Matt Coffin
Read the description, cuz there's actually a description for once
For the past few years, all of my Flickr photos have followed the exact same format: A dumb title that more often than not had absolutely nothing to do with the contents of the photo, and a description that very rarely had anything more than the location, subdivision, and date of the photo.
Now let me bore you a little bit with my history within the railfan hobby, there is a TL;DR at the end if you don't care. My first venture into this hobby began with a blog that I created when I was 11 years old (2010). That blog, called Crossing Talk, centered heavily around railroad crossings both in real life and on Trainz Railroad Simulator. Over time, my interest shifted towards trains, then train photography. I continued blogging during that shift, often telling the stories behind the photos I took. For the next few years, all of my train content went on my YouTube page and my blogs. I was far from the only one- some of the more reputable railfans of the 2000s and 2010s had their Blogger and WordPress sites as their main platforms. It stayed this way until 2017, when I started joining railfan Facebook groups, created my Instagram, and started posting on this very Flickr account. Just like that, my blog went dormant. Other railfans that had blogs followed suit.
Back to my Flickr titles. The reason they are the way they are is because I simply cannot be assed to think of a creative title, and I think generic titles such as "J54 in Kimball" are boring, so my titles are literally the first thing that come to my head. It can be something as simple as a remark regarding the food I am eating at the time, or a general gripe I have with humanity. If I am feeling frisky, I will even plagiarize off of the Wikipedia pages of businesses. The titles will not be changing. I am an unhinged person and unhinged people require unhinged titles.
What went away with my blog is the story that comes behind each photo. I have met some amazing people, eaten at amazing places, and visited so many landmarks that I would never have if it weren't for this hobby, and I'd like to bring those stories back to life. For this reason, I have made a little New Year's resolution to myself that I will be putting substantive descriptions on some (but not all) of my Flickr photos. One of my stronger suits has always been expressing myself through writing. I'm going to be bringing back the stuff that got me into this hobby in the first place.
TL;DR: My descriptions are going to be less useless.
Kimball, MN; CPKC Paynesville Sub; 12/28/2024
Read the description, cuz there's actually a description for once
For the past few years, all of my Flickr photos have followed the exact same format: A dumb title that more often than not had absolutely nothing to do with the contents of the photo, and a description that very rarely had anything more than the location, subdivision, and date of the photo.
Now let me bore you a little bit with my history within the railfan hobby, there is a TL;DR at the end if you don't care. My first venture into this hobby began with a blog that I created when I was 11 years old (2010). That blog, called Crossing Talk, centered heavily around railroad crossings both in real life and on Trainz Railroad Simulator. Over time, my interest shifted towards trains, then train photography. I continued blogging during that shift, often telling the stories behind the photos I took. For the next few years, all of my train content went on my YouTube page and my blogs. I was far from the only one- some of the more reputable railfans of the 2000s and 2010s had their Blogger and WordPress sites as their main platforms. It stayed this way until 2017, when I started joining railfan Facebook groups, created my Instagram, and started posting on this very Flickr account. Just like that, my blog went dormant. Other railfans that had blogs followed suit.
Back to my Flickr titles. The reason they are the way they are is because I simply cannot be assed to think of a creative title, and I think generic titles such as "J54 in Kimball" are boring, so my titles are literally the first thing that come to my head. It can be something as simple as a remark regarding the food I am eating at the time, or a general gripe I have with humanity. If I am feeling frisky, I will even plagiarize off of the Wikipedia pages of businesses. The titles will not be changing. I am an unhinged person and unhinged people require unhinged titles.
What went away with my blog is the story that comes behind each photo. I have met some amazing people, eaten at amazing places, and visited so many landmarks that I would never have if it weren't for this hobby, and I'd like to bring those stories back to life. For this reason, I have made a little New Year's resolution to myself that I will be putting substantive descriptions on some (but not all) of my Flickr photos. One of my stronger suits has always been expressing myself through writing. I'm going to be bringing back the stuff that got me into this hobby in the first place.
TL;DR: My descriptions are going to be less useless.
Kimball, MN; CPKC Paynesville Sub; 12/28/2024