In a recent New York Times article called “Teaching to the Text Message” (the link is on the Articles I’m Reading page), the author discusses the importance of succinct writing. He comments, “the photo caption has never been more important.”
From the start of this blog, I have tried to craft succinct, often funny, sometimes poignant or significant photo captions. Each photo on this blog has a title and a caption. The caption is obvious but the title isn’t. Hover the cursor over this picture to see the title:
Any excuse for another blossom photo
I mention this because I will be posting many spring blossom, flower, and plant pictures over the next days and weeks, yet still, with the titles and captions, keep to the blog’s theme. Also, writing interesting photo captions (something more than “A Tree With Pink Blossoms”) is another way to live literarily. Turn your photo album hobby into a literary activity.
