Storytelling photography

Monaris is a photographer with a passion for visual storytelling. As an Adobe Lightroom and Sony Ambassador, she has developed a distinct creative style focused on composition and color theory that lives to transform brief instances of reality into movies

Storytelling is so powerful! So how we go beyond the buzzwordness of storytelling and actually tell great stories through our photos? Here are our tips and thoughts…

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In an introductory photography class, we studied various famous photographers. At the end of the semester, we were asked to emulate a photographer whose style we liked. I chose Duane Michals' The Dream of Flowers.

Every story ever told follows this form: setup, conflict, resolution. A single photo has the power to become a storytelling device when you take on the perspective of a writer. Even a short narrative can make your pictures worth a thousand words. #phototips#visualstoryteller