Community Pool: Photography
The Community Pool is for those of you looking for input, whether on post ideas, writing, blog design and layout, or anything else. If you have a post, page, or idea you want to bounce off someone, leave a comment. Your fellow bloggers can then click through and offer input either on your site, or in the comments here (feel free to indicate which you’d prefer).
In honor of phoneography month, this week’s Community Pool is for the shutterbugs. Get feedback on your composition, use of galleries, or anything else photo-related (non-photo posts are welcome as well). Read on for the guidelines and to leave a comment . . .
- You’ll get the best feedback if you can be as specific as possible about what you’d like people to respond to or where you’re struggling.
- Please keep all comments civil and constructive. We’re here to help and support one another, not to beat anyone down.
- If you haven’t looked at our Commenting Guidelines in a while, now might be a good time.
- To keep from losing your place in the comment thread while you visit others’ blogs, right-click on a link to open it in a new tab or window.
- No running on the deck.
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How do we submit? My blog site is http://www.janetholthilton.com
Thanks for this opportunity to improve!
I went to your website and was immediately drawn to the post “Dedicated to Tony Sanchez, with Love and Gratitude.” I really enjoyed your images.
One thing – I find reading left-aligned text easier to read.
I also loved the “A trip Back Home” post. I am not a bird watcher but I would have loved to know the name(species) of the birds
Thanks for sharing your blog. Personally, I’m not a fan of Gridspace. While I appreciate the concept of uncluttered presentations on images, I like being able to take in the titles of the images at a glance, without needing to mouse over the image.
I agree; I enjoy being able to see all of the different pictures, but my personal preference is to see the titles straight up without all of the pictures. Other than that I enjoyed your pictures!
Nice looking blog, a new concept to me. I liked the photo of the red cardinal but I thought it could have been cropped – that lovely bird pops out but there is still too much background. I absolutely love Apple kind of gal – a portrait full of character!
michealdebarra.com is my blog, which includes many photos each week. Enjoy. But welcome any & all comments!
Beautiful images. I had a question about the layout of your blog.
Why did you choose to keep everything in the Footer and not the sidebar?
I think Archives, Recent posts, follow links etc. look good in the sidebar and are easy to find. Because right now the posts look famished in the middle with black background feeding on it. It is not an issue if you chose to do it deliberately.
Hope you find this helpful. Have a nice day!
I love the way you spotlighted the pictures by positioning everything else in the footer. “It’s about pictures,” is what your blog says. However, I personally find the multicolored text a bit distracting now and then. Overall, your is definitely a nice blog!
I agree, a nice blog, interesting to look at and read. Great textures in the photos, and I loved the story about the Russian birds! I don’t mind a blog that makes me find things if it is interesting to start with.
Nice blog MB – I like the clean look and have recently chosen that theme myself after much much much trying out of others. The focus is on the excellent photos and your stories. The colour of the text looks like a change to highlight this away from the grey? Works for me. Interesting.
I post photos and impressions at http://ks3nia.wordpress.com/ – is it user friendly? do you miss anything?
Beautiful images. I had a question about the layout of your blog.
Why did you choose to keep everything in the Footer and not the sidebar?
I think Archives, Recent posts, follow links etc. look good in the sidebar and are easy to find. Because right now the posts look famished in the middle with black background feeding on it. It is not an issue if you chose to do it deliberately.
Sorry for misplaced comment, it was meant for someone else.
Hehe! Explains why I didn’t quite get it at first!
Your blog is very arresting to look at – big header, lots of Gridspace pics (I’m getting used to them now lol) and some images that caught my eye straight away (the dog – superb).
Thanks Gaikav! I changed the layout and design recently. I am glad you liked it.
Another mistake on my part! This is embarrassing
Finally the one for you!
The moment I opened your blog, I was welcomed by a big Header Image. I took me a few seconds to guess that I had to scroll down and see the posts.
Loved your ‘I love winter’ images.
I had to check the theme to make this comment. It is Gridspace and a Premium theme (you bought it, great!) I did not see the header so big in the details and preview. Is there a reason you chose that image as header in full size?
Hope you find this helpful. Have a nice day!
Thanks! I guess I like big pictures
Did it take a long time to load?
I really like your photographs, particularly the one on “masks”. I like the big header photo. Personally, I’m not too fond of the Gridspace layout. Yes, it is great to see all the photos without distraction, but I like to see the title of the work without having to mouse over the image and I don’t like the image fading out as the title appears. But this is just one persons opinion.
Thank you so much! But there is a button on left side which makes it look differently! I thought it was kind of cool that readers could decide that part for themselves
Oh! I’ll have to try that!
Just tried the button on your site. Nice!
really beautiful blog, LOVE the picture of the dog looking up…sooo cute…. Only thing I would suggest is to use a different picture as your background…something calmer…to highlight the pictures you post…it just seems a bit busy, especially behind the cool grainy picture in your header!
Hmm, that’s probably a good idea, but it seemed so boring with just black and grey, while it looked kind of cheesy with orange and pink
I must ponder on this :-p
I write about living and travelling in Portugal and use a lot of my own photographs to illustrate my posts. I’m always worried about using too many photos and slowing down the page load so I resize them when I upload.
The thing I haven’t yet worked out is how best to display them within a post. In this post, most of the images are full size. Do you think they’re too big and therefore create too much for readers in terms of scrolling down to get through the post? Would it be better to make the images smaller or cut a few out or is it okay like this?
http://juliedawnfox.com/2013/02/18/things-to-do-in-barcelos-portugal/
I tried playing with galleries because I like the look of them, especially the tiled ones, but I’m not sure if this is the best way of sharing the information about each image. Should I post each one separately with a little descriptive text or leave it like this so that people who want the information can get it from the carousel?
http://juliedawnfox.com/2012/12/16/travel-theme-transportation-how-to-get-around-porto-as-a-tourist/#
I’d really appreciate any comments or suggestions you have so thank you in advance for your time.
I participate in Photo Challenges religiously since I started my blog. I receive a lot of ‘Likes’ but not many comments. I do not consider myself as a photographer but I think that I can spot a good click. A lot of people around me do not consider me a good photo-taker.
I need feedback. To view my contribution to the Photo Challenges, click on the Photo Challenges page on my blog – http://beyondbeautytips.wordpress.com
Thanks for your time!
You have a nice blog. As for the comments, of the photos, I’d say I would be happy to have so many of them!
Be that as it may, I think it is always difficult to give substantial feedback to photos. Liking them (or disliking them) is often a gut feeling that is very hard to put into words. Hence I came to appreciate the likes,too: A “like” at least tells you, that the picture called for a reaction. There is also a lot of personal taste involved – which makes it all the more difficult: One person may expect something very different from another when looking at a photo.
All in all, I think you are doing good – and I believe you have an eye for pictures.
Hope this helps.
Thank you. I visited your blog and you have great photography skills. Your feedback means a lot to me
My blog ist mostly about the city of Hamburg and more. It is a photoblog as I am not so good in writing
http://hamburgundmeehr.wordpress.com/
Comments and critics are welcome
I really enjoyed visiting your blog and I’ve immediately decided to follow it.
Best regards from southern Texas,
Pit
Hello Pit,
thank you for following my blog.
Cheers Angela
I love all of your pictures! Every time I saw the title of a post after looking at the one above it I just had to look at your entries for us! Eventually I had to stop myself from looking at the title so that I could comment
! You’re an amazing photographer!
Thank you very much Charity
I’m not missing words in your posts, the pictures are amazing! You have a nice mix in the subjects you present and everything looks grrreat
Good to know that no word are missing. I like to keep it simple.
