I feel like there is an artistic skill to making good alt texts. Has anyone already written about this?

For example, my method is:

1. Decide what story I want to tell. What was joyful about this moment that I captured in a photo?

2. Describe the subject with some basic color (e.g. "A dark brown salamander") and maybe some context about where the subject is located ("on a campfire log")

3. Describe what gives me joy. Is it the salamander's little toes? The wet rain drops on its body? The way it's peeking up over the edge of the campfire log with its bead-like eyes? All of that? Put it in the alt-text!

I tend to describe the parts that give me joy in the order my eye "flows" over the picture.

Most people stop at describing the general subject and background. But they are missing out on sharing their joy with people who use screen readers! I wish more people would spread #AltTextJoy

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