Photographs to Paragraphs

Discover Awe and Content in Directional Lines

Photographers and painters use different background lines to guide the viewer.

Photo by author. Road to Crater Lake Visitor Information building. We followed the directional lines of the 10 feet of plowed snow and trees in the curve ahead.

Your perspective of telling a story in the directional lines of your photographs attracts the reader's curiosity.

Examples; (What I see in the stories of art directional lines)

• Ansel Adams's photographs of nature guide us into the details that create many opportunities to see the awe and pleasure in nature.
• Norman Rockwell’s paintings guide us through ‘connecting the dots’ and ‘bridging the gaps’ with directional lines.

Telling a story in your photographs with guiding lines of movement impacts the reader. They discover the depth of the purpose of lines.

Readers discover the awe in the flow of content throughout your story.