Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I thought I was the only one who felt that way. :>) When uploading photographs on the web there inevitably is a field entitled "name" meant to prompt the photographer to name his work. I find this most distressing because if you leave it blank the file name is used by default most of the time. I generally either type in untitled or a location. Still I am uncomfortable doing that! I just assumed it was my neurotic tendencies which made this task so unappealing. Chris At 05:44 PM 1/9/2006, you wrote: >B. D. offered: >>How superfluous - distracting - captions tend to be.<<<< > >Hi B.D., >I agree with you completely and fought against the use of this >"word-smithing" with photographs submitted for some of the Canadian News >Photographer Associations awards for years, I'm still in battle gear with >a couple of them! :-( > >The words get in the road of creating an unequivocal distraction to the >photograph. Writers, journalists don't use a "picture" with their words to >win awards! So why should photographs have words to supposedly "enhance" >the photograph? > >If the photo in hand doesn't snap your head back with power and beauty, >what the hell are a few lousy words going to do for it? A photograph >should stand on it's own merit, not supposedly enhanced by nothing but >dribble anyway. Identifying where the location is? That's a whole >different ballgame. > >Cutesy words like... "momma does Mumbo" mean diddly squat because not >everybody understands "Mumbo!" :-) Let alone her doing something >"suggestive?" ;-) > >But Momma doing something that is absolutely incredible with lighting and >content is what photography is all about! Even on our LUG people tend to >add words that are ridiculous at time. Quite frankly when the photo >appears on screen I look and re-act! The words or "zinger >titles?" Bullshit! I pass unless it's worth while knowing where it's >happening. > >ted > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich, Sr. Physicist Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 A0049