Stories can be told with your photos, just understand this is not like writing a book. Most of the time you will have limited control over how the story plays out in front of your camera. At best you might be able to get it started or add some randomness but beyond that what happens is out of your control – you are just along to photograph the ride. Here, I had my subject sit in a chair for about a minute, waiting. I was ready to start as soon as she sat down but I wanted her surprise and then reaction, so I waited about a minute pretending to fiddle with my camera and then when she gave that bored look, I hit the remote button for the bubble machine to start. At that point, the story played out on its own and I just photographed the result.
Stories do not have to be complicated. They should have feeling though. Emotions are a wonderful thing and sharing them is something we love to do. When people share a photo on social media of themselves at an event or someplace special, they are not just showing you they are there, they are showing how they feel about being there. That is what I recommend people aim for in the stories they tell with their photos because that is how people will connect with the stories they tell with their photos.
That and, photography aside, if you ever think you are going to deal with toddlers buy a bubble machine that plugs into the wall and has a remote.