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Week 6 Readings

2. The 6-view standard: photograph like a catalogue

2.1. 2-minute Practice: Alt text that actually helps

Figure 1 Glazing detail

Close-up of a ceramic surface showing layered blue glaze with vertical streaks and dark reddish-brown lines where glaze has flowed downward, creating visible running and pooling effects.

Look at the image for 30 seconds. Then write 1–2 sentences of alt text that includes:

  • where on the object (e.g., “detail view of the surface/edge”)

  • what you can see (colour, gloss/matte, texture)

  • one specific feature (e.g., crackle lines, pooling, speckling, brush mark, glaze edge)

REVEAL (Model answer):

Close-up of a ceramic surface showing layered blue glaze with vertical streaks and dark reddish-brown lines where glaze has flowed downward, creating visible running and pooling effects.