I believe that I've learned an important lesson this week (if I'm lucky) -- that would be to shoot the challenge as if there were NO TITLES ALLOWED (unless the challenge of the week sets itself up otherwise)
Shoot your picture first and name it "untitled" - then people will be force to judge the photo for the photo itself, rather than on an unknown inside joke or some cryptic reference.
If you believe the photo stands on its own, name it "Bug #47" or "Tree" or wax poetic with "Jennifer's Cat Attacks!" -- and even if the name you choose is EXACTLY what the photo depicts, there's always going to be someone who doesn't see it -- AND there's always going to be someone who NEEDS TO CLEAR THAT UP FOR YOU
which leads me to lesson #2 learned this week - as I read on the forums this week, you have to engage your "idiot" filter; ie, contructive = good, otherwise IGNORE. |
