delivery export sets, critique record, and revision log.
- Check this common mistake: Sequencing only by capture time or exporting one giant file for every use without checking color and dimensions.
- Viewers can describe the intended story, files match delivery specifications, and every revision has a stated reason.
What to finish
A final ten-image story, captions, rights notes, three delivery export sets, critique record, and revision log.
Watch for this
Sequencing only by capture time or exporting one giant file for every use without checking color and dimensions.
How can I tell I understand it?
Viewers can describe the intended story, files match delivery specifications, and every revision has a stated reason.
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Photography Basics in 10 Minutes
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