When you write a photo caption, there are some rules that you have to follow.
1.Supply specific information (answering 5WH-questions)
- Who/What is that?
- What is going on?
- When did it happen?
- Where did it happen?
- Why did it happen?
- How did it happen?
2. Use the present tense to describe action in the photo. The first sentence is often written in the present tense to give the sense of immediacy. The following sentence is written in the past tense.
3. Captions are written in a complete sentence-mostly a declarative sentence. One or two sentence(s) are enough to describe a photo, but if more explanation is needed, a caption may have three sentences.
4. Clearly identify the people and location that appear in the photo. Mind the correct spellings of names.
5. For photographs of more than one person, identify from left to right. In case of large groups, identify only the notable people.
Never include personal feelings. Avoid descriptive terms that interpret personal feelings, such as beautiful, scary, sad, lovely. In captions, facts without involving personal emotion are what should be given to readers. The feelings and emotions are for readers to decide.
