How to write a photography blog or photo story

Write one sentence describing what the reader will follow. A morning at a fish market, a portrait session with a ceramicist, or the return to a landscape across seasons is specific enough to guide your edit.

Use a gallery when the photographs carry the work on their own. Choose a post when the circumstances, people, or process add something worth reading. Keep lasting information such as services or workshop details on a supporting page.

Before you begin, note the names, places, and dates you need to check. Confirm permission before sharing private details about a subject or client.

Choose an opening photograph that introduces the subject. Follow it with images that change the distance, reveal a detail, or move the story forward. Finish with a photograph that gives the sequence a deliberate ending.

For a first draft, try six to ten photographs. Treat that as an editing exercise, not a required length. Remove near-duplicates and frames that need a long explanation to justify their place.

In a story about a workshop, you might move from the room to the maker, then to hands, tools, and finished work. You do not need that exact sequence; look for what changes between your own photographs.

Use the opening paragraph to establish who or what we are looking at, where you were, and why you made the work. Keep it short enough that readers reach the photographs quickly.

Between images, add a useful observation, a verified detail, or a decision that changed the shoot. Instead of describing the visible light as beautiful, explain that you returned before opening time to photograph the room before work began—if that is what happened.

Avoid narrating every photograph. Let related images sit together, and use a heading when the subject or stage of the story changes. Credit collaborators and identify quotations accurately.

Name the subject or project in language a reader will recognize. A title such as Portraits from a ceramics workshop tells someone more than My latest shoot.

Choose a thumbnail that represents the post and still reads clearly at a small size. Check the crop: an image that works inside the article may lose its subject in a square or portrait thumbnail.

In ISO100, a post thumbnail is separate from the article content. Add a photograph inside the post if you want it to appear there too. The optional blog cover belongs to the index, not every article.

Read the text aloud once, then look through the post on desktop and mobile. Cut repeated explanations and check that each photograph adds something.

In ISO100, save the entry, clear Keep as draft when it is ready, and publish your portfolio. Saving alone leaves the live version unchanged. A future post date affects order; it does not schedule publication.

Publish when you have a story worth sharing. A finished personal project, a return visit, or a useful account of your process can each make a post. You do not need to write about every shoot.

Keep a short list of possible stories as you edit photographs. If an idea needs more research or a stronger sequence, leave it as a draft. Your galleries can remain the main introduction to your work.