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06/01/2016 02:10:49 PM · #1
I'm sure this will ring true with a number of people here, as far as viewpoints go.

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06/01/2016 03:37:02 PM · #2
Quite interesting. The viewpoint is about more than titles, but in DPC that\'s probably the focus point..

Here, out in the sticks I press a button to see what the image would look like... Very little in the way of college degrees and courses to muddleimprove the clicking experience.

BUT

I do spend time with my titles, and am mostly proud of them. I hope that they complement the images, I do not have a title and then shoot something to fit it. Sometimes my titles are too \"cute\" for their [or the image\'s] own good.

And

I have had quite a few people say to me that my images need their titles too much.

Lydia\'s dissections, on the other hand, are priceless and we look forward to read them, never mind if they are about the image the process or anything else.
06/01/2016 11:22:17 PM · #3
It's like having to explain a joke. If you have to, it wasn't that good to begin with.
06/01/2016 11:33:48 PM · #4
100% agree with the article.
Joining a photo contest here in Taiwan is always linked with writing a lot of blablabla. It's the main reason why I seldom participate.
I always believe that a picture only need a short title. (like a child's name)

06/02/2016 04:20:39 AM · #5
i haven't spent enough time in galleries to appreciate where he's coming from, but i will agree that i see more and more bad photography than good or great photography.

over the years, i've heard more than one photojournalist aspire to capturing images that caption themselves; that is, the essence of their image is conveyed completely without need for words...maybe that's why i'm not drawn to gallery type work where the photos cannot stand on their own.

on the other hand, check out the author's works! wow! he might consider himself a crotchety old man, but he can back it up ;-)
06/02/2016 01:36:44 PM · #6
are there really no young photographers taking photos without writing about them? I had no idea. I've always found visual artists to be largely incapable of discussing their own work, much like musicians.
06/02/2016 01:48:19 PM · #7
I may not be DPC-Award-Winning, but when I do images outside of here, for myself, for friends, etc, there is no debating the need for titles or stories.
Our families together, the kids playing, we know who they are for sure, but more than that, the images that I wait and shoot are the ones that are standalone - a kid on a swing looking like he has the greatest feeling in the world as the chain goes loose, kids turning the hose on shocked parents, friends sharing a quiet moment, reflecting on a life worth living... THOSE are the pictures worth taking in my mind, that is why I try techniques here, so that when the moment comes and I want to capture, or digitally enhance, a scene to make it stands out, I'm able to do so.
I do it for myself, I do it for those close to me, and that's enough.
If you're trying to do it for Everybody Else, you will always be searching.
You can find and recreate powerful scenes that many people may never get to experience, far abroad from where they live, and that helps you connect to the world, but you are showcasing someone else's dream, someone else's talent.
Find your passion, embrace it, and it will show through in giving you the result that these people are searching for.

Anybody can point a camera and press the shutter; very few people can create something new and unique that appeal to the masses, many talented people try to recreate the works of the few.
06/02/2016 03:22:41 PM · #8
Originally posted by posthumous:

are there really no young photographers taking photos without writing about them? I had no idea. I've always found visual artists to be largely incapable of discussing their own work, much like musicians.

But these are the MFA people, the academic artists, inculcated with a need to bloviate about the seriousness and integrity of their vision.
06/02/2016 03:38:01 PM · #9
Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by posthumous:

are there really no young photographers taking photos without writing about them? I had no idea. I've always found visual artists to be largely incapable of discussing their own work, much like musicians.

But these are the MFA people, the academic artists, inculcated with a need to bloviate about the seriousness and integrity of their vision.

"In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning."

— George Orwell (1903 - 1950), "Politics and the English Language", 1946



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