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Storytelling in Photos

Photography

Important for anyone working in media is concept realization — to turn imagination into reality. This is an example of capturing an otherworldly idea in images.

The Goal

Tell a self-contained story using only images

The Result

Spook

This is one of the early imaging assignments I did for school. The central theme was a “ghost investigation” using my grandmother’s house as a backdrop. I used controlled lighting and close-ups to create an eere feeling - even if the objects I was taking pictures of felt like the opposite.

Originally part of a larger slideshow, there were problems exporting it into something viewable outside Powerpoint (Submitting it as a .ppt was a requirement of the assignment). The images themselves communicate my idea well enough, so I decided to share a handful of my favourites.

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