I developed a habit of taking what I envisioned as "title slides" long ago and often used the photos as literal title slides in slide shows or as section headers in photo albums.
I also used my pictures of building signs, directional signs, historic markers, museum placards and other printed material as a quick way of taking notes when taking photographs.
Here are a couple of nice building signs I spotted during a recent trip to the college town of Ann Arbor, Michigan, home to the University of Michigan.
The "Michigan" sign is at a downtown movie theater near campus, and the "State of Michigan" carving is on a beautiful old building on the U of M campus.
Thanks to Debbie Dubrow of Delicious Baby for creating and coordinating Photo Friday to link travel photos and blog posts across the Web.
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Great shots! I do the same thing and my family thinks I'm crazy but the visual clue helps me remember things and organize my photos.
Posted by: Lisa Goodmurphy | March 30, 2012 at 09:09 AM
I take a lot of title shots too. I find that I get a lot of weird looks when I do it though. People quite often wonder why you want a picture of something as plain as a "Welcome to" sign or the room number of your hotel.
Really like the "State of Michigan" carving though. Great looking header.
Posted by: Steve | March 30, 2012 at 10:35 AM
Lisa-The visual cues really do help me organize things and remember what the heck some things are :lol:
Steve-I've had more than my share of strange looks, too. I've been taking these so long, those looks barely register with me, though.
Posted by: Dominique King | March 30, 2012 at 05:43 PM
Nice shots! I love getting photos of signage in general. :) Take pics of street signs, buildings, town names so I know where I've been... definitely helps with note taking.
Posted by: Elatlboy | April 01, 2012 at 06:06 AM