101 QUICK AND EASY SECRETS FOR USING YOUR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS- P24:Millions of people around the world have many photos stored on their laptop and desktop computers, external hard drives, CDs and DVDs, and flash drives. Most images are just sitting there idle, waiting for the world to see them. Some have been unused for years. Up until now there has been no guide to help people find ways to use these photos. | Photo Blog Heaven 101 Choosing Photos That Tell a Story for Your Blog When you look at the picture of the Elvis impersonator in Figure an immediate story comes to your mind. It s the story of an iconic musician who died tragically and has been brought back to life time and time again through the impersonators who mimic his every move. My point here is that if you catch an image of something like an Elvis impersonator you have myriad story opportunities to tell in a blog post. Most people know the Elvis story and most don t mind reading about it again especially if you tell little tidbits about the man from things you know or have read on the Internet. For example just by typing Elvis facts into Google I found out that Elvis was a black belt in karate made 31 movies and won three Grammys for his gospel recordings. You can stretch the Elvis story like a Gumby doll adding your own feelings about the musician panning him worshipping him and or parodying him. The sky s the limit with this guy. You can even critique the impersonator you have photographed. Of course Elvis is just one example. There are other stories that can be caught in a shot or two. When you associate a photo with a story you re within the realm of photojournalism. You can find and save photos to tell stories by attending concerts public Figure Everyone loves Elvis. meetings demonstrations community events fairs carnivals fiestas holiday celebrations marathons and or baseball and football games. When you re at these events look for the photo ops that will capture people s eyes and that will help describe a story about the event. Another way you can tell a story is to have your camera with you at all times and catch news as it happens. For example if you see something on fire photograph it. Once you collect these photographs make a folder called BlogPostPhotos. Put the photos that tell stories in this folder for blog posts you can use in the future. That way when you come up short on an idea for
