Not that I have any chance at all, but if you stumble across this post and have a kind heart, could you consider voting for me at the current Photoblog Awards? You need to register, but as long as you are not a total technophobe, it takes about 1 minute. Recognition of having a good blog is one thing, but more importantly for me at this stage is the encouragement to keep it going. I get lots of visits, but hardly any comments on my blog, which is at times quite discouraging. I could have used Flickr instead I suppose if comments was everything for me, but if you know my opinion of Flickr, you understand why. The idea that people are keeping an eye on my work is something that motivates me. SO any publicity is good isn’t it. It gets more bums on seats and hopefully more comments.
Anyway, if you have time, give me a vote!
“@roger – there are some fantastic photos on Flickr. There are some fantastic photos on OE.”
But on which site is it easiest to find them?
Geoff, you should post flowers and bugs, then you’ll get loads of comments
(just kidding)
I think, professional critiques/comments are very rare and in most of the cases easy to found on dedicated forums (my experience).
From my point of view, the blogosphere is just a showcase, so people and possible customers get attention of your work.
If you really want to change something, join a club or a photographer circle, go shooting with them, meet them and exchange experience.
You get and give feedback and see results live. You can talk about processing and techniques… live.
I see my blog as a showcase, something what people can look at when they get my visit card. and if they want, they can place a comment.
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sure, it’s always nice to be popular, but the price you pay for is sometimes a bit high. it needs a lot of time.
having a regular job 10hrs a day, wife, kids, taking photographs, processing, maintain web presence, serving customers and visit & comment 100 blogs in the hope that 10 will reply back. the day needs 40 hrs then
4 years ago, I founded a photo-club for 6-16 years old kids, not older. we meet 3 times in the week, do photo tours, spend time in the dark room or computer processing the shots. to see how they develop their own style or break every rule just to be creative, or having their best shots with my work shown on exhibitions, is the best feedback I’ve got in my life
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kind regards,
v.t.
@roger – there are some fantastic photos on Flickr. There are some fantastic photos on OE. They are both just ways to showcase images in a kind of conveyor belt fashion. I disagree about the comments on OE – I saw very little creative criticism while I was a member – which is what I hoped for – to make it different from a thousand other photo gallery sites
I ment to type “OE is very good” not “OE is very”.
Richard
I disagree. OE is very when it comes to photo critique (in their forums) and I don’t udnerstand how you can think it is even similar to flickr?? OE is great to have people see yor photos too.
Geoff
I voted for your blog. I enjoy your photos. Actually I found this blog through OE.
I understand your frustrations Geoff. For all the possibilities of the Internet to educate and stimulate it seems the vast majority of photographic content is intended for short term amusement. As you say, if you just want pages of “wow, great, awesome” then you could go to Flickr. Even OE which touted itself as being more “quality” oriented didn’t get much further than Flickr