Thanks for your comment
My English blog is http://ensummerfield84.wordpress.com/
I am a Japanese .
So, mainly I post photos at Japanese blog http://summerfield84.wordpress.com/
Please tell me to put in English , if you are interested in any photos in my Japanese blog .
I will try .
http://vivekkunwar.com
I would be really thankful to you for taking out time and letting me know what you think of my work !
Regards,
Vivek
Oh Vivek, you are so silly. YOU have one of the most beautiful photography blogs in the blogorama!!! you are also one of the best photographers out there, so relax! keep it up!
My blog is a photoblog. I am not a big conversationalist. I get rather tongue-tied. The best way I can express what I’m thinking or feellng is by posting a photo. My blog is Random Thoughts Through My Photos http://iamrcc716.wordpress.com/. I get a likes with each posting but virtually no comments. So I wonder do you have to have words with your photos in order to receive feedback.?
I think your pictures are phantastic. But sometimes people just enjoy themselves looking – and not ‘talking’, I guess. I personally think it is better to make as few words as possible about one’s own pictures. They should be explaining themselves – and as a spectator I love it when thing remain ‘open’ for interpretation.
And remember that you pictures need not be liked by everybody (on the contrary: blogging has taught me that every picture will eventually find its beholder, someone to enjoy it). So do not worry.
In my eyes, you are just doing fine.
Thank you so much for the encouraging words and for deciding to follow me. I am just looking photos on your sight and I love that “Cool Liquid”.
I think the titles you give your photos add a lot to the images, but I also agree that no additional words are needed. I love the way you see things and capture what you see.
Thank you very much. I appreciate knowing that.
I agree with TMS^. Your photos are amazing. Being camera challeneged myself, I appreciate your skill doubly more. But speaking as someone who’s mediium of thought is words more than images, a few lines about how and where you found the pictire and setting might help the reader relate? Just a thought.
~Cookie
http://calliopeslyre.wordpress.com/
Thank you. I appreciate the feedback.
I get a lot of comments and I think it is because I ask a question at the end of most of my posts. Also, I spend a lot of time reading other blogs and leaving comments. It is a reciprocal world!
Thanks for your feedback. I try to thank everyone that visits me and leave a comment. If I like a post it appears on my site for a time in the hopes that others will visit them as well. So, I try to promote other bloggers that visit me, because I understand it is a reciprocal world.
snow stepping and all about balance are both incredibly good photo’s!! My advice would be to get rid of the boring background, and use a photo you took instead, a mellow one, that doesn’t distract from your posts. the mauve is so boring..lol just a suggestion, but also, if you’d like to see a site where a photographer only writes 3 – 9 words for each post, maybe it will give you some ideas….and you will get more comments. a title is nice, but your thoughts with it, are what make people THINK…. check out this site, to see what I mean…you DON’T have to be a poet, but just put down your honest thoughts…. leafandtwig.worpress.com good luck!
Thank you for the feedback and I will take a look. I struggle with backgrounds. I don’t want it to be busy or distracting. Maybe I can find something among the many cloud photos that I have.
perfect
I changed the background. Please let me know if that is a little less boring. smile
much better!!! lol hope I didn’t hurt your feelings, but as a photographer, show em ALL!!! lol
No – my feelings were not hurt. I really appreciated the suggestion. I would have never thought of it. Thanks again.
I post drawings and just started posting photos too. I will truly appreciate some input on it. Site link is http://favoritepasstime.wordpress.com
I sent you some input
Thank you so much
Having only started with photography last year, I am always open to more input.
http://kattermonran.com
Quite a blog you’re running. You have serious sketching skills. Even your doodles are stunning!!!
I’ve not done any sketches. The only sketch that was on, was one that my daughter did.
The drawings? And the doodles?
Photography poetry, stories and music on my blog
Oh dear, I think I’ve gone and done something asinine. Posted the comment I meant for you on someone else’s post, and their’s here.
*facepalm* :-/
I left a comment on someone’s blog and left the wrong name. I had two tabs open and replied on one when I was supposed to be on the other hehe
No need to worry
Lol, that’s kinda what I did. I opened the blog links in different tabs and then was posting comments back on the Community page. Lol, my bad.
I would appreciate some imput on my blog, Overcoming Bloglessness. I have lots of questions, but I’ll start with these.
How does one apply a text signature to photos?
Why don’t my posts appear in queue?
Thank you.
http://bluejbluej.wordpress.com/
Hi Susan, I discovered this on the weekend. What I did was before posting the picture, I opened in “Paint”. The Paint function has Click on the Tools for text “A”, move your curser to a point where you want your signature to appear, then click. A text box will appear. You can choose what style, size and colour of your font. Start typing and make sure you save your picture. Try it and let me know if it works.
Thank you! I’ll try it.
Hi Susan, you can also do this with apps on your phone if you have a smart phone. There are also free sites on the internet you can use like picfont.
Thanks, I’ll check it out.
Thanks. I have a dumb phone but will look at picfont.
Beautiful blog, nice choice of theme, and lovely photos.
It is good to have such great opportunity to share eachother work here.
Need your feedback on my Photoblog: http://www.kazeyez.wordpress.com
best regard
Kazmi
Hi Kazmi, love the photos and stories. I find the theme a little harsh with dark greys and reds. But that my personal opinion. All the best.
Hey There!
I would love it you could offer any advice regarding the photos on our blog. One of the things that I have really enjoyed about blogging is the visual aspect. I like to include at least one photo per post. In particular, I included a photo gallery in my An Evening at the American Spirits Bartender Competition. We’re at http://boozedancing.wordpress.com/.
Thanks so much!
G-LO
Hey
I liked the picture slide right under the header. It’s a splash of color and very attention grabbing. AND I liked how you’ve balanced the content color with the pictures. Not overwhelming, not boring. Good job!
~Cookie
http://calliopeslyre.wordpress.com/
Thanks so much for the reply and positive feedback! Much appreciated.
Cheers!
G-LO
No worries
I have a photo site/blog at http://jennifernicholewells.com let me know what you think.
Very nice use of the “photographer” theme.
Thank you, Douglas.
Jennifer, I love the concept of the tiny figures to create tableaux. I agree with Douglas – the theme works very well and your images are gorgeous. I can’t think of any suggestions so keep up the great work!
Thanks you so much!
I had a great time visiting and looking around – great theme and site design. And the pictures with the miniature figures are fantastic. I guess I’ll have to “follow.”
Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed looking around
And thank you for the follow!
Nice clean theme that you have got working well for your art. All the with your career.
Thank you very much.
My photoblog is http://stinsonphotography.wordpress.com. I would appreciate any comments, but I am particularly interested in what you think of my mixture of images and “tutorials”. Thanks
Hi Douglas, I rally like your blog. Your photography is bright, clear and inspired. I think the balance of tutorials and other images works well but I think you should make it easier for people to go straight to the tutorials by using a menu tab or category.
I’m intrigued by the adaptive wide angle feature – I had no idea it was possible to straighten individual elements of an image. Mind you, I only use very basic editing software at the moment – I’ve yet to graduate to the hard stuff!
I like your idea of a way to get directly to tutorials. Thanks!
My previous comment was held in moderation because it had two links so I’ll try again with just one.
I write about living and travelling in Portugal and use a lot of my own photographs to illustrate my posts. I’m always worried about using too many photos and slowing down the page load so I resize them when I upload.
