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HTML

<div class="container">
    <div class="overlay"><a href="#">Photography</a></div>
    <div class="img"></div>
</div>

CSS

.container{
    width: 400px;
    height: 200px;
    position: relative;
}

.container:hover .overlay{
    opacity: 1;
}

.container:hover .img{
    opacity: 0.5;
}

.img{
  background: url("http://www.placecage.com/400/200") no-repeat;
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
    transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
    -webkit-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
   
}

.overlay{
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    opacity: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    text-align: center;
    transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
    -webkit-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
}

a{
    display: inline-block;
    font-family: "Arial";
    font-size: 24px;
    color: #000;
    text-decoration: none;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    text-align: center;
    line-height: 200px;
        
}