When I see one of my images for the first time, I think about what I’m going to title it. It might seem like a goofy thing to think about right off, as opposed to if I succeeded with the composition or the contrast, or if it works on one level or another. For me I guess it’s like naming a child. You can celebrate them all you want, but eventually someone’s going to ask you what they’re supposed to call it. I figure I’ll get the whole name thing out of the way first and then spend the rest of my time with the image celebrating it for what it’s given me.
Sometimes the title comes easily, sometimes I have to come up with something a little odd, and sometimes I turn to music. And by that I mean lyrics. Whenever I’m at a loss for a title, a common practice for me is to pop something in the stereo and meditate on the words, and more often than not, I’ll find it there. Like I did with this one that I’m posting today. I’ve got many reasons for doing it this way; one is that I just think it’s cool. The other is that it serves as a code of sorts, almost a password. If you know the lyrics I’m using, then you know the song, and chances are if you know the song we have a common ground.
And that’s what it’s about right?
This is an easy one for those of you wanting to guess the origin. So without further ado, may I present you with: “A Spring Clean for a May Queen, Vienna, 2001.”