The thing I haven’t yet worked out is how best to display them within a post. In this post, most of the images are full size. Do you think they’re too big and therefore create too much for readers in terms of scrolling down to get through the post? Would it be better to make the images smaller or cut a few out or is it okay like this?
http://juliedawnfox.com/2013/02/18/things-to-do-in-barcelos-portugal/
I tried playing with galleries because I like the look of them, especially the tiled ones, but I’m not sure if this is the best way of sharing the information about each image. Should I post each one separately with a little descriptive text or leave it like this so that people who want the information can get it from the carousel? An example of when I’ve done this is the article ‘How to get around Porto as a tourist’.
I’d really appreciate any feedback so I thank you in advance for taking the time to look at my blog.
Thanks for sharing your blog.
I am also struggling with the best way to display images. What I have decided (so far) is to embed the images in the post when (a) They are telling a story, (b) are part of a tutorial, or (c) there are only one or two. Otherwise I fo with the tiled gallery format as that allows the reader to get an overview of the images and then decide whether or not to explore more deeply.
BTW: based on what you are trying to accomplish, I see why you have the blog format you do, but for me it seems a little cluttered.
Thanks, Douglas. I really appreciate your comments. SO do you think I should cut down on the number of photos that ‘tell a story’? I find it really hard to whittle down the images to a select few as I always take hundreds when I’m on a trip.
As far as looking cluttered is concerned, is the problem too many menus or too many sidebars, do you think?
I do not think you need to cut down on the number photos that tell a story. The clutter may be due to your choice of theme, but you end up having a four column design: two sidebars, post title, and post ‘teaser’. Combined with the font size, color, etc. this makes it look cluttered, at least to my eyes.
Thanks for clarifying, I’ll have a think about that.
Hi Julie,
if you use a gallery, you can click on any photo to enlarge the same and go through the whole gallery with the the arrows on each side.
I you like, you can try it on my last gallery http://hamburgundmeehr.wordpress.com/2013/03/10/aurora-borealis-nordlichter-teil-3/
Cheers Angela
Hi there. Thanks for commenting. I already do that, e.g. http://juliedawnfox.com/2012/12/16/travel-theme-transportation-how-to-get-around-porto-as-a-tourist/
What I’m unsure about is whether it’s an effective way of getting the information across. Would it be better to follow the more traditional method of a little bit of text with illustrative image, or does this work better / just as well?
I’m thinking that with the galleries, those who are only interested in the images don’t have to scroll down very far to see them and can enjoy the carousel if they want larger pictures.
I just worry that those who want the information more than the image might be annoyed and impatient with having to flick through the carousel in order to read.
What are your thoughts?
By the way, Angela, I loved that gallery – I’ve always wanted to see the northern lights and your images are fantastic!
I find the gallery very good if you want to show more than 4 pictures. You also can add a text and I think it is easier for the readers. But this are only my 2 cents
Cheers Angela
Thanks for taking the time, Angela. I’ll keep using them when they seem appropriate then but maybe I’ll add more text in the body of the post too.
Hi Julie, for my eyes the use of the theme is very busy and it is hard to find the focus of the site. Similar reasons as Douglas has stated. I too grapple with the use of galleries or to embed the image in a story or just use an image on its own. Hope it resolves itself for you soon
Hey everyone.
After last time’s community pool’s advice, I tweaked things around on my blog a bit and added the About Me page. Let me know what you think I can do to make it better?
http://calliopeslyre.wordpress.com/
~Cookie
this is my blog
http://amarnaik.wordpress.com/
i put pics and my writing on same blog. any suggestions on how can i do both things in same blog? Should i have 2 blogs? Any suggestion. thanks in advance.
Take a look at mine. I always include pictures. Sometimes when the pictures dominate, I call it a photo essay and it ends up under the heading “Wild Photos.”
http://susielindau.com/
thanks. i too have the same feature enabled. but if you see my photogrpahy menu i am not getting the preview of posts.
You have to list it as a category when you post. You can still add it…
I think it’s very nice to mix text with pictures
Photos makes posts visually more exciting and draw attention 
Also, it seems you have a good eye for photography! I really like your takes on the weekly challenges!
My blog is: http://srdjanapajevic.wordpress.com
Everyone is welcome to comment on the suggestion.
I am a photographer first and foremost but I love to write and have varied creative outlets that I also enjoy sharing. Do I carry on with the current blog and start a new one for just my photography or do I try and revamp the blog with more a focus on photography?
http://strangetrippress.wordpress.com/
I personally love it as it is. Interesting and thoughtful. Nice choice of theme, it’s your blog, it will evolve.
Thank you, I appreciate the input
I think your photos are great – I really enjoyed them! Did youi ever consider setting up galleries on pages in order to offer direct access to your photographic work? what I mean is that most WordPress themes offer great possibilities to play around with a homepage/blog combination. (In my case, my wife and I are still discussing if the blog or the homepage should open upon arrival on the site…) I hope you know what I mean and this helps a bit.
For all of you non climbers!
What type of rockclimbing post would grab your attention? What would you want to read about? Short/long stories? Lot of text/pics? Feel free to comment or write something on my blog!
My blog is a food / recipe site. I am trying to develop my photo skills to make my food look more appealing. All feedback will be appreciated! http://mixerupper.com/
This is my photoblog. My visual diary
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I’ve just started learning photography. Photography is my new hobby
http://magnoliadiary.wordpress.com/
Let me know what you think
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Hey! I really enjoyed your blog
It’s not high on the word count, but that’s the point with a visual diary, right? Your pictures are very nice! Adding a few categories or other widgets would make your blog easier to navigate though, but then again – I really love those widgets! The way it’s now really highlights your newest pics 
My photos show up aligned on the left on feeder emails but not on the live site. I would love some feedback as to the positioning of my photos. My site is
http://www.theworldsayshello.com
Thanks so much!
I see what you mean – they are in random positions, which looks a little messy. I had problems with alignment when I used medium-sized images in posts. I couldn’t get them side by side without them interfering with the text. In the end, I gave up fiddling about with the smaller images and chose to centre-align full size images. If they seem too big (the vertical images tend to), I then click on edit image in the post editor page and reduce it to about 60%.
I hope that helps in some way!
My personal opinion is that I always like to see picture in full size; with this you won’t have problem positioning the image.
I agree!
When editing a post, you can click on a photo and edit it after clicking on the little picture icon that comes up.
One of the first things you can choose in the dialog is the alighnment (it’s under “Edit picture”) – although I never really understood what clicking “none” does.
Usually text will float around your photos and it will be really close to the pictures. I think it looks better to leave a little space between text and picture. To do so, go to “Advanced Settings” in the same dialog box. Here you can define vertical space and horizontal space.
If you do not want to see any text at all near a picture, you’ll have to do a little math: Let’s say the width of your post is 400px and your picture is 200px wide and aligned to the left, you want a horizontal space of 200px to the right of the picture – you’ll have to add that manually to the line above the “space” boxes (or type 200 into the “horizontal space” box and set marginöleft to 0px manually in the line above).
Sounds complicated but once you get the idea it’s really easy.
I hope this helps and you have fun experimenting!
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Hey there, I’ve recently switched to the Book Lite theme, which I love cause it’s not at all cluttered and has big clear font and shows the photos nice and big too…but now I’m starting to wonder if the photos are actually too huge, especially when they’re more vertically inclined… All comments most welcome, thanks!
http://followyournose.org/
Just took a look. many are a little too big for the screen (am using Mac) but most are macro shots so does not seem to matter too much. My humble opinion – do not change.
My 2cents – don’t change. Photos coming out good
BTW a nice blog you have
Do NOT change – okay, I will take your humble opinion to heart
Many thanks for looking and responding!
Kat
I like the big photos, but sometimes I think readers like variety. Short posts. Picture only. Gallery. Just a thought.
