American Soldier

A. To me, the most powerful image from the pictures printed in the Denver Post was the photograph of Ian praying while at basic training. This is powerful because it shows us how the army is beginning to make him feel the need to turn to a greater being for help in his life, specifically his terrible heat rash.
B. The images work together to tell a story by providing viewers with a step by step "summary" of his life in the army.
C. Captions enhance the photographs by explaining to readers the events occurring in the pictures, along with events that came before or after that. It gives viewers deeper understanding of the photos of Ian.
D. Ian leaves for basic training in Georgia, saying goodbye to his friends, family, and girlfriend. He struggles with this new lifestyle along with the rest of his group, realizing how serious the army is. He proposes to his girlfriend Kayla and returns to training in a new place, called Fort Carson, which was closer to home. He an Kayla eventually break up. Ian spends a majority of his weekends home and begins to feel like he is living two lives, one at home and one in the military. His deploy to Iran was delayed because of a few of Ian's mistakes and is transferred to a new platoon and dropped in rank. Soon, Ian is deployed to Iraq. After a year, he returns home and marries his girlfriend, Devin.
E.The first sentence of the photos in which Ian is the main subject are always written in present tense, while the following sentences are in past tense.
F.
1. There are two to four sentences on average.
2.The first sentences in each caption provide information about what is happening in the photo in a form loosely related to who, what, when, where and, why.
3. The second sentences provide information about what was said at that time or events that occurred before or after the photograph was taken. In short, they provide information that cannot be observed from the photo itself.
4. The third sentence provides more details to flow with the second sentence or contain a quote.
5. Lots of the captions contain quotes.
6. There are captions containing four sentences.
G.It's possible to tell a complete story with just photos and captions because it provides a visual aspect along with details which can ed up serving as a movie of the sorts.
H. Although a story can be told using only photos and captions, stories can and should be told in a way that best suit the specific story.