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<blockquote data-quote="Fork" data-source="post: 79608" data-attributes="member: 10937">I don't know about anyone else but I usually avoid giving my photos fancy titles.&nbsp; I find that photo titles are often over-thought and end up either cheesy or nonsensical other than to the photographer.&nbsp; With my photos, if it's a photo of a squirrel, you can assume it's title is &quot;Squirrel&quot;.Also, unless you are specifically doing travel photography documenting a specific place, where or when the shot was taken is fairly irrelevant to the shot.&nbsp; Also, telling people where you took it might lead to an influx of people running to to take the same shot, then what?!&nbsp; We'd all be the same!If someone specifically requests that information about a photo I generally have no issue in letting them know, but as a rule, I don't forfeit that information off my own back.Finally, to give a description of a photo in my opinion kind of defeats the point.&nbsp; The subject of a photo should be clear (or at least thought provoking).&nbsp; If it isn't, perhaps the photo is unsuccessful?Reading that back it sounds quite pretentious, that's not intentional!&nbsp; I&nbsp; just think a photo should be appreciated for what it is rather than&nbsp; what the photographer tells you it is.EXIF data is a different matter.&nbsp; It can be helpful to newbies to know what settings were used, but EXIF data can be misleading if the photo has been heavily processed.&nbsp; Even a strong boost of contrast or saturation can mislead a newbie on the result of your camera settings.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fork, post: 79608, member: 10937"] I don't know about anyone else but I usually avoid giving my photos fancy titles. I find that photo titles are often over-thought and end up either cheesy or nonsensical other than to the photographer. With my photos, if it's a photo of a squirrel, you can assume it's title is "Squirrel". Also, unless you are specifically doing travel photography documenting a specific place, where or when the shot was taken is fairly irrelevant to the shot. Also, telling people where you took it might lead to an influx of people running to to take the same shot, then what?! We'd all be the same! If someone specifically requests that information about a photo I generally have no issue in letting them know, but as a rule, I don't forfeit that information off my own back. Finally, to give a description of a photo in my opinion kind of defeats the point. The subject of a photo should be clear (or at least thought provoking). If it isn't, perhaps the photo is unsuccessful? Reading that back it sounds quite pretentious, that's not intentional! I just think a photo should be appreciated for what it is rather than what the photographer tells you it is. EXIF data is a different matter. It can be helpful to newbies to know what settings were used, but EXIF data can be misleading if the photo has been heavily processed. Even a strong boost of contrast or saturation can mislead a newbie on the result of your camera settings. [/QUOTE]

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