Introduction
Part One: The Journey
1) Getting Close: A Personal Note
2) Steep End of the Learning Curve
3) The Camera as Writer’s Notebook
4) Upon Reflection
Part Two: The Classroom
5) Craft Lessons
- One: Beware the So-What? Pretty Picture
- Two: Consider the Point of View
- Three: Capture Arresting Detail
- Four: Bring Something Strong
- Five: Create Tension
- Six: Play with Foreground and Background
- Seven: Take a Wide Perspective
- Eight: Zoom in Close
- Nine: Create the Right Mood
- Ten: Include an Extra Element
- Eleven: Embrace Surprise
- Twelve: Show Motion
- Thirteen: Draw in the Viewer
- Fourteen: Use Gesture to Reveal Character
- Fifteen: Tell the Truth
6) What’s Happening in This Photograph?
7) Photographing to Learn
8) How Photographs Spark Writing (or Do They?)
9) Double Exposure: Ralph Talks to Ralph