Question ...

[Rainer SLP]

¿ Why do you use a title for your photograph ?

[Iluvmycam]

I never did until I started to place them in museums. Then it became a mater of neccisty pretty much.

When you discuss photos and execute deeds of transfer it is very hard when you have 30 photos and they are all called untitled 1, 2, 3, 4 etc.

[MattNQ]

Hmmm.....
For me I think it is because I want to convince myself I am an artist and every great work of art has a title? 


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[Rainer SLP]

When you discuss photos and execute deeds of transfer it is very hard when you have 30 photos and they are all called untitled 1, 2, 3, 4 etc.

¿ Why ? You have a system by using Untitled 1, Untitled 2, etc. or even easier just 1,2,3 etc. to know exactly of what photo you are talking about ...

But my question had in reality another background ...

[Rainer SLP]

Hmmm.....
For me I think it is because I want to convince myself I am an artist and every great work of art has a title?  


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+1  

Does it ?

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

It compliments the image... or not.

[MattNQ]

+1 

Does it ?

Not always.


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[PeterAit]

¿ Why do you use a title for your photograph ?

Good question! Mostly, I suppose, because it is expected. For landscapes, I think viewers like to know what and where the scene is. For other scenes, the tiel may provide information about how the photographer views the image.

[Rainer SLP]

Good question! Mostly, I suppose, because it is expected. For landscapes, I think viewers like to know what and where the scene is. For other scenes, the tiel may provide information about how the photographer views the image.

I like this

... because it is expected ...

due to lack of imagination of the viewers of an exhibition ? or due to the intention of the artist ¿ whatever genre ? to take the viewer to his point of view ?

What do you prefer ? let the viewer explore his imagination or influence him ?

Arches National Park ...

but the park is 310km² big ... does the title help me ?  

[Colorado David]

When you listen to Debussy, La Mer (The Sea in English) do you envision the sea in your mind's eye?  Perhaps you do.  The music is very obviously program music and is very descriptive of the sea, so perhaps you would have made that connection for yourself.  But in this case Claude Debussy took the step of insuring that you understood.  By naming the piece La Mer, Debussy framed the listeners' understanding of the piece far more than if it had been called Symphonic Tone Poem #23.  Perhaps when you name a photograph, you are specifying the lens through which the viewer sees your image.

[jjj]

What do you prefer ? let the viewer explore his imagination or influence him ?

Arches National Park ...

but the park is 310km² big ... does the title help me ? 

Maybe it should be titled "Gateway to Dimension Five and Three Quarters" or maybe '2.09 Degrees' - the angle the horizon appears to be off by. 

[Rainer SLP]

When you listen to Debussy, La Mer (The Sea in English) do you envision the sea in your mind's eye?  Perhaps you do.  The music is very obviously program music and is very descriptive of the sea, so perhaps you would have made that connection for yourself.  But in this case Claude Debussy took the step of insuring that you understood.  By naming the piece La Mer, Debussy framed the listeners' understanding of the piece far more than if it had been called Symphonic Tone Poem #23.  Perhaps when you name a photograph, you are specifying the lens through which the viewer sees your image.

OK, interesting example

Unfortunately we do not know if he titled it before or after finishing ... That would be more interesting ...

.. and yes that is true ..

When I hear Vivaldi (most known example) " Four Seasons ", it is obvious that the title steers me to think about the Season of each piece ...

mmmmmmhhh

[Diego Pigozzo]

¿ Why do you use a title for your photograph ?

To enrich the photograph.

[Rainer SLP]

To enrich the photograph.

¿ Sure ?

I have seen amazing photographs going down the gutter due to the title ...

I think, letting a photograph speek to the viewer is more worth then adding a title and force the viewer to the artists opinion ...

... or perhaps the artist chooses a title in order to provoke a shortcut in the viewers brain  see above (gutter)

¿?

¿ What do you prefer ?

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

I'll jump in here to say that I seldom title my photographs, mainly because I find it difficult to find a useful title that doesn't give too much away. I want the viewer to use his/her imagination , so I don't like to use a title that will slant the interpretation in one direction.

That being said, I do have titles for some of my favorite images, sometimes the name of an object in the scene, or the location, and other times a fanciful, totally irrelevant title intended to make the viewer work a little harder trying to figure it out.

[pcgpcg]

¿ Why do you use a title for your photograph ?

Because I need a way to identify a photo when communicating with clients. If I was not selling photos I would not assign titles.
I use a numbering system (, i.e. 2014 jpeg #23) when submitting a group of photos for copyright registration. I could use the same scheme for marketing as well, but I think a more descriptive title helps to engage potential clients.
The problem for me is that I run out of ideas for assigning titles when I have a group of similar photos. Then I use sort of a tiered naming system, i.e. Snowy Woods - solitude, Snowy Woods - pine cone, etc.

To illustrate how ridiculous this gets, I sometimes go back and change the name because I decide that what I chose previously now sounds inappropriate for whatever reason.  

[Diego Pigozzo]

¿ Sure ?

I have seen amazing photographs going down the gutter due to the title ...

I think, letting a photograph speek to the viewer is more worth then adding a title and force the viewer to the artists opinion ...

... or perhaps the artist chooses a title in order to provoke a shortcut in the viewers brain  see above (gutter)

¿?

¿ What do you prefer ?

Yeaph, I'm sure.
While a title can be used for all the things you say, it can also be used to add something to the photo without forcing the viewer in any way.

In the end, a title is just a tool not so different from HDR: it can be uses needlessly, it can abused but it can also be used fruitfully.

[stamper]

If you didn't give an image a title then LR and other similar products would be redundant?

[stamper]

A witty title can help?

Piping hot.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/99408200@N05/14790785781/

[Diego Pigozzo]

A witty title can help?

Piping hot.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/99408200@N05/14790785781/

Can let my dirty mind speaks?