Captions!

DISCLAIMER: The photographs below were taken by Warren Tillery during the spring of 2009 in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Photojournalism.  The captions posted are not those that originally accompanied the photographs, though certain factual information contained in them was referenced from the originals.  The new captions, together with the photographs, combine to satisfy a caption-writing assignment for Ron Rodgers’ Editing Lab, fall 2009.  These are in no way meant to portray actual news events, but merely as a way to practice the elements of writing information-dense captions for news-style photographs.  Permission to use portfolio photographs, rather than new ones, for this assignment granted to Tillery by Rodgers on Sept. 21, 2009.

SOCCER SKILLS – Players compete for the ball during Sunday’s match between Real Alachua and C60 at Forest Park.  The teams play in the A division of the Gainesville Regional Soccer League.  Games are played weekly with teams split into divisions based on skill level with A being the top. (Photo by Warren Tillery)

WALKING TO CLASS – Students walk toward the Reitz Union between classes Thursday.  Without adequate parking, many students are forced to walk long distances in short amounts of time to avoid tardiness to classes. (Photo by Warren Tillery)

PUDDLE JUMPING – Cliff Phillips flies through the air while wakeboarding Saturday on Lake Swan in Melrose, Fla.  Phillips was practicing for an upcoming wakeboarding competition. He’s been wakeboarding for five years. (Photo by Warren Tillery)