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Sadly it’s often only the artist that knows what that ‘something’ is, without a clue in its title.
So mere observers like me, are left having to decide if “it looks nice” ….whatever it depicts.
There are a myriad of software packages/filters that enable us to ‘b*gger about’ with our photos. The question must be, why are we doing it or what are we trying to say?
Nothing wrong with mucking about just to see what happens and if the end result is pleasing to the eye, success!
I like to title my photos (often because Jan says “why on earth did you take that?”
)Last year I created a photobook for her on the occasion of our Golden Wedding, called “To the Casual Eye”, which shared many of my grabshot photos over the years….with explanations/captions.
Having looked back over these photos, I confess probably 40% of my titles were ‘thought up’ after seeing the captured image, as opposed to seeing and capturing a ‘subject with an obvious title’.
But in the long run, does it matter why we do it or what we read into it? It’s a bit of fun.
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