Passenger Seat: Creating a Photographic Project from Conception through Execution in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

Chapter 15. Sequencing Images

Be willing to step outside your comfort zone once in a while; take the risks in life that seem worth taking. The ride might not be as predictable if you’d just planted your feet and stayed put, but it will be a heck of a lot more interesting.

—EDWARD WHITACRE, JR.

Once you have selected the images that you want to use to tell your story, you need to start thinking about the order in which the photographs will be displayed to achieve the greatest impact. Sequencing images to assemble a visual narrative is definitely an art form, and a lot depends on the story that you are telling and the images you have to tell it. It takes practice and patience. Sometimes the images fall right into place. Other times it takes careful ...