Right! Maybe just a single photo – not so much stuff. Would be less work too
Thanks Sheilah!
ps – your photos are STUNNING!
Kat, I think your blog is great as it is. If a blog is about pictures, the pictures should be big. Visitors can always go on full screen display or reduce the size of wahtever they are looking at. Just my 2 cents.
Awesome!!! Thanks so much – I love this new theme, but just worried the big photos were too big. Glad people seem to find it workable.
Thanks so much for the follow!
K
Hi! First-time Community Pool visitor. Would love some feedback!
http://brokenlightcollective.wordpress.com
1. Our logo is from two light painting photos. It’s been a year, should the logo be updated?
2. If you are going to a photo driven site do you want only short posts? Should there be a maximum length for text or can there be long articles with the photos as well?
3. Watermarks or no watermarks(?) that is the question.
*Any other feedback welcome as well. We are a collective photo site (mental health related) and love input from contributors or potential contributors.
Thanks!
HI.
1. I’m so used to your logo because of the neon light effect. That is just my opinion.
2. the text is very informative. It all depends how interest the story is, I always limit mine to 500 words.
3. Use watermarks. Apparently there are unscrupulous people in the internet because the site is open to the whole world. Mind you, with my post, I don’t have a copyright. I hope people have conscience.
1. I think the logo is great – almost a brand logo (is that what you call it) here. So I would not change it. Ever. As long as I were fine with it.
2. I do not expect text in a photo blog. And unless it is educational, I almost never read it. But that might be me – and I admit there are projects that call for explanation.
3. I’d opt for no watermarks. A copyright notice at the bottom of the page should do. Also, just my 2 cents.
I love the concept. Would it be possible to include a small thumbnail photo of the contributors? I understand privacy issues, but I think you could get creative with it. It definitely would make readers connect to the artists. Or, maybe you feature a contributor gallery of self-portraits that give artists the choice of how they will be portrayed. Love the site.
Thanks! Some suggestions worth considering. I’m not sure about a contributor portrait, but I would love to do a gallery for each contributor eventually. Thanks again. I value your feedback!
Hi all,
I was wondering if there’s any way to create a sitemap or something else to make it easier for visitors to navigate through my blog [http://pitsbilderbuch.wordpress.com/]. I appreciate all comments, suggestions and criticism.
Best regards from southern Texas,
Pit
Hi there, most of the time I write. I post mostly my own pictures. My dilemma is how do I insert my own pictures to the left or right of my text will remain intact. Or maybe have the text wrap around the picture. I can insert any pictures as long as I use what’s in the suggested media items. Thanks for your feedback.
http://theseeker57.wordpress.com
I’m still getting use to inserting pictures into my posts, as I’m more of a writer too. However, I do know that if you click on the picture you’ve uploaded into the post it will show an ‘Edit Image’ icon that opens another screen allowing you to shrink or enlarge the picture as well as setting the alignment as None, Left, Center, Right. All of which moves the text to wrap around accordingly or not. There are some advanced settings as well but I’ve not delved into them yet
Hope this helps!
OMG, You are so creative and very helpful. Thank you for your tremendous help. Now I have to rearrange my text because it is so close to the picture. Thank you.
No problem! Glad to help. Good luck with the rearranging. WordPress does not make it easy to get pictures and text exactly where you want them but with enough trial and error it comes close.
it worked. Take a look at a new post I did, It’s better than my previous post. I owe you big time.
http://theseeker57.wordpress.com/2013/03/10/eiffel-tower-the-tower-of-love/
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Happy Dance.
Awesome! It came out very well indeed!
And your welcome… No dancing necessary but, always enjoyed
First time here in the community pool. Take a look at my blog: http://ninstravelog.wordpress.com Not really a photography blog, but it has lots of pictures, and started this year I try to post a gallery post that contain only photos
Comments and other feedback are welcome.
Thanks
I like your gallery
This is my photography blog, http://aperture64.wordpress.com/ it is a mix of images I am producing weekly, with articles discussing workflow and current issues in photography. I try to post daily except weekends.
I would love to have more comments on posts.
I also would like to know, why is it when i post a youtube clip it sometimes in the reader becomes the featured image but yet on the post the featured image is as I set it.
I have only been blogging for 7 months so still quite new.
I have not been blogging long and would really appreciate some feedback on my site-Move the Chair at http://movethechair.wordpress.com/.
I am still trying to figure out what I am doing-what I am sure about is posting a photo a day. Thank you so much for your feedback and help.
You have some really lovely photos, and I like the descriptions. I think having a little text can enhance a photo post, and your comments seem just right. I don’t think your header photo is necessarily your strongest to be the first thing you see on the site, but it is still great and that is just a personal preference. Keep it up!
Thank you so much for taking the time to look-I appreciate your comments and will be thinking about possibly switching out the header photo-Thanks again!
I’m jumping into the community pool. My blog has just turned two weeks old and would love input. User friendly? How can I get more viewers? I don’t quite understand the ping thing, and how I can connect. I feel like I’m there with you all, but then I feel like I’m totally lost.
I’m not and don’t have a mobile phone that does it all. I use an iPod Touch 5 and have been using the WordPress App for a while, but more as a reader until this week’s challenge.
https://blogagaini.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/phoneography-challenge-my-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-42.
Please check me out and shed some light.
by the way, I live the mobility of using the iPod to post. Email is my fav and will email a panorama for the “my neighborhood challenge” this week, so watch for it.
Happy shooting!
Hi,
as you alreday mentioned your blog ist only 2 weeks old. You will get more readers, but it takes time.
I decided to participate in the ‘Phoneography Challenge: My Neighborhood’ this past Friday. However, given that I don’t have a photography blog per se, I stuck with my usual subject matter and incorporated the photos that I had taken into my writing. A few of the photos, I thought came out well, others not so much but, I seek advise more so on the layout of the post than the pictures themselves. I’m not a huge fan of inserting a picture into the center with text above and below. It seems boring to me. I’m proud of what I accomplished with the tools available but, it was rather daunting and still doesn’t look exactly what I had pictured in my mind’s eye.Love to have some feedback please.
http://tummy-troubles.com
“Chronic Stress Management” is the post in question. Thanks in advance!
I just went to your blog to see what it looked like and I got so caught up with your story (holy crow!) that I almost forgot to look at the layout of your blog. I actually like to see photos incorporated into the writing. I think it adds interest to the story and can punctuate a point that you are making. Personally, I think that one photo at a time provides better emphasis so I would have split up the photo of the fountain and the fence. Otherwise, I think your blog is very effective.
Thank you. I actually had thought of not using the photo of the fountain but at the last minute decided I needed to because it played such a vital role (… the tranquility given by the sound of the water…) That was one of the things that didn’t look right but I couldn’t really figure out another way without doing the boring centering thing.
Oh and thank you for the kind words both here and on my blog
I am a re-neophyted photographer. (Excuse my liberties with the English language!). I have been taking pictures all my life – I was born to photographer parents – but it has only been in the last few months that I thought I might actually put together a show. I’ve been collecting my photos and I’ve been trying them out on my blog. Any comments would be appreciated!
http://dianegallagherphotos.wordpress.com/
Help requested! I’m just starting out, and would welcome suggestions on formatting my pages, how to start getting viewers, how many photos on a page are too many, and any comments on improving my composition, lighting, etc. When blogging, how many words are ‘just right’ for the length of my submissions? Are there any guidelines?
Sample blog: http://wp.me/p1nwWR-1x
Portfolio: http://piaffephotography.wordpress.com/
Thanks in advance for helping out a newbie!
