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Describe A Photo That You Took And Are Proud Of: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • When did you take this photo?
  • What type of camera did you use?
  • Who was in the photo?
  • Explain why you are proud of this photo.
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Cue 1:When did you take this photo?

  • Mention the specific date or occasion when you took the photo.
  • Provide some context about what was happening at that time.

Example

I took this photo during my trip to Manali last summer, in June 2022. It was a beautiful sunny day, and I was exploring the scenic landscapes with my friends.

Cue 2:What type of camera did you use?

  • Specify the type of camera you used, whether it was a smartphone or a professional camera.
  • Briefly explain why you chose that particular camera.

Example

I used my smartphone, a Samsung Galaxy S21, to take this photo. I chose my phone because it has an excellent camera that captures vibrant colors and details, making it easy to take stunning pictures on the go.

Cue 3:Who was in the photo?

  • Describe the people in the photo, including their relationship to you.
  • Share a little about what they were doing at that moment.

Example

In the photo, you can see my two best friends, Priya and Rahul. We were all laughing and enjoying the breathtaking view of the snow-capped mountains, which made the moment even more special.

Cue 4:Explain why you are proud of this photo.

  • Discuss the emotions or memories associated with the photo.
  • Explain what makes this photo significant to you.

Example

I am proud of this photo because it captures not just a beautiful landscape, but also a memorable moment with my friends. It reminds me of the joy and freedom we felt during that trip, and it’s a great representation of our friendship.

Conclusion

    Example

    In conclusion, this photo is more than just an image; it holds a special place in my heart as it represents a wonderful experience with my friends. Every time I look at it, I am reminded of the laughter and the beautiful moments we shared together in Manali.

    Following this structure will ensure you cover all the essential points while providing a clear and engaging response to the cue card topic.

    Tips to answer this Cue Card

    1: Giving Vague Answers

    Avoid providing vague or general answers that lack detail. This can make your response less engaging and informative, which may not impress the examiner.

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    Tip

    Be specific about the photo, including details like the location, the moment captured, and the emotions involved.

    2: Neglecting to Explain the Context

    Failing to explain the context of the photo can lead to a lack of understanding. The examiner may not grasp why the photo is significant to you.

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    Include background information about when and why you took the photo, and what it represents to you.

    Overlooking Personal Feelings

    Not expressing your personal feelings about the photo can make your response less impactful. The examiner wants to hear your emotional connection to the image.

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    Tip

    Share your feelings and thoughts about the photo, explaining why it makes you proud and what memories it evokes.

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    I am not a good photographer. My sister has always told me I am not that great of a photographer. I always take very bad photos from the worst angles and use the worst lighting and I feel very affected by her words because I would like to take a good photo someday and I was able to fulfill this wish of mine when I took a photo of my friend during a Diwali party that I had organized. It was a potluck party. I had very painstakingly built a photo booth so that everybody gets an opportunity to take wonderful photos with bright lights and oriental elements and upload it on Instagram. I had a vision and I was able to fulfill it. I made a vision board on my Pinterest and I saved the poses that I would require, the sort of lighting and the aesthetic that my photo would require and I used my friend's iPhone. I took her picture from the angles that I wanted, used a flash, used the flash of some other phone to create lighting depth and I took a wonderful photo of her. She was very satisfied. All the photos look very professionally taken and for the first time in my life, a photo that I took looked good. I am very proud of myself for taking this picture.

    Band 6-7

    I clicked so many photos till now, but the one photo which I liked most was when I was in my village for my vacation time, that time in the evening, I was just like traveling, I was just walking on my terrace and what I saw, the clouds and the sun are looking so amazing, like the sun is about to set and the sky is full of orange color and the look was really amazing, then I clicked that photo and yeah, as I told, there is a sun surrounded by clouds in that photo and that looks really amazing, it's look like something, a diamond inside some white cotton and it's look really marvelous and yeah, the reason why I am so proud of this photo is because whenever I saw that photo, it provide me some kind of relief and like it's look really, what we can say, beautiful, even though I set that photo as my wallpaper, so whenever I open my phone, I can easily see that photo on my phone, so yeah, because of this, I feel really connected towards nature and I love clicking these kinds of photos.

    Band 6-7

    One day while I was walking along a street I met a friend who is from a foreign country. She talked to me about all our culture and lifestyles and we had a long conversation. After that we went to a place where we can have a tea and talk more about my culture. Moreover, we also had a chance to visit a museum that was a place which is prestigious in our country. Because of that we took a few images of that. All of them were nostalgic for us but at present while she contacted me I was able to send that vintage image to her because I kept it with me and also framed that. I become proud to give that to her because everything has changed after all that long time. So I believe keeping the old things are really valuable for the future. Personally I believe she has a heart of gold because after she arrived she made a chance for me to visit that place. Also she is a full of wins person because of that I also had a chance to explore that area. Personally I felt over the nine after meeting her and having all these things in my life.

    Band 6-7

    I would like to reminisce my last tour at Rajasthan when actually I took such a photo that I am so proud of and I am so astonished myself. How could I take such a good photo? I am a person from my childhood who is not at all interested in taking photos or clicking it. I am not such interested to show my face or my lifestyle to the world. I am not a person who is a very social person to put up photos or show my lifestyle. How am I doing? This happened when I was at Jaisalmer with my mom with the sand dunes. My mom also did not have a keen interest in photography but somehow I requested her to stand in front of the sand dunes. It was early in the morning and I told her to stand there so that I could take a photo of her. As soon as she was standing, the weather was clear. It was a very clear and very nice weather. The weather was breezy. It had rained the previous day and there was a rainbow suddenly. So what happened is that as I was going to take the photo of my mom in front of the sand dunes, I saw that the rainbow had appeared out of somewhere. So I took the photo and it was such an amazing one. As I showed it to my mom, she said that she was very happy with it. She was so excited that such a good photo has come. I used my normal iPhone camera but it was so good. I didn't have a proper camera as I had already mentioned that I am not such interested in taking photos. I am so proud of this that I had taken this photo and it made my mom so happy. Till now I reminisce that day and show it to my friends.

