Photo Essay Template

Photo Essay Template

Focus Question

What question will your research and your photo essay answer?

Topic - Homeless/ Beggars

Why are there so many homeless and beggars in Hong Kong?

How can we help them? - Food supplies , Medical supplies , Water

How did this start? (cause/ problem)

Does it affect us? (children)

What do they face?

Thesis/Gist

Write a twenty-word, focused gist statement that explains your thesis -- the message/theme of your photo essay based on the question and evidence you have found. (Do not use because).

Support

Plan 1:

Plan out your main ideas by describing them here:

What do you hope to accomplish?

Showing how everyone can help the homeless and beggars

What the beggars and homeless face

How hard it is to survive and supply materials

What they have to deal with

Revised Plan

Plan 2: Organise your plan into your photo story.

Photo Description

Photo Message/Implication

Photo Text (for reader)

Photo Location

Revise your gist statement to match your final images and story:

Introduction

Plan and explain:

Photo

Text

Lead Image will be:

Title will be:

Thesis photo will be:

Thesis is:

Conclusion

Plan and explain:

Photo

Text

Last Grabber/Summarizing photo will be:

Phrase or question to summarize or call to action will be:

Social Awareness Project

Where did your eye go first? Then where? Why did this happen?
My eye looked at the boy first then the people working behind. My eye looked at the boy first because the boy is in the middle which made it eye catching and there is a slight glowing effect around him which makes him stand out a bit.

Would you describe the picture as simple or busy? How does this affect the journey your eye took in question 1?
I think the picture is busy. After looking close to the picture I saw people in the background, at first I thought it was trees. This made me think how poor the people are because compared to Hong Kong not a lot of young aged kids works.

If this is an outdoor photograph, what time of day might it be? Which are the brightest parts of the picture? The darkest parts?

I think it might be like in the afternoon around 1-3pm. The brightest parts are around the boy and on the top of the mountain. The darkest parts were  down in the hole and the edges.

Look harder at the photograph. List some of the details you might not have noticed at first. Include information about people, places and things and nature, including the climate or the weather.

Looking closely to the picture I saw a part of the clouds were dark so I thought it might start to rain.

What can’t you see or would you like to see to have a better concept or understanding of what is happening in the photo?

I would like to know why are they digging holes.

Where is the photographer? Is he or she above, below or at the same level as the subject of the picture? Is he or she near or far away? What kind of information might you get if the photographer were closer up or further away?

I think the photographer is a bit above the same level of the subject of the picture and a bit far away. If the photographer is closer to the subject I think it wouldn't show more feeling and information as when its far away.

Hollywood Road

I used low aperture to take this photo. I took this photo because I liked the details on the jade balls. I made the edges darker and added more colour to the jade balls.

I took this photo in Hong Kong, in the end of Hollywood Street Market. I took it because it shows a lot of passion and it shows that beauty is more than just being pretty. It's about character, spontaneity, expression. I edited the picture on 'Aviary' and 'Lightroom' to make the eyes stand out more and the picture more blue/cool then warm.

I used low aperture and fast shutter speed to take this photo. It was hard to take a clear shot of this picture because the temple was very dark. I edited to make the fire stand out a bit.

I used low aperture to take this photo, and edited it to make the colours stand out and all the shadows darker. I took this photo because when I was walking around Hollywood Street Market I tried to look for items that were either bright or had lots of colours to make it stand out.

This is a photo of Hannah in 9W taking a photo of the windows on the left. I made the picture more exposed and tried to make the highlights bright and the shadows stand out. I used high aperture.

I edited this photo to make the colours from the lantern stand out. I made it a low ish aperture to blur a bit of the background. I took this photo because I liked how the lantern was in different shapes and sizes.

I took this photo in Hong Kong, Hollywood Street Market. I edited this picture to black and white because it makes it more dark and it adds more expression to it. I took this photo because since I had a photo of the eyes I wanted to take a photo that was related to the human body and expresses feelings.

I took this in Hong Kong, at the end of the Hollywood Street Market. I edited to make the light from the sparks brighter. I used high aperture to focus on the background and the person. I took this photo because the light made it really contrasted and I really like how the sparks were going everywhere.

Photo Essay Journey

Social and Personal : Politics - Homeless/ Beggars

Photos - Settings used

- Black and White effect
- Low Aperture
- Focused on the beggar
- Vertical

- Rule of thirds
- Sepia effect
- High Aperture
- Landscape

- Low Angel
- Black and White effect
- Low Aperture
- Focused on the beggar and the lady
- Landscape