She put the "Baller" in Ballerina.

[proberok]

 

[Designer]

I don't doubt it.

 

[tirediron]

Okay... I'm sorry, but all I see is a girl in a fuzzy, white sweater. I get nothing "ballerina" from this, 'though it is a nice enough image.

 

[Trever1t]

Agree, the image has no context other than what it is at face value (see what I did there? ) nice portrait though it may look nicer in portrait orientation

 

[proberok]

Title doesn't have to represent the photo does it? She is a ballerina. Although she can place her foot right beside her face with no problem, we decided not to go that route for this image. If it makes you feel better I can retitle it for you.

 

[proberok]

if y'all saw this image in a magazine with that title on top you wouldn't have questioned a thing.

 

[photoguy99]

In this case the caption is integral. Nothing wrong with that.

 

[sm4him]

No, the title doesn't HAVE to represent the photo. But when you DO title a work, you place certain "expectations" into the minds of those who will view it. In this case, those expectations are then not met.

if y'all saw this image in a magazine with that title on top you wouldn't have questioned a thing.

If I saw this image in a magazine, I wouldn't question a thing. If I saw this image in a magazine WITH that title on top, I would absolutely question who in the blue blazes was writing their heds/captions and why they didn't insist they sober up before writing that one.

 

[sm4him]

It's a nice image though.

 

[proberok]

ok. We'll here's the official post that explains the dancer part. One Dejiavu Probe Rok

 

[tirediron]

Title doesn't have to represent the photo does it? She is a ballerina. Although she can place her foot right beside her face with no problem, we decided not to go that route for this image. If it makes you feel better I can retitle it for you.

If it doesn't, then what is the point? If "Whistler's Mother" was in fact an image of a grizzled old man, or "Scream" showed a child's birthday scene would that make sense? The title of an artwork is often a critical element in how that work will be perceived because it ascribes certain attributes to the work. It's especially important when you see the title before you see the image.

 

[proberok]

Agree, the image has no context other than what it is at face value (see what I did there? ) nice portrait though it may look nicer in portrait orientation

I took a few in portrait but i didn't really like her face in any of them. This one was most compelling to me. I took this in my dining room. I used a westcott 26" rapid box with a yongnuo wireless speedlite set up.

 

[tirediron]

... now i got you clicking away into my site. We all have reasons for what we do.

No; no, you don't. You might also want to rethink your policy of blatantly admitting to posting click-bait.

 

[sm4him]

Well, okay, but here's the thing: No, you didn't get me clicking away into your site.
In fact, you lost me. I was intrigued by the title. Had the photo matched up to what I expected from the title, perhaps I *would* have clicky-on-your-linky to find out more. But instead, all I saw was a nice looking young lady in a fuzzy white sweater. BOOM, connection lost, interest lost. No compelling reason for me to "investigate" any further. So if using us as clickbait was the goal, it didn't really end well, at least in my case.

 

[Designer]