Piaffe Photography
Hi,
it takes time to have regular visitors 
your photos are just great. As you have a photoblog, keep it simple an let your photos speak for themselves.
After a day at work, wanting having fun and looking at nice photos, I get tired if I have to read a long text. Sometimes you even don’t need any word for a good photo or just a very short information. But some pictures need some more information.
You will find your own way.
To get more readers, visit other photoblogs and participate on challenges
Cheers Angela
My photoblog Still and All is at http://www.sherrygaley.wordpress.com. I want to keep it clean and streamlined to put emphasis on the images. But what is missing for you to enjoy the blog, if anything?
I like your blog design, the green background is a tad on the bright side for me personally but better than many other options i have seen
I like how you have one large photo per post that you focus on and give us some text – some story or explanation as context. I gather from some of your posts that you are doing some kind of course? Not a fan of a lot of the textures you have used in processing your images but thats personal preference, the images have clearly had considerable thought put into their composition and processing and I think you are doing really well 
Thanks very much for your feedback. It is interesting to hear how your blog comes across to a fellow photographer. I appreciate that you don’t enjoy textures but I like the painterly effect they can produce. That said, I also keep a lot of my shots texture-free. I will be interested to follow your blog and learn from you.
I will be posting some of my thoughts about post processing techniques in the weekend. I am slowly changing my mind about how much processing I am prepared to do, but I am still a bit of a purist. Thats one of the great things about photography, it allows room for all sorts of artistic expression, and if what you do makes you happy then thats the right place to be in
Hi,
Ok, just gonna take a step into the deep end of the pool here! My blog can be found here, for reference: http://www.seeloveremember.wordpress.com. I combine a single photo with a story related to the photo, as the main concept of my blog.
I am happy with the number of ‘likes’, but, like many before me already pointed out, some more constructive comments regarding the photography would be nice – though I understand now that that falls mainly to the readers discretion. I do notice though that a lot of the likes come without actual ‘visits’ – probably liked from Reader – and I was wondering if perhaps the posts are too long (or not interesting enough?).
Also, the design is currently a year old. Time for a fresh-up? Or should I leave it as my current design, keeping it easily recognisable.
Thanks in advance for any feedback! Suze
I use a ton of photography in my blog on joy: from the ground up. Come check it out! http://wileyschmidt.wordpress.com/
Hi Everyone. I am a new user at WordPress and along with a beginning written blog I also have a photography blog at http://www.pjdphotography.wordpress.com
Any comments would be muchly appreciated.
Thanks
Paul
personally not a fan of the arty out of focus shots like your water images but I love what you did with the pebbles. You clearly have an artistic interest and eye, and like to experiment. Perhaps a bit more text for some context for the readers? Nice clean layout and lines tho, your images instead of blog links was something i hadnt seen before
Thanks for dropping by and taking the time to comment. Much appreciated.
Wouldn’t it simply be fair, that WordPress informs the users about intending to do some improvements? So if hundreds or thousands worldwide suddly lose parts of their sites, they would know what’s going on. Or wouldn’t it simply be nice, if WordPress informs us, that the “Weekly Photo Challenge” is no longer offered? Instead we get a growing number of junk-mails like this: „Using only five photos, document a day in your life. Be choosy!”
Hi. Would appreciated any feedback on my blog. http://leapinlizardz.wordpress.com/ It started as a place to post my daily photos for my 365 Photo a Day Project but then I started adding some galleries of my photo jaunts and my fitness stuff and some daily prompt writings. Wndering if its just to much “stuff” and taking away from my photos. I go back and forth between just wanting to write a bit about the photos as well. Rough for the 365 (as its hard enough to take the daily pic some days) but maybe a story and captions for the galleries?
For me it is too much stuff. Why not doing a photo and a writing blog ?
I’d love input on my site http://www.brightjourneys.com. Working on two photojournalism projects launching this year, and I am thinking I might need a redesign to a more magazine theme.
Hi Sheilah,
you have a very nice blog and your photos are just great.
Cheers Angela
N.B. your pictures taking a while to get loaded, maybe you can reduce a little bit
I am having some inspiration block lately but would love feedback on what I do have posted. Thanks! http://www.gingerleaphotography.com
Nice. liked the layout and images are lovely (your sheep shots are a little over exposed) but the disney shots have loads of colour (use a tripod for your long exp night shots btw). Instagram makes your shots look like everyone elses, do you want that?
Thanks for the feedback. I appreciate that. I hadn’t thought about the Instagram thing. You are right … And I don’t know.
My blog is about travel, adventure, and photography. I would love to know what people think of the way it’s laid out. http://www.alaskagirlatheart.com
Love the landing Mallard. My personal preference is for something less bold, less busy, When I have your skill I will feel better qualified to comment
Thanks for your input. I completely understand your comment about “busy and bold”. Another blogger left a similar message. Luckily I think that is something I can easily fix. Thanks again!
Also, so glad you liked the Mallards…I got lucky for sure.
A quick look at the blog, the biggest thing that jumps out is the ORANGE background, its really distracting from the posts and text. Love the mallard landing series BTW
Thank you for checking it out. Given you are the second to comment on “busy/distracting” I think that is a good thing for me to look into. And, a very easy thing to fix. I appreciate you taking the time to comment. And, I’m glad you liked the Mallards…lucky shot…right place; right time.
I am a big fan of the neutral backgound myself, let the images be the highlight. Also having one photo that scrolls like yours means that its not seamless tiling either. If you have the option, make the background image static, so the blog scrolls on top of it (not with it) . Hopefully that makes sense! And its the *being there with your camera* that counts!
Hi, I have been blogging on WordPress for a while showing my photography to family, friends and whoever was interested. I also made it onto ‘freshly pressed’ once, which I am quite proud of. I have been a bit slack lately but will return. Comments and critique are always welcome: http://christophrm.wordpress.com.
Hi, time to get back into I say. Beautiful fine art photos.
I’ll make an effort. Thanks
Many of the photos are lovely but there isnt a lot of text to tell us where you are, what you are taking photos of, why that subject caught your eye etc.
Thanks for your comment. Text is a weak point I need to improve.
Hi Christoph,
Great blog, great pictures !
I don’t think your photos need more text beacuse your headline is enough information.
Cheers Angela
Just posted up another guys. Welcome all comments.
Hi Angela, Thanks for your comment. I just looked at your pictures from Quedlinburg. What an interesting town. I visited there last October and will put pictures onto my blog soon.. Cheers Christoph
Ok, everybody. Here’s mine. It’s a combination photo-quote-article blog. Sometimes I have trouble with the spacing between the paragraphs. Not sure why. I’ve tried everything short of contacting support. Thanks for any feedback.
http://www.simplysage.org
Hi Sage, less about me is more! I love the nice clean theme, it suits your style, and great photos!!!
Thank you so much for taking the time to look and critique. My intent is exactly as you say–clean and uncluttered. I have received those awards and though very honored, have kept them off to keep it from getting cluttered. What are your thoughts on that? The people who have awarded them are on my blogroll, which I also keep brief to stay “clean”.
Thanks for the follow, by the way. Glad to have you. I will check yours out later this week when time off from day job.
I have to say that I love the way that you divulge into the philosophical with some of your posts. It’s pretty interesting. I really enjoyed reading it. I think it’s great that you open up so much of yourself to the reader – I think that vulnerability is essential. I also like how other times you will post a photo with simply a quote. I think that’s smart as it would be overwhelming to continually have lengthy posts. Hope this helps!
