Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]words 'n' pictures = potentially powerful communication however those words require the same level of attention as the image or perhaps better to not have the words conversely if the image has little merit perhaps simply use words ;~) Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Dec 28, 2009, at 1:19 PM, Douglas Barry wrote: > > "Steve Barbour" <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote in response to MR's >>> Cute captions are death to a serious image. >>> You want them as bland as possible. >>> Simply descriptive. Or none. >> >> good point Mark...seems if the image works, nothing more need be >> said... >> >> if it needs to be said, it's cus the image has failed, >> > > Strongly disagree. A caption can add to a picture as well as giving > the who, what, where.... How the blazes can one "Untitled" picture > be remembered against the visual sea of other "Untitled" pictures. > > I like captions, but doctors differ and patients die :-) > > Douglas > _________ > Douglas Barry > Bray, Co. Wicklow > Republic of Ireland > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information