I have seen photos in there by the average joe. I have had a photo on the popular page. I can assure you I am one of those average joe's. I guess each to their own though. You are missing some amazing photos. Do you view the New Faces page?? @michellepj Congrats....Awesome feeling isn't it =D
Hmm, random.
They're not all fancy 'staged' photos. I had a photo of a spider on the popular page awhile ago, no editing or anything, just a spider on a wall.
I like looking at the popular page. It isn't always the same people and some of the shots are inspiring and so wonderful. There is a reason they make the popular page. People like them. They aren't even always the most technically thought out pictures. Sometimes they are just regular Joe photos. I hope one day to make the popular page, but I still have a ways to go!
You should be following me then Leslie. My name's not Joe but I'm pretty much everyday and I've only been on the popular page twice through no fault of my own!
The popular page is a great place to find new work and find people to follow. It is a place that can inspire and encourage you. There are very 'regular' photos on there and some quite stunning, clever shots and i would say there is a vast selection of people there, not always the same. This year it has been much harder to achieve a place there, partly due to the increasing standard and increasing population of this site. Definfitelty there has been a slant to encourage new members. If you are lucky enough to have a picture there it is very up lifting. I urge you to give it another go! From a regular Joe with a point and shoot! :-)
Ditto on what most people said. Yes, some people get on the Popular page over and over again, but others (like me) just have a pic show up on there even though we didn't think it was that special. Sometimes pictures will touch people even though they're not this well thought-through amazingly set up shot.
I look at the popular page to see if my photo is there LOL! ha ha ha ha. because once upon a time m photo were included he he he ,if not then leave right away, But I'm very happy whenever my followers photo were there like now Dede Horan and others he he he. still don't know ho they judge photos for popular page. I think Ross could explain to us how? and what are this Magic Monkeys? how do they rate photos for Popular page.
I like everyday photos as well, especially when there's a little story written underneath it, but I do get very inspired by the popular page! There are some amazing shots to be seen there!
Some people seem to have shots featured there over and over again, but they take amazing pictures and (in my view) definitely deserve their places. But I see all kinds of shots there from many different people.
Both my mother and sister have actually had a photo on the PP that was taken with a P&S. Neither of them are active in the community nor have a lot of followers so I am happy for them that their (wonderful) shots somehow got noticed anyway :)
I browse the PP, new faces, suggestions and latest pages as I find it's a way to (1) be inspired and amazed at what a wonderful and talented community we have here and (2) because you can find some new people to follow that way. I've been lucky in having a few of my photos get on the PP and I am definetely an Average Joe, it's a great boost and if you are like me and lack confidence it helps in that department to raise it a little. There is also a huge wide variety of photos that make it there.
They make it on to the popular page based upon a whole series of things apparently, it is not the most followed photographers nor the same photographers who get on there, I have been really lucky and feel very honoured that I have had five pictures on there, I can promise you I am a complete camera virgin having literally got my first proper camera this Christmas. I look at all pages, PP, suggestions, day by day... time allowing. I am following many others too and always look at their downloads first.... there is a wealth of talent on here and just because something has made the popular page doesn't mean it isn't just one of us "Joe Bloggs" who managed by some chance to take it! Not checking it out you are missing some gorgeous pictures.
I do. Glad to see my photos there sometimes. But most useful is that there are some cool pics by someone I have not seen before. I can learn from them!
I like to see what's on the popular page. Never had one up there myself but you can always be sure that there's a huge variety of different subjects, styles, colours and people, and I often find amazing new people to follow there too. I believe there is some complicated algorithm behind the "magic monkeys" that ensures that it's not just the "popular" people (with loooads of followers) who make it to the page each time, so I can be sure that there are regular Joes just like me on there.
I also get a bizarre sense of pride if one of the people I follow ends up on there :)
I had a bunch of bent over daisies on the PP. It was the story behind it that got it there - not the photo. You can find all sorts of interesting, different pics. I have had quite a few photos on PP and I am just a mum at home with 4 boys who enjoys taking photos and has only done a beginner class so I could learn what all the buttons were on my camera so I am far far from professional
I like to view the popular page every once in awhile as well. There's always super inspiring work there,.. and it's not always the same person. I got one up there a week or so ago, it was really nice to know people are enjoying the things I post.
@triptych_angel yeap ... guilty on a few occassions (so I'm told) but not as many as some ...
but I don't get time to go anywhere these days and even then not always to those I follow via the dashboard and I try to say hi to those how 'follow' my work. Again I apologise.
that is of course your choice, But personally If it wasn't for the popular page I would have been unaware of the work of some truely inspirational people.
Average Joe's can indeed make it to the PP, I made it just 2 days ago, it really is an incredible feeling. Keep looking, you may well find your own photo there one day like I did :)
i view the PP & NFP quite regularly - the work can be a mixture - some i've looked at and thought wow, others i've viewed left me wondering why it was there. I guess Ross just tries to find a mixture so it appeals to everyone - think only thing at the moment is just getting bit bored of fizzy water shots and straws lol
@kmrtn6 LOL ITA with the fizzy stuff. And the heart book and the ring in the book thing.
And in regards to the popular page-I am an "average Joe" Or Jo-ann since i am a woman lol but I have had I think 3 make the popular page. I am just a mom with a camera. So the popular page isnt always professionals with amazing set ups.
I think most of the photos are everyday shots too! I have had shots on the poplular page & they are far from extraordinary. Usually they are quick shots I captured on the way to from work.
Yep I am another below average Joe....like sub-zero Joe. Just got a decent camera in December...been featured on the popular page 4 times...twice for shots I didn't even like. It's interesting to see what other people see and find inspiring, that's what the pop page is all about! Some people are featured there often because their photo's are nothing short of stunning consistently...they still deserve the recognition!
Definitely check out the average (or below average) Joe's but, if you are totally ignoring the popular page you are missing out BIG time!
I am in no way a professional and I have had several pictures on the popular page. All but one was just with a little point and shoot (just upgraded to a dslr) There are a lot of "everyday" pictures on there. At times there does seem to be a few people on there quite a bit. However I have been on this site a year now and have found lots of great people to follow from there. You should give it another chance :) But I do think its also great to look at the new faces, latest, etc.
I have never gotten on the popular page, or the new faces for that matter. I would love more people to follow me, and give me pointers, because I am here to learn. I get tired of the same kinds of shots being featured, because that does not help me at all.
So yeah, follow me, help me learn, because, that is why I am here...
You know, people who feature there often are average people, improving their skills every day. I think it's safe to say that if you check out the earlier work in their albums (assuming they've been here for months and months) you'll find they've had "average" photos too. We all get better at this; it'd be hard not to. With that said, I seldom check the PP.
I haven't really had time to check the PP much, I only have in the last week because my friends told me I was up there!! My featured shot was a spur of the moment photo of my little boy in action, so there are definitely "everyday" photos chosen.
They're not all fancy 'staged' photos. I had a photo of a spider on the popular page awhile ago, no editing or anything, just a spider on a wall.
And lol @keithdavid
alot of the photos i get the "how on earth did that make it to the pp?!"
I'm a bit gleaming cause im on there at the moment LOL rare believe me!!
Some people seem to have shots featured there over and over again, but they take amazing pictures and (in my view) definitely deserve their places. But I see all kinds of shots there from many different people.
Both my mother and sister have actually had a photo on the PP that was taken with a P&S. Neither of them are active in the community nor have a lot of followers so I am happy for them that their (wonderful) shots somehow got noticed anyway :)
(Not saying they're average-joe photos at all. But they're new and often different people :D)
I also get a bizarre sense of pride if one of the people I follow ends up on there