Thanks for your detailed critique. When I started writing I followed WordPress’ guidelines for blog writing. Follow the Daily Post and learned some tricks from them. It was different than usual writing I’ve been taught. I recently took a formal writing class and my teacher thought the blog writing style atrocious at first. She now seems to understand. I can get real wordy so I cut, cut, cut when I write. The vulnerability? I share what’s on my mind and open my heart. It’s cathartic for me and I think resonates with some readers. My issues are pretty much what common people deal with in life. Other writers inspire me. I hope I can do the same.
Thanks again.
Hi everybody,
here is our food photography blog “Le CuGine d’America – The American cousins”, would love to hear from you. The blog is in English and also in Italian, as we are both Italians living in the U.S. What do you think about the look and feel? We have used a WP premium theme “Just desserts.
https://lecuginedamerica.wordpress.com/
Thank you for any feedback you may provide
Linda and Nicoletta
I think the layout works pretty well considering the content. All of the photos are well-done (good lighting, color, composition, etc). I like how you post in both Italian and English – it does make each post pretty lengthy. Have you considered having two blogs on one account: one English and one Italian? Then you can link them to each other. It might make it easier for speakers of either language to read and enjoy your posts! I hope this helps!
Thank you very much for your feedback. We will definitely consider the two blog option to manage the dual language. Grazie!
Thank you for your feedback! Very much appreciated. Nicoletta and I will definitely consider to have two separate blogs in two languages. The problem for now is TIME…the scarcest resource, but we will get there, with patience!
Grazie
Linda
Last Friday for the ‘Neighborhood’ theme I tried for the first time posting photos from my iPhone from the WordPress app – it was fun! I posted my pix in small because it was faster upload, but then found that later I could not enlarge them from my home computer, short from reposting them all again. Also, there was no way to post them side by side – am I missing something?
My post is at:http://elkemurphy.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/photos-of-my-neighborhood
Elke, when uploading pictures, you may want to make them as large as possible – even if the upload takes longer. I actually do not know if it is or is not possible to enlarge them afterwards but I am almost sure that enlarging a small photo online will increase noise.
Aboput the alignment: If I ionterpreted the source code correctly, your alignment is “none”. Switch it to “left” (I described the steps in a comment further up) and see if that’s better for you.
By the way: I have a private blog where I try things out. So there is less risk of ruining things that are supposed to go public.
Hope this helps.
Thank you very much, Tobias! This helps. Have to check this out on the iPhone app.
I do lots of travel photography and photo essays. Love your feedback and comments(:
blog.jamiecphotos.com
My food blog. https://myfoodphotos1.wordpress.com
Wow, your blog is really beautiful created! It’s a smooth theme and everything seems alright. I like your design and your photos too!
my blog
http://ustadmukhlis.wordpress.com
looking for the right words to build a good blog and create a more interesting blog specially in describing places and locations, that’s where i struggle the most.
Hi everyone!
I recently moved over to WordPress from Blogger and it’s been a little nerve-wrecking. Any and all feedback would be great – about content or design. 
http://www.starlitcorner.wordpress.com
Thank you in advance! Feel free to leave comments here or on my blog. Lots of love. xx
Having a quick look at your blog, I dont really know what its about, there are photos yes, but the posts are about music and movies and celebs and stuff. Maybe thats what its supposed to be about?
Hey
If you scroll down on the left, you’ll see that most of my posts used to be in the personal/relationships category. But I’m also a working journalist and my editor wanted my blog to move away from that stuff and into the arts & entertainment section (which is where I work), so I’ve been trying to shift my focus. It’s quite hard because I’m so set in my ways.
sounds like you need a personal blog and a work one
I couldnt see any category listing, only a category cloud
Yeah, I was just thinking about that. Sigh. Oh the effort
Thank you for having a look though. Have a lovely day. xx
Still, getting paid to blog!
hello everyone!
What do you think about my blog?
I always try to write in German and English, so the blog is appreciate to the whole world
http://www.frischekickfotografie.wordpress.com
I like the layout, and the pics are very sharp and quite stunning.
As an english speaker, some of your english is a little hard to follow – but keep on practicsing! Now, I just need to learn German…
I know, my English is akward
I’ve never been the best student at school. But I try to learn it carefully 
Wirklich gelungene Fotos. Ich persönlich ziehe allerdings einen dunklen Hintergrund für die Präsentation von Fotos vor. Aber das ist natürlich Geschmacksache.
Liebe Grüße us dem südlichen Texas ins kalte Deutschland,
Pit
Vielen Dank für deine Antwort
Ich werde dies sicherlich berücksichtigen, wenn ich den Blog überarbeite.
Und Grüsse aus der lieben Schweiz
Gern geschehen. Ich möchte aber noch einmal betonen, dass es eine ganz persönliche Ansicht ist, welchen Hintergrund man wählt.
Liebe Grüße aus dem südlichen Texas in die schöne Schweiz, und weiterhin viel Spaß beim Fotografieren und Bloggen,
Pit
Beautiful pictures! The simple layout really helps your pictures to stand out. I know a little German. Sehr schön!
Hallo Frischekick,
einen schönen Blog mit sehr guten Ftos hast du da.
Bezgl. deutsch/englisch, du musst ja nicht alles noch in englisch schreiben.
Einfach kurz halten.
Bei längeren Texten, z.B. mehr als ca. 4 Zeilen, bleibe ich auch nur bei deutsch. Wenn dann Fragen kommen, kann ich immer noch in englisch antworten
Lass einfach deine Fotos für sich sprechen
LG Angela
this is my blog & gallery : http://alfrina.wordpress.com
I also have the old one : http://alfrina.deviantart.com
hey. I’m a photographer, but I also rely on my writing. I would love some feedback on my pics, writing and blog layout – I’ve seen a few blogs that have many pages, and I’m unsure if I need more content. http://feliciapriorphotography.wordpress.com/
The blog layout is nice and simple – which is good for a photography blog. How many pages you have all depends on you – if it’s something you are passionate about and are going to update, then go for it. I always LOVE an about page though – it’s nice to have one place to go to find out more about YOU. I love hearing about people’s stories – who they are, what they do, and why they are writing a blog. The only thing I would say to do differently is the photos – I would love for them to be bigger! I don’t know if that’s a layout problem or what – one thing that I do is merge two vertical photos together in Photoshop and then add them to the blog post – that way the photos aren’t huge but you can also see them a bit better. Hope this helps! I enjoyed your blog!
Thank you! I took a peak at yours and liked what I saw! Nice pics – loving the ones of the snow (in Australia, where I live snow is rare unless its in the mountains)
Of course! I’m happy to help! I appreciate the follow and the browsing!!
Thanks! The pictures of snow always seem to be the most popular (as in 10 views instead of 0 – haha). Thanks again!
Its really nice…..
Hi there……I have a food blog http://www.onesmallpot.com with a heavy emphasis on images. I am still finding my photography style and I’ve only been blogging for 6 weeks but I would love any feedback on how to improve my skills – composition, styling etc.
Any other feedback on layout, writing etc would also be most appreciated.
Thanks so much for this opportunity and for your time.
I think your blog is very pleasing to the eye; the overall impression is professional. I love the pictures in spite of the fact that I am not much into food photography. So. Just keep it up!
Thank you for the feedback. You have some gorgeous, haunting photos on your blog. I really liked your ‘about’ page as well.
Great blogs to see here! I have just start mine http://longdelayspossible.wordpress.com/ Still playing with themes and focusing in writing content. My idea is to post mostly photos but all of them with some notes about how they were made. I wanted also to add other kind of posts, but categorized, so people not interested in reading them can skip them easily. That part is not there yet, but there isn’t still too much content either…Any feedback is welcomed!
