I have often wondered who comes to our site and who looks at our pictures. We recently found out that some of our family and friends keep up with us by looking on our photos. I said to Bernard, “I wish people could comment on our pictures, because it would be interesting to see what they are thinking.” He said, “Sure they can, that is just a module you have to turn on.” And I felt stupid.
So the comments feature is now on in our photo blog, and we would appreciate any comments you might make. To use it, you have to click on the comment link on the left to leave a comment (if you do it on an album, the comment will be about the album).
Recently people have been telling me how much they like the pictures and if I am going to do something with them. I am thinking about showing them and perhaps decorating some of our walls. A picture that you would show friends and family are often not the ones you would hang on a wall. Pictures that you would dismiss as uninteresting, all of the sudden become interesting if you are going to put a frame around it or collect it in a series. I am interested in peoples’ opinions.
As you may know we have over 16,000 pictures on our blog, and we could make a coffee table book just on the pictures of clouds or the flowers that I take. So what is a good picture and what is a postcard (which is also a good picture, but not what you would want to hang)? I am randomly taking a bunch and putting them up as examples, but if you ever have the time and/or have a picture of ours you really like, please take the time to put a comment next to it. I would appreciate it. Cheese, Picture, Postcard, or Poster?
Update: Erin thought I should put up some instructions:
- If you click on the picture of the rain at the top of this post, you will be taken directly to the album with the sample pictures (you are not restricted to these pictures though).
- She says you should look at them individually instead of as an album and hit <next >in order to look at them objectively. You need to comment on this level to associate them with the picture.
- The link to comment is in the left hand menu.
- You can object to someone else’s opinion and leave a different selection.
- To view other people’s comments easily, you can click the “view latest comments” in the left hand menu. When you mouse over a picture there it gives you a larger image.
Thanks to everyone who participates; I am working on getting better, and building a style, but am also interested in what people like.