Author Topic: How do you name your images? (Read 3774 times)

Pixart · « **on:** January 17, 2007, 12:29 »

I've always admired clever imaginative photo titles. But, when it comes to stock, I've always labeled my pix something simple and straightforward... TWO RED BOXES - somehow thinking a precise name would be more effective. Or does the title matter at all?

i.e. if a photo is of a lady with a scrub pail, would "Cleaning Lady" be a more effective title than "Domestic Goddess" (stumbling here for a clever example...)

Or - is it all about the keywords?

madelaide · « **Reply #1 on:** January 17, 2007, 15:54 »

In some sites the title is used also in the search. IS is one of them, I believe (do you, like me, see the title words repeated in the keyword list? I believe this gives weight to these words in the search).

I believe conceptual images ask for creative titles. But my brownies will be always named "brownies", not "chocolate delight".

Regards,
Adelaide

Pixart · « **Reply #2 on:** January 17, 2007, 17:02 »

Well, this is funny because I just asked this question this morning, and this afternoon Bryan at LO has commented on a new image saying "Naughty Little Boy is a great title". Maybe a site like LO could use more hip titles and keep it fairly straight for the others (if I can keep track of things that is!)

Can't figure out how to insert a photo... so here's a link to my "Naughty Little Boy"

http://www.luckyoliver.com/photo/1284852/naughty_little_boy

leaf · « **Reply #3 on:** January 17, 2007, 17:05 »

yeah i name them simple descriptive words. perhaps two or three.

On my hard drive however. things are labeled a little more pedagogically suchas
2006_01_11-1235`12

taken 11th of january 2006, at 12:35 and 12 seconds.

very nice if i edit that file and put it somewhere else, copy and move it again. I know where the original is... in the folder for that day.

a.k.a.-tom · « **Reply #4 on:** January 17, 2007, 17:09 »

Pixart-- if you browse thru the blog on LO, I'm pretty sure Bryan wrote about just that thing... how the title is involved in a search, the value of having words in the title and description as keywords and how the net associates to those words.. Worth the read. peace-tom

sharply_done · « **Reply #5 on:** February 16, 2007, 06:01 »

I recently switched to naming mine using the key elements of the image in a catalog format - my thinking here is that searchers will be able to tell more about the image when viewing it as a small thumbnail. Some examples:

corprate jet, motion-blur, 2:1 frame
planet earth from low orbit, crescent moon, saturated sky
small waterfall, long exposure, square

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