Every Picture tells a story

Every Picture tells a story.....

As I am reworking myself, I have been thinking more about photography as story telling.

Is the story the photographer telling the same story as the viewer is seeing?

A lot of times the photographer knows the backstory behind an image.  When where it was taken. They trouble separating the story the image tells from the memory and emotions that envleope the photographer when they see one of their images. I know this is an issue I have.

Is the story a simple one liner, a short story or a full novel?

In order to tell a story we need to have the tools and language to communicate our thoughts.  The language of the written word is known to us ( you would not be reading this without it) but how well do you understand the language, the communication of the image.