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06/22/2010 07:48:52 PM · #1 |
I see often how people incorporate a title to make their photo fit the challenge. Maybe DPC would be more "challenging" if people didn't try to make the shots fit the challenge.
Maybe an extra rule could be that there was no title field to enter a title into until after the challenge on some challenges, or titles are hidden until after the challenge.
Maybe I'm the only one who thinks this is a good idea.
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06/22/2010 08:03:29 PM · #2 |
Originally posted by ApertureJack:
I see often how people incorporate a title to make their photo fit the challenge. Maybe DPC would be more "challenging" if people didn't try to make the shots fit the challenge.
Maybe an extra rule could be that there was no title field to enter a title into until after the challenge on some challenges, or titles are hidden until after the challenge.
Maybe I'm the only one who thinks this is a good idea. |
That would certainly make things interesting. I cant think of how many times a title has helped me understand how the image related to the challenge theme.... this would make one have to work harder.
So that SR didnt have to "fix the forum" for the challenge. The title could be the name of the challenge or something generic and uniform for all entries.
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06/22/2010 08:12:31 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by JustCaree:
So that SR didnt have to "fix the forum" for the challenge. The title could be the name of the challenge or something generic and uniform for all entries. |
I like that.
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06/22/2010 08:16:27 PM · #4 |
| It's a fabulous idea!!! No titles no titles no titles!!! |
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06/22/2010 08:22:55 PM · #5 |
Not for all challenges... like freestudy's will be able to have titles. Also challenges like hidden gem where a title won't matter. I just think a lot of the submissions will more incorporate what the challenge is asking if titles were hidden until after voting.
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06/22/2010 08:45:24 PM · #6 |
ETA:
New comment: Never mind. You clarified that!
Old comment: Good idea. But isn't that the same as a free study (without having the titles though.. in all fairness:-)?
Message edited by author 2010-06-22 20:46:13. |
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06/23/2010 02:53:14 AM · #7 |
bump, i'd like to see some SC comment on this
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06/23/2010 10:46:32 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by ApertureJack:
I see often how people incorporate a title to make their photo fit the challenge. Maybe DPC would be more "challenging" if people didn't try to make the shots fit the challenge.... |
If I understand you correctly, what you are saying is that you think people who shoehorn images into a challenge by using a title will be less inclined to do so if either no title or a prescribed title is mandated?
IMO, the problem isn't the title so much as the DNMC Police. Many times I see a creative take on the challenge description punished by narrow-minded voters.
In any event, I think peeps who feel strongly about shoe-horning aren't going to be stopped by the inability to create their own title. |
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06/23/2010 12:02:04 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by ApertureJack:
I see often how people incorporate a title to make their photo fit the challenge. Maybe DPC would be more "challenging" if people didn't try to make the shots fit the challenge.... |
Originally posted by L2:
If I understand you correctly, what you are saying is that you think people who shoehorn images into a challenge by using a title will be less inclined to do so if either no title or a prescribed title is mandated?
IMO, the problem isn't the title so much as the DNMC Police. Many times I see a creative take on the challenge description punished by narrow-minded voters.
In any event, I think peeps who feel strongly about shoe-horning aren't going to be stopped by the inability to create their own title. |
Obviously, this is someone who has not been slapped around for having submitted a blatantly title-driven entry. LOL!!!
I'm also thinking the OP is attaching more importance to the title than most voters do.....
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06/23/2010 12:39:49 PM · #10 |
I personally think a title can hurt more than it can benefit. There has been many times when I chose the wrong title and I feel that people rated it accordingly.
I would like to see the ability to choose not to enter a title if one and the title be blank and not "untitled" like it is set up right now. ;)
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06/23/2010 01:41:24 PM · #11 |
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06/23/2010 01:49:02 PM · #12 |
The title often helps a viewer to see something that could have been missed. Titles are as much a part of a photograph as a border. It helps set the mood, helps to direct the viewer, helps to connect with the person looking at the artwork.
Originally posted by L2:
Originally posted by ApertureJack:
I see often how people incorporate a title to make their photo fit the challenge. Maybe DPC would be more "challenging" if people didn't try to make the shots fit the challenge.... |
If I understand you correctly, what you are saying is that you think people who shoehorn images into a challenge by using a title will be less inclined to do so if either no title or a prescribed title is mandated?
IMO, the problem isn't the title so much as the DNMC Police. Many times I see a creative take on the challenge description punished by narrow-minded voters.
In any event, I think peeps who feel strongly about shoe-horning aren't going to be stopped by the inability to create their own title. |
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06/23/2010 01:50:20 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by dsray:
Three word maximum |
Hmmm, now that I like. Not only does your title have to fit the challenge and (hopefully) not be a mere description, but now it can't be more than three words. That adds yet another layer to the challenge itself. |
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06/23/2010 02:28:45 PM · #14 |
| if you have a theme or topic for the challenge there can be no such thing as a truly "untitled" entry, since the challenge title becomes the title "ex officio" ... to really make it so that there can be no hint in the title as to the subject or purpose of the shot would be in a Free Study, and then what's the point, since "shoehorning" an entry into a Free Study is also a contradiction in terms ... |
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06/23/2010 02:37:29 PM · #15 |
I really like the idea of no title for a challenge.
This is a photography contest... not a creative writing contest.
And I sometimes get comments saying that the title is awful, so points off... |
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06/23/2010 02:46:47 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by LydiaToo:
I really like the idea of no title for a challenge.
This is a photography contest... not a creative writing contest.
And I sometimes get comments saying that the title is awful, so points off... |
Yeah......but sometimes it's kinda fun.....8>)
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06/23/2010 03:21:29 PM · #17 |
I'm a title guy. Whether the viewer gets it or not, whether it hurts the score or not, ultimately, is at the submitter's peril. I've had it run both ways.
I'm fine with people leaving them without a title, but I like to have the option. |
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