Forgive me if this has been covered or if it is the wrong section (please move accordingly) but I could not find a reference to it elsewhere.
My inquiry is concerning image titles. This is one area of my art that I struggle with constantly (there are others too, but right now I'll just stick to this one ). How do you title an image? What is your process? Where does your inspiration come from? How important is the title to the image? Do you pay attention to the title when you view other peoples work? I know the answers will be different for everyone but I am curious as to what they would be.
English was always my weakest subject in school and I've never taken a single art class. Photography is the only aspect of my life in which my right brain is in use and I find that my left brain takes over once the camera is removed from my eye. Therefore it makes it very difficult to come up with any creative titles for my images other than "leaf on a rock", "Door #1" or everyone's favorite "Untitled".
I worry that by titling an image in the above manner will turn off potential admirers as they would not take my work serious. I've even gone so far as to find ways that I can shoot specifically with simple titles (i.e. working on a 24hr project where the title of the images will simply be named by their time captured...like "1:45pm, 12:47am....etc").
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Dave
My inquiry is concerning image titles. This is one area of my art that I struggle with constantly (there are others too, but right now I'll just stick to this one ). How do you title an image? What is your process? Where does your inspiration come from? How important is the title to the image? Do you pay attention to the title when you view other peoples work? I know the answers will be different for everyone but I am curious as to what they would be.
English was always my weakest subject in school and I've never taken a single art class. Photography is the only aspect of my life in which my right brain is in use and I find that my left brain takes over once the camera is removed from my eye. Therefore it makes it very difficult to come up with any creative titles for my images other than "leaf on a rock", "Door #1" or everyone's favorite "Untitled".
I worry that by titling an image in the above manner will turn off potential admirers as they would not take my work serious. I've even gone so far as to find ways that I can shoot specifically with simple titles (i.e. working on a 24hr project where the title of the images will simply be named by their time captured...like "1:45pm, 12:47am....etc").
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Dave