Should a photograph have a title?
Mar 20, 2018 16:27:42 #
mwsilvers wrote:
The title does not help in the slightest. A photograph should stand on its own. If it needs a title to enhance its meaning, then it's not a very good photograph.
Sometimes it's nice to have some background on the subject. If someone posts a lovely garden surrounding a castle somewhere, I'd like to know the name of the castle or the country it's in because I might want to visit someday. That's just an example. Or someone posts an animal picture and I'm unfamiliar with it. It's nice to know what it is and where it can be found. You get the idea, I hope.
Mar 20, 2018 17:30:59 #
I have never seen a title on any Masters paintings. The Italian kid from Italy Mike Angelo didn't sign is ceiling work.
Mar 20, 2018 17:53:49 #
boberic wrote:
I have never seen a title on any Masters paintings. The Italian kid from Italy Mike Angelo didn't sign is ceiling work.
da Vinci doesn't count??
Mar 20, 2018 18:01:45 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
10MPlayer wrote:
Sometimes it's nice to have some background on the subject. If someone posts a lovely garden surrounding a castle somewhere, I'd like to know the name of the castle or the country it's in because I might want to visit someday. That's just an example. Or someone posts an animal picture and I'm unfamiliar with it. It's nice to know what it is and where it can be found. You get the idea, I hope.
That's not a title though. The Title the OP attached to his original image was "Yes".
Mar 20, 2018 18:08:04 #
Waltm
Loc: Fredericksburg, VA
Who attached a title to da Vinci's study of Lisa del Giocondo? And why?
Just asking.
Just asking.
Mar 20, 2018 18:19:37 #
So he could find it in his stack of portrait paintings??? Maybe he thought it would add to the price/value.
Mar 20, 2018 19:04:32 #
mwsilvers wrote:
The Title the OP attached to his original image was "Yes".
Actually it was "YES !!!" I just thought it's what I would have said.
Mar 20, 2018 20:44:04 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
Howard5252 wrote:
Actually it was "YES !!!" I just thought it's what I would have said.
Except to me it looks like the ball hung up on the edge in which case the title should have been "NO!!"
Mar 21, 2018 10:07:40 #
I belong to a club with active competitions and titles are require on entries and many of them can be completely excessive but the judges regularly spank us on titles so I get why that is going on. A title does not a make a photograph better. I am on Flickr and Instagram a lot and I hate pictures that only have IMG_8693 on it. In my opinion if the picture is not telling the whole story a Brief title helps. Wildlife images should include the authentic name of the species. Same with flowers and plants. Food should be named. Cool, exotic locations should include the name of the place and of significant landmarks. A title makes the appreciation of the image better and more satisfying and educational. “Oh, that’s what the bird is…”Oh, I gotta go there, that looks cool… or, I gotta order one of those next time I eat out” These golfer images plainly tell the own story, title not necessary.
pixbyjnjphotos wrote:
Sometimes a title gives the viewer a little more of an idea what the photographer saw in the photo. When exhibiting in a show or contest I don't think it is really proper to put a title on the photo. Although, when I exhibit at the local cultural arts center, you must put a title on the card which accompanies the photo. And, they are judged in the contest. I personally don't have any preference. I never have titles printed on the finished photo. Have a GREAT DAY!
Mar 21, 2018 13:23:32 #
garygrafic
Loc: South Florida
Sorry, to me, sounds like what you are describing is not a 'title' but a 'caption'. Somebody enlighten me, my English sucks.
Mar 21, 2018 14:04:10 #
Nope, Title. "Great Tailed Grackle with a bug" A caption might go on to include the location, date and time taken and so forth, maybe the story of how I got the shot. The judges want enough in the title to provide some basic specific details. A caption is more like a story that goes with the image. We are required to include a detailed title in the actual file names of our submissions.
garygrafic wrote:
Sorry, to me, sounds like what you are describing is not a 'title' but a 'caption'. Somebody enlighten me, my English sucks.
Mar 21, 2018 14:23:46 #
Waltm
Loc: Fredericksburg, VA
mwsilvers wrote:
Except to me it looks like the ball hung up on the edge in which case the title should have been "NO!!"
It should have a title.
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Mar 21, 2018 15:37:56 #
ppage wrote:
Same with flowers and plants. Food should be named.
What about Titles like "Still Life"; there's a lot of those.
Mar 21, 2018 15:43:04 #
Waltm wrote:
It should have a title.
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Trump Gets Another Mulligan
That would be a movie ... not a photo.
Mar 22, 2018 18:13:50 #
When my photo club as of last year did competitions (now we do critiques) the only time a title was mentioned was at the end when the winners were announced.
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