>
>Titles are either cloyingly twee and sentimental, or they are the
>photographer's way of telling you what to think, or both.
>
>Photos don't need titles, they need captions: who, what, when, where,
>why.
So if I displayed a photo telling you those things, how much of it would
matter to you? What about the answer to why? Isn't that me telling you
what to think?
Geez, my words in this very post are creating small electrical impulses in
your optic nerves which triggers recognition, and then synapses fire and you
think "That damn Tom C. There he is altering my brain waves and telling me
what to think again".
>
>A photographer who uses a title is the unholy spawn of Thomas
>('Painter of Light') Kinkade. How can any healthy-minded person read
>titles like "Serenity Cove", "Home is Where the Heart Is" or "Amber
>Afternoon" without immediately losing their lunch?
>
>Not even Ken Rockwell uses titles.
>
>--
> Bob
>
"Home is Where the Heart Is" is a little mushy but the other two are OK. :-)
Tom C.
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