    Band 6-7

    A photo that I took and I am really proud of was when me and my family were on a vacation to Nashik and the surrounding areas of Nashik. We decided to stop by a really serene and beautiful spot that actually was a valley and that valley was surrounded by a lot of greenery, a lot of mountains and it had a river flowing through it and me personally, I am not someone who likes to take photos or selfies. I just think that it is important for me to be in the moment and enjoy the moment rather than taking pictures and not taking in the moment. Moreover, I thought that I should actually take a selfie since it was a beautiful spot and location. I positioned myself, I took my phone, it had a 35 megapixel selfie camera and I positioned myself in such a way that in my background there were the serene mountains, beautiful beauty and the river as well which was there in my surrounding and I took the selfie. I normally don't post that many photos on social media but I decided to post this one on social media and I tried nothing in caption. I just wanted everybody who would see my photo to react accordingly. I posted the picture and I got about 35-40 likes and I got a lot of comments. It was my most liked post and people really liked my enthusiasm that I showed for taking the selfie. The backdrop obviously, it was really beautiful and pretty and I got really good comments on that photo and I have actually decided, in conclusion I would say that I have decided that I am actually going to be doing more of taking photos but it should have a beautiful

    Band 6-7

    I did and so the picture that I that I'm going to talk about is. The picture that I'm going to talk about is when I took it. The photo that I'm going to talk about was taken in my 10th grade during the COVID period. So as you all know that we were all pretty unoccupied during the COVID period and we built a lot of hobbies during that time. And one of that was photography for me. I used a DSLR camera to click the picture of a moon in the night sky. Myself being a person who loves admiring the night sky, picturing a moon was something that I always wanted to do. And this was a pretty good opportunity for me to explore the camera settings, the aperture and everything to click a professional picture of a moon and the night sky. The reason why I'm proud of clicking this picture is because I have always taken pictures that are of simple aspects and I don't think it taking out in a professional way or in a passionate way. But this particular picture that I took of the moon was kind of something that I viewed in a very artistic way and I wanted it to be filled with that passion that I was going through at that time. And I wanted the moon to look pretty professional and that's the whole reason why I took this picture and I'm pretty proud of it because it turned out really good. And I was surprised by myself of how I captured the hues of the sky and the perfect shape of the moon with clouds intervening with the moon and everything.

    Band 6-7

    So, I am a very photogenic person and I just like to take more and more pictures of mine like whenever I get a chance to take, to click one picture of me, I click it as soon as it is possible whenever I am looking good in any outfit or it seems very soothing for me. I prefer to take photos, that is why most of the photos are not crucial for me but a photo that is hanging on the wall of my room is a very important photo for me as that photo consists a story. Let me tell you, so the story goes like when I was in 10th class, I was a eager beaver person to my academics that resulted in a very good grade of mine and on the result day, when the result was declared on the Google sites, my principal and my vice-principal, all of them checked every student's result and what we found that I scored a decent grade in my 10th class, that is why they just called my parents and me, they invited us to the school and the moment we entered the school, everyone was so welcoming to us. I was so over the moon like yes, my hard work paid me off and on that day, my principal, my vice-principal, my mother and father was standing into the frame including me also. My school's guard took a photograph of us that was taken by a normal mobile phone of my mother. Actually, the photo was not that much clear but it holds a lot of memories for me as it is very important, I told you earlier, that's why I am very proud of it. Also, that photo frame, I mean the photo was...

    Band 6-7

    It was a photo that I took while we were on a family trip to Agamon. I took the photo on my mobile phone and it is a family photo where I captured the picture of my family. We were resting on a hill and I am very proud of this photo because it is one of the best family pictures we have on digital records. So the photo is very good actually. And I don't have a costly mobile phone with an excellent camera and all but still I managed to get a good photograph like a professional one, those we took in cameras, those we take in cameras. So we love that photo very much and I am very proud because my parents also wished me, they said that this photo was very good. It is one of their favourite photos as well. I even plan on giving it to a studio and taking a framed printout of that to laminate it and display it in our welcome hall so that everyone can see the photo and I am very proud that I took the photo. It was a sunny day but still I managed to get a nice frame of our family, smiling faces.

    Band 6-7

    I am a photo photoholic person. I like to click different type of pictures in different background and different places. I have these things because of my father has a studio. So in summer vacation I used to go with him to click photos. And today I would like to talk about one picture that that we clicked in Visakhapatnam. It was in our last semester when everyone was tired and we decided to go Visakhapatnam to relaxed from our examination. So we went Visakhapatnam via train and we were exploring different different places like Arku valley, beaches, Surya temple in all. And I found a perfect location to click the photo and the background was beach. So I called one of my friend who who had the iPhone 11 and that time that phone was recently launched and he bought that one. And I requested him to click my photo including beach. So beach should should be covered from my background. So he clicked several of pictures with different poses and different look direction. You you know usually whenever you go any places to visit you you will you will click a lot of picture but only few picture like one one

    Band 6-7

    So there is a photo I took one week ago and I am proud of that photo because it is really good and captivating and in that picture there was a greenery like background with sunsets and more likely a dark theme which looks so mesmerizing and I am really proud of that because I have clicked that in a very well angle and that looks really good. Further I would like to say that I am really proud because that picture looks really good to me and that's all I want to say about that.
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