In this section you will learn to add visual media to your e-portfolio. Visual Media means images and videos. You can take some images of your work places to show the worth of your profession. In addition, these captions or descriptions showcase your work and for most of your work samples, you will write short captions. Let’s review each part and then practice creating those short captions.
Captions are usually one sentence, which describe images or videos about your work. It should include,
- What you are showcasing?
- For whom you work is for?
- Location and Year
Formula;
Here is/are This is / These are | A presentation A speech A project A service A product A brochure A portfolio |
“Here is ……… for + clients in + place/time”
Question; How to write Description for the Captions?
Description is the short paragraph with interesting characteristics, effectiveness, and personal reflection. Please avoid general adjectives such as “good / nice”, because they talk about opinion. Try to use descriptive adjectives. It should also include an explanation + client. You can answer the following questions, the answers of these questions will be the description of your captions.
Q1 How does your work look like?
Q2 Why your work special to you?
Q3 What are the essential characteristics of your work?
Q4 How did your work place help you professionally?
For example;
Image | Caption |
 | Here is the dining table which I made for the mayor in London in 2022. |
Description: This dining table is durable and custom-designed. It helped the mayor’s family seat up to 6 guests for their 50th anniversary.
It should also express positive feelings about your work. For this purpose, use positive adjectives describe feelings. Positive descriptive adjectives end with (-ed), such as interested. Remember, adjectives ending with (-ing), describe people/ object. Following is the formula to write about your feelings.
“I am + (positive adjectives with, -ed) + in name of the object.”
Example: “I am interested in this picture”.
Task: write down the description of your captions.
Example:
This dining table is durable and custom-designed. It helped the mayor’s family seat up to 6 guests for their 50th anniversary. I am excited about this table, and I am happy about the result.
Tip: You can add caption to your social media.
Review of the 1st part. We can begin in one of two ways:
· Here is/this is what you are showcasing
· Here are/These are what you are showcasing
· What you are showcasing could be many things like “an image, a picture, a video, a project, a presentation, a paper or service.”
Practice 1. Please circle the correct answer.
1.This is/these are news reports..
2.Here is/Here are a picture of a photo.
3.This is a/this is an sample.
4.This is a/this is an class.
Review of the 2nd part. For the second part of your caption, you want to use verbs. Here is a list of those verbs:
For pictures or videos
- Use verbs for creating: created/produced/designed/built/developed/prepared
- Verbs for researching: researched/analyzed/examined or sometimes tested
For projects:
- Verbs for researching: researched/analyzed/examined or sometimes tested
- Verbs for managing: managed/supervised
- Verbs for working: worked on/completed
For presentations:
- Verbs for presenting: gave/presented
- Verbs for teaching: taught/educated/trained
For papers: you could use words for writing like wrote or published.
Practice 2. You want to put the verb in an adjective clause. The adjective clause here begins with that I...
Choose the best answer for each sentence from the following list of verbs.
taught | took | analyzed | produced |
1. These are news reports that I _____________________.
(verb for video)
2. Here is a picture of a photo that I _____________________. (verb for picture)
3. This is a sample that I ______________________________. (verb for research)
4. This is a class that I _________________________________. (verb for teaching)
Here is a chart of some popular adjectives that you can also add to talk about your work:
Adjectives to Describe Projects
- comprehensive
- effective
- exhaustive
- extensive
- significant
- strategic
Adjectives to Describe Presentations
- interesting
- compelling
- engaging
- motivational
- educational
- organized
Adjectives to Describe Papers
- interesting
- organized
- well-researcher
- well-written
Adjectives to Describe Experiments
- detailed
- exhaustive
- extensive
- preliminary
- promising
- sophisticated
- systematic
Adjectives to Describe Videos
- action-packed
- animated
- compelling
- engaging
- fast-paced
- interesting
- motivational
Descriptive Adjectives
In this lesson, we looked at writing longer captions. We looked at adjectives that you could add to the first sentence of your longer caption. Here are some other popular adjectives:
Shape
· squared or boxed
· triangular
· circular, round, rounded or curved
· deep
· shallow
· flat or two-dimensional
Size
· small, tiny, miniature or microscopic
· large, massive or enormous
· average or medium
· thin or narrow
· wide or broad
Time
· new, modern or contemporary
· old, old-fashioned or ancient
Positive Feelings for Things
· exciting
· bold
· unique or original
· easy-to-use
Describing properties of materials
· smooth
· hard
· shiny
· transparent (you can see through it)
· opaque (you can’t see through it)
· handmade or handcrafted
Review 3. You can add your samples and captions on social media like Instagram, Twitter or YouTube. You use @ for client and #location.
Don’t forget to put the client and location after your caption.
For example, a graphic designer might write: “Here are my recent logo designs that I created in 2014.” @abcco (your client) #newyork (location)
Notice that with a # there are no spaces in between.
1. This is an app that I created in 2015. @abc #London
2. This is a presentation that I gave in 2014. @PekingUniversity #Beijing
3. This is a report that I wrote in 2012. @ghi #Jakarta