Hi Casgan. I am using photos plus lots of stories in categories exactly as you are planning. Welcome to take look michealdebarra.com
Thanks for your feedback. I have had a look at yours. I would prefer something that shows photos in a bigger size, without the need to click on them. And having to scroll down entirely to see the categories, for me doesn’t work too well. Apart from that, great photos!
Thanks for comment C. But I guess mine is not really a photo blog. I am probably more interested in story telling. The photos just make the whole thing more interesting. That’s my idea anyway. But also love photography. Good luck with your efforts
Yes, of course. Yours is clearly more oriented to tell things. I wanted mine to be a mix, but with more emphasis on pictures. As I said, your pictures are nice, maybe a kind of portfolio page is a nice addition.
First of all – I like the title of your blog. It’s both clever and amusing with multiple meanings. That’s tough to do. Second, I really like your photos. They are all composed well, well-thought, with good color and focus. Also, the idea of sharing the time and effort into each photograph is really interesting as well. You just gained a follower! Hope this helps.
Thanks for following my blog! I’m glad you like my photos!
Hi! I’m new to the blogging world. I would love some feedback on my theme choice, layout, writing skill/style, and use of photography (mostly my own). Please take a look at my blog. Thank you for any input! http://mithriluna.wordpress.com/
Firstly – love the name of the blog. It’s clever and to the point. I also love the idea of having a dominating picture at the top but you have to be careful that your title and the brief summary below don’t get lost in the picture (the white does get a bit lost in the photo).
I read through a few of your posts – love the imagery. Good composition of photos. I like how you talk with the reader about your thoughts. As an editor, I take note of little things – but I noticed that you switched tenses a few times in the one post I read. Otherwise, it was interesting and a good story. Hope this helps!
Thank you! Which post are you referring to? I do not mind you commenting on my blog if that helps. Thank you for stopping by!
I was referring to your most recent post. Glad I could help! I’d appreciate some feedback on my blog if you had the time. Thanks!
astrawally.wordpress.com is my site and would like to know what people think on it? the presentation of the photos, how easy the site is to navigate and what people feel about the content. The photos, the writing, etc…
Thank you
I really enjoyed the simplicity of your posts – just a photo or two and then your thoughts/musings. It’s interesting and contemplative. The site is very simplistic and therefore easy to navigate. That’s not a problem. For the photos, I really enjoy your use of color and general composition. Your macro photos are really beautiful. As for the writing, I did notice that occasionally, you would misspell words – for example, you used “quiet” instead of “quite” in one post and in another it was “except” instead of “accept”. Those are just little things that the spell-checker wouldn’t pick up but since your writing is normally only a paragraph or two, I figured every word counts. Hope this helps!!
Definitely helps thank you! I had a feeling I was missing a few words here and there but something I can work on!:) thank you takin the time to do that:)
Sure thing! Glad I could help! I’d appreciate some feedback, too if you had the time!
Sorry about the late reply!.. I like the layout, strong, bold and pleasing on the eye. The writing is very accessible and the photos fit well with each piece:) All in all I like it!!:)
My front page is a gallery of photos that if you click on each it will lead into a blog. I find many people just check the front page and not go into the blog. Is it obvious not to everyone that you need to click on a picture to get more? When I started in January I only put on one photo, now I have a much fuller blog. Is the title misleading? Should I change it up a bit?
Thanks for some input on this.
My site: http://www.itsinthepicture365.com
For me, the whole point of having the gallery of photos is so people get intrigued at the thumbnails and they want to click on them to see more. So, the key to getting people clicking is the interest of the photos – the best and the brightest should be shone in the gallery.
The title is a bit misleading since it implies that there is only one photo per post. If people aren’t viewing the full post, then that might be your primary problem. Maybe play around with the title and see what happens. It should define the blog a bit. Hope this helps!!
Thank you for answering. I think I will change up the title and see what happens. Thanks!
Did you change anything after receiving Guy&Gal’s answer? Because it all looks so clean and easy to me, I’d say, of course you have to click on the thumbs… I worked with the idea of a gallery too. Now I wonder if it might not do the trick…
Yes I did change the title from Photo a Day to what you saw, adding – for photos and stories, click on picture or something to that effect. I think that should do it. The title was misleading once I changed the format. I like the gallery look and I find the blog page is wide and uncluttered as some other themes that I have seen. Try it, and if you don’t like it change themes. I was getting the visitors but a lot were not going one step further. Today seemed better, so maybe its working. Thanks for commenting….
Do you know what really HACKS ME OFF!!! People who think my blog is their own personal place to place their nonsense. If you are going to put a comment then put one do not use my blog to post your ping. I have had 5 so far not a single comment but just a ping. I have deleted 2 and I am now shaming the other 3 if you see some are posting twice. Stop wasting my time, if you had the slightest common decency you would have read my post and then comment on it. How do I know you didn’t ? Because I have install a spy and it tells me what visitors have read and how long, I wish I could read a whole page in 5 seconds, you may have found it boring and not read it, it still doesn’t give you the right to use my blog for just pings.
These are those so far, its a good job I have it moderated….
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If you cannot post and play nicely **** off!!!
Pings are suppressed on my site. That’s always an option.
Hi TMS, I know I can do that but why should I stop the legitimate posters leaving comments and pings . its a matter of respect for each other. Thank you for leaving the comment.
Oh, I thought this was only about the pings, sorry. I would not usggest suppressing coments altogether, no way!.
I am mainly a writer, but started a photography blog a few months ago at someone’s suggestion. I would appreciate helpful comments. Here is the link:
http://azbeemergirl.wordpress.com
Thanks in advance for the feedback!
Props for starting a blog solely on photography. I personally think that takes a bit of bravery since, a majority of the time, the images will need to speak to themselves. I like the raw feeling of your photos – everything is so natural and pure. It’s like I’m actually there. One thing to note is that the portrait/vertical photos are hard to view in a normal browser because of the size/length of them. I like to merge two photos in Photoshop before loading them into my blog post – that way the photos play off each other and people can really get a good look at the entire photo. Hope this helps!
Thank you so much!
- Jo
Hello, all! I’m mainly looking for feedback no my photography – general composition/interest/colors/lighting – anything and everything about my photography in general. Thanks so much! http://www.guyandgalphotoblog.wordpress.com
Hello again! I think I posted a dead link before so I wanted to make sure: http://guyandgalphotoblog.wordpress.com/. I would love to hear feedback on my photography. Thanks in advance!
You guys are so cute!
I really like your blog. The photography is gorgeous and it gives you a great impression of the beautiful places you are visiting. I also like your sense of humor. Great blog!
Thanks so much for the reply. I really appreciate it.
Great blog. The only thing is that i find very long the list of categories, and archives, may be that makes navigation a bit less easier (too much scrolling). Photos are nice also, a bit overproccesed some of them for my taste, but thats something very personal.
Thanks so much for the feedback! It is much appreciated.
Hi – I am new to blogging and think I am not doing a very good job of attracting an audience nor of arranging my photos. Comments that help me to improve my blog are greatly appreciated.
How many views are you looking for? We all have a different point of view on that so it makes your question a bit hard to answer.
I don’t know how long you have been blogging but unless you are you are extremely lucky and right on the moment it is a slow build. I am finally at the point where I have more followers than I can visit in a week but that is over 2.5 years. It did start to explode when I started responding to the The Photo Challenge and responding to Ailsa’s Travel Theme over at http://wheresmybackpack.com/ and pinging others work.
I do think that if you are going to have a “Search This Site” button it should go somewhere other than a blank screen.
