Shots that "require" a story?

happysmileylady

The very first wedding I did was for a close friend. In one shot, the bride's brother is standing with the groom's daughter at the back of the park shelter, he's holding a balloon and looking over his shoulder. When sharing the picture it always requires an explaination...he was teaching is (new) 6 year old neice how to suck helium from the balloons and was refilling them with the helium tank that is barely visible in the pic. It's hilarious, but it always requires the explaination because it's not obvious just what they are doing in the pic.

So my question, should the image always clearly tell the story, or are there times when an image that requires additional explaination is more preferable? On one hand, I hate to think that 50 years from now the 6 year old's grandkids are going to look at it and not know what is happening in it, but on the other, I can't help but think that every single time my friend shares it, that she smiles and tells the story and shares the feelings of the memory, which is just as important as the image itself right?

ChatKat

Books with captions
That's a good one for a book that has captions.

Who said "Every pictures tells a story"?

happysmileylady wrote:

The very first wedding I did was for a close friend. In one shot, the bride's brother is standing with the groom's daughter at the back of the park shelter, he's holding a balloon and looking over his shoulder. When sharing the picture it always requires an explaination...he was teaching is (new) 6 year old neice how to suck helium from the balloons and was refilling them with the helium tank that is barely visible in the pic. It's hilarious, but it always requires the explaination because it's not obvious just what they are doing in the pic.

So my question, should the image always clearly tell the story, or are there times when an image that requires additional explaination is more preferable? On one hand, I hate to think that 50 years from now the 6 year old's grandkids are going to look at it and not know what is happening in it, but on the other, I can't help but think that every single time my friend shares it, that she smiles and tells the story and shares the feelings of the memory, which is just as important as the image itself right?