Telling stories through photography.

1. VISUAL STORYTELLING
HOW TO CREATE COMPELLING PHOTOS
FROM YOUR TRAVELS

5. WHY TELLING STORIES
WITH OUR PHOTOS
IS IMPORTANT

6. HUMANS ARE
STORYTELLERS BY NATURE

7. STORIES CREATE EMOTIONS
EMOTIONS CREATE ACTION

8. STORIES MAKE US FEEL ALIVE

9. THE MAIN ELEMENTS OF
STORYTELLING
IN PHOTOGRAPHY

10. THEME

11. THEME

12. THEME

13. CONFLICT

14. CONFLICT

15. CONFLICT

16. VISUAL CLUES

17. VISUAL CLUES

18. ACTION

19. ACTION

20. HOW TO
PHOTOGRAPH PEOPLE

21. HUNT THE BEST LIGHT > Natural sources

22. HUNT THE BEST LIGHT > Sunrise and sunset

23. HUNT THE BEST LIGHT > Air particles

24. HUNT THE BEST LIGHT > Silhouettes

25. INTERACT > Do not rush

26. INTERACT > Get on their level

27. INTERACT > Learn to listen

28. MAKE IT SIMPLE > Few elements

29. SINGLE IMAGE
VS.
PHOTO ESSAY

30. SINGLE IMAGE > Environmental portrait

31. PHOTO ESSAY > The hook

32. PHOTO ESSAY > Establishing shot

33. PHOTO ESSAY > Medium shot

34. PHOTO ESSAY > Portrait

35. PHOTO ESSAY > Details

36. PHOTO ESSAY > Action

37. PHOTO ESSAY > Closure

38. TRAVEL BLOGGING AND
SOCIAL MEDIA:
WHAT STORIES
ARE WE TELLING?

40. “The fact of storytelling hints
at a fundamental human unease,
hints at human imperfection.
Where there is perfection
there is no story to tell.”
– BEN OKRI, poet and novelist

41. QUESTIONS?
Gianni Bianchini
@NOMADISBEAUTIFUL
@NOMADBEAUTIFUL