Thank you very much for your comments. I’ve been doing this for about three weeks, stumbling along … there is a lot to learn. I assumed the “Search This Site” widget would automatically search the site.
Nice website, but its REALLY HARD to find your follow button, its buried way down on the left hand column – move it up to the top and make it easy to find
Also agree with other poster, taking part in Weekly Photo Challenges and other ones is a good way of attracting people to your blog. I like your photography even tho you say you dont take it seriously.
Thanks for the comment. Didn’t even think of where to put the follow buttom.
Its useful tips like that I have got from reading Community Pool myself
Nice blog and great photos ! I don’t understand why bloggers who only blog a few weeks are always asking for more views. Like everything else newly started it takes time to attract people
Have a look around the community and start using the challenges. Slowly but steadily you will have more viewers
Cheers Angela
Thanks. Patience is a virtue I need a lot of practice on:>).
My blog is not a photography blog, but a poetry one. I would love feedback on my site in general, but especially about how to gain my viewers for free and if adding different content would help. Here’s my site: http://littlewordworm.wordpress.com/
Thanks!
First, I think the theme is very fitting. Good choice. I’m not the best person to give advice on how to gain viewers as I have been having quite a bit of trouble myself! I wish I knew the secret! I like the range that your blog has – reviews, poetry, quotes, quizzes, etc. I enjoyed reading your posts – especially the poetry and the colorscope – that was really interesting! I hope this helps (a little).
Thank you so much for replying. As you are, I am still clueless about viewers, but the community pool seems to be helping.
Thanks for your advice.
Yeah! I think this community pool is such a good idea (and it does indeed help with the follower/viewer count). I’d appreciate it if you could take a look at my blog, too (if you have the time). Thanks so much!
Here’s my site http://www.edithlevyphotography.com Some times I give quite a bit of background about the image I post and the place it was taken and other times the post is short and sweet. Would love to know, as a reader, what your preference is. Thanks for taking the time to visit.
Very interesting work.
On the one hand, I like it when people tell me the “who what when and where and how”. On the other hand, I read and look at more blogs then I really have time for so it is always refreshing to get the image, drink it in, and move on!
What are people’s thoughts on watermarking? I go back and forth. Part of me agrees with several professional photographers I know who say: “Why do you want to destroy your own work.” I know others who swear by it even though, as we all know, they admit a good photoshopper can get rid of a watermark pretty quickly but they figure it slows them down. Several of my friends do watermark just to prevent FB et. al. from using their shot in an ad.
I would love to hear your thoughts.
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I always love feedback. I also think it may be time for a new theme but I can’t find a better one then what I have.
Thanks and keep shooting.
Forgot to click the follow up comment box…grr
I think the watermark is a personal preference. While you can watermark photos you can’t watermark your words so what if someone just copies and pastes what you wrote into an ad or something similar? Is that different? Personally, as long as the watermark isn’t distracting, I think it’s fine.
Hope this helps! 
I had a hard time finding a decent theme, too. I chose one that gave me the most flexibility that didn’t require me to pay money…then I customize with my own backgrounds, headers, sidebars, etc. It works well enough for me.
Looking at your photos your watermark is quite small and unintrusive. Its also usually on the edge of the photo with plenty of space for someone to crop it off without further interfering with the photo. If thats the case why bother? I went back and forward about it myself a few years ago, and if the only option is to put a big watermark in the middle of the image and ruin peoples enjoyment of it, or not and risk someone stealing it? Well images get stolen all the time so I guess you make your call.
I also struggle with theme, you either have to have a really narrow option or a ‘photography’ based one that has your images laid out like tiles that then have to be clicked on to find out more which I see from many comments here readers dont like. WordPress are you listening? Give us WIDER COLUMN options – stop wasting half the space on nothing, give photographers more flexibility to both post images *and* text!!
My name is David Alexander, but you may know me as Popcorn, and I a future writer. I need help getting exposed to the literary world. I am asking for your support and for you to ask friends, family and love one to check out my bloghttp://thegreatpopcorn1999.wordpress.com
I am searching for a woman that can turn my misery into eternal bliss. A woman that will discover the Devil within in me and will love me in spite of it. I want to meet my counterpart. She will be the right hand of doom that will wear ocean blue dress.The love I will have for her will be the starting point of my insanity. I’m afraid what would happen to me, when my devotion to her will overpower…See More
I want to get us fellow writer together if and any intersected in starting group, or a dead poet society. Email me atthegreatpopcorn1999@gmail.com
I like option on a story that I am writing. I want all constructive criticism I can get. Write on my blo
I haven’t posted a blog in quite a while. Life is getting in the way of my photography right now. Sigh. Would love some critique of my blog site though. http://roserichard.wordpress.com/ Thanks!
I like your layout – you show some teaser photos at the top to get people interested. The summary/intro below is a little wordy though and seems more fitting for an about page. Your photos are great but I personally don’t like to click to get a better look at photos – maybe set them up in one of the WordPress Gallery formats? Or upload as bigger files so they appear bigger in posts? Hope this helps!
Thank you for the feedback, I really appreciate it!
Would love feedback on the layout, I’ve tried to keep it pretty clean…thoughts? Of course, any thoughts on the images would be fantastic!
http://williamsdavid.me/
Thanks,
David
Great blog! I love the simple and clean layout. It really highlights your gorgeous pictures! You have another follower!
Thank you very much for your feedback and for following!
Your photos are indeed stunning. They really speak for themselves and I think you have the right idea for the layout – you don’t want to distract from your photos. I love how you include little details about each photo as well. The only thing I would suggest is maybe a softer background – maybe a beige/brown neutral tone so it doesn’t look so stark in contrast. Keep up the good work. Hope this helps!
Thanks for the feedback! I’ll play around with a few colours for the background again.
I always try (sometimes I forget…it’s a me thing) to include the camera settings and when I do off camera flash (“strobist”) shots, those as well. Again, thanks for the feedback, greatly appreciated!
I have already wrote one and showed a photo taken with my phone, but a fellow blogger was missing bacon so I had a photo of my bacon and egg sandwich so I wrote about it. I will say that the only photo on the page that belongs to me is the one of the bacon and egg sandwich ( in Scots ‘a piece’ ) All the rest are from the net. Enjoy. Just to say that I don’t accept ‘pings’ without comments Thank you
http://mysoresoul.co.uk/?p=391
Hi,
Thank you for sharing, me too has started on photography.
My web address is http://krishnavashistha.wordpress.com
Hello! I am a high school student interested in photography. Here is my blog,
http://maireadkahn.wordpress.com/
Any and all feedback is welcome!
First, I like the general format of your posts – photo with a basic description of the location/your feelings at the time or now, etc. I like the simplicity. It allows the photos to speak for themselves and I am impressed with your photos. They are all interesting and full of color and life. The only thing I would change would be the blog format – a white background (in my opinion) always feels so cold and stark in contrast to people’s photos. Maybe have a softer, neutral background like a light brown or green or something complimentary. Hope this helps! If you have the time, I’d appreciate it if you could look at my blog as well. Thanks!
Thank you, I really appreciate it. I decided to go with a white background to follow traditional photo presentation style, but I definitely see your point!
I welcome feedback on my photography and poetry/random words blog. Does the theme I am using fit and would you change anything? Many thanks. http://winedrinkingmummy.wordpress.com/
I loved reading all the photographers blogs, and get ideas for mine!!!!
Just started a blog for on my websites with the latest info about my photography.
I recently started my blog and I’m not sure how it looks. I would love to receive your inputs about my blogs (especially the latest ones).
Here is my site: http://archiemaclang.wordpress.com
Thank you!