Describe a place where you have taken photos more than once IELTS Cue Card
IELTS CUE CARD TOPIC
Describe a place where you have taken photos more than once
You should say:
- Where the place is
- When you took the photos
- What special features do the photos taken there have
- And explain why you have been there more than once to take photos
Sample 1
As a photography enthusiast, I keep clicking pictures. This is the one place where I have clicked a picture more than once, and the name of that place is Rose Garden. It is a big park in Chandigarh, in the city’s heart.
The first set of photos I took was in June when there was scorching heat, and the next set I took was in the month of March during a festival called the Rose Festival. So, both sets of photos are different because it is a big garden with many flowers across the globe.
The environment is unique in summer because different kinds of flowers have divergent colours, and the environment looks vibrant when blossoming. There was no hustle and bustle in the winters, especially in the summers, so a pristine and serene environment existed.
When I took the photographs, I saw very few people in the garden, which was a different scenario from the pictures I clicked during the Rose Festival. There were a lot of crowds because of the festival. People were moving here, and there were many stalls for food, various games, and fun activities.
So, both scenarios were different experiences. So, in the first scenario, I enjoyed my privacy because there were few people, so I could click the pictures of nature as I wanted. Here is the second scenario as there were many people, so instead of clicking photos of the flowers, I clicked photographs of people from all walks of life. So, I enjoyed clicking pictures in both scenarios over there.
Sample 2
The place where I took more than one photo was Munnar.
There was a view spot where we could take as many photos as we wanted, which was lovely. When we looked at that photo, it looked terrific, and the view behind it was amazing. There were many mountains there. In that photo, we also saw many clouds, and snow fell there. Because of the snow, the images improved, and we went there to take pictures because we went there for vacation, and we liked that place very much. We take photos whenever we go there, and every time we visit Munnar, we take pictures.
It’s a good place. I would suggest everyone go there, and it’s also an excellent place to view the scenery and take photos. We also took many pictures of my family members, and we all liked it very much. I also suggested to my friends that you should go there and they also went there. They also gave me a good response and my every friend told their cousins and all, and everyone went there and took pictures, and everyone liked it, and they are saying they would go to places which is like that only and they would also go and visit.
There is a good view from there, and it’s at the top of a hill, and it’s a perfect place, but I don’t know why few people come there, maybe because of its way coming there because it’s an off-ride ride. Also, we had to take an off-ride ride where the vehicle would shake a lot, and many of our friends could not go there. They were tired of going there, and everyone said it was tough to go there.
But I liked it very much, and a few people were there like me; they also liked it very much. There is a very good view, and there is also a big tree where we can climb. We can also see the view from there, and it’s a good place. I would suggest everyone go there. If the road is not good, but after crossing the road, it’s a good place, and many of them had stopped going there because of the road only.
Follow-ups
Here are some examples of follow-up questions that the examiner might ask during your speaking part 3 related to the cue card: “Describe a place where you have taken photos more than once ”.
1. Do you like to take photos?
Yes, I’m a photography enthusiast and like to take photos. I mostly take photos of myself, and sometimes I take photos of nature, such as wildlife, water bodies, beaches, and mountains.
2. Where do people often like to take photos?
These days, people like to take photos of all locations. The background matters to them, whether they are in a shopping mall, an amusement park, or a place of scenic beauty. They click photos to upload them to social media.
3. Who would like to take photos more often, young or older?
Young people enjoy clicking photos more than older people, who tend to enjoy the moment in the present. So they do not spend much time clicking photos, whereas young people like to capture the moment with the camera. They like to post those pictures on social media to make their friend circle aware of where they are roaming and what they are doing.
4. Would you pay a lot of money to hire a photographer?
I won’t pay much money to hire a photographer because I am good at taking photographs. I have attended various courses on photography and watched numerous videos on YouTube that Teach the basics.
5. Do you think being a photographer is a good job?
Yes, I think being a photographer is a good job. It is glamorous because you must mostly click pictures of events or scenic beauties. So, this is an enjoyable activity and not at all boring.
6. On what occasions do people need formal photos?
People need formal photos when the nature of the event is formal.
So it is about office meetings or Passports or identification cards, for which people like to have formal photos.
7. Why do people like taking photos at different places?
Clicking your pictures on your mobile or any camera captures many memories that can be revived in the future. You can see images of you going to that place as you age. We can catch the scenery and all the viewpoints where we have gone so the pictures are saved with so many memories.
8. How has the rise of social media influenced people’s interest in taking photos?
Social media has widely influenced people to click photos. They upload because they want to upload their picture on their phones. After all, they see the actors or many influencers on Instagram or other accounts. They post pictures of being on vacation or some beautiful viewpoints they have gone to on holiday, so people also want to share their happy moments with other people.
9. What are the benefits of taking photos at memorable places?
Taking photos at memorable places makes the person remember the place where he took the picture because when the person gets older, or the person’s children see the photographs of their father or their grandfather, they will remember that he visited that place.
10. Do you think photography has changed the way people experience travel?
Yes, photography has changed people’s experiences when travelling. For 20-30 years, people used to take photos on cameras or go to the studios to take pictures. Nowadays, we have phones, so we capture every moment while travelling, eating, sharing photos when standing at a very nice viewpoint, and every vacation aspect. The pictures have changed.
11. What subjects do people prefer to photograph in popular places?
Every place has its speciality where people can take photos because every place has its different viewpoints from which people can widely take photos. If we go to the Manali area, people like to take photos near the waterfalls or the landscape view, so it depends on the place where the scene or the view is good.
12. How do professional photographers differ from amateur photographers in capturing places?
Professional photographers take pictures very professionally and authentically. They represent the scene, landscape view, or if a person is taking a beautiful picture. It can be expressed in many ways, but if an immature person takes a photograph, like if a family is visiting, the children take the photo, so in that photograph, the particular angle of the picture is not there. It needs to be professionally taken.
13. Why do some people prefer to take photos with a camera rather than a smartphone?
Taking pictures with a camera is clearer because not everyone has a phone with high picture quality. People who do not have a good phone or a very good quality camera prefer to take pictures from a professional camera so that the pictures can be clearer and more beautifully taken.
14. How has photography technology evolved over the past decade?
Over the past decade, photography has changed its way dramatically because before the photographs were painted, if we say before like 100 years ago, the photos were painted after that, the era came to that photographs were taken like the shops where the photographers are sitting or the cameraman comes to their home to click the pictures and we can buy the camera. Still, nowadays, we have cameras on our phones, so we are not supposed to go to the shops to take pictures. We can click with the camera.
15. What are the environmental impacts of popular tourist spots due to increased photography?
Due to increased photography and the nice viewpoints of particular places, they are widely populated. Because of that, people come there to click their photographs, which badly impacts the environment because when people are coming, they are drinking water bottles and throwing those bottles there, making the viewpoint bad. Some people are very non-serious, just damaging the monuments like the historical places.
16. Should people take fewer photos and enjoy the moment more?
Yes, because people now much prefer to take pictures, and they are not even enjoying the place internally to which they have come as they have come on vacation or someplace to appreciate they are not doing that. They click the pictures to show off to their relatives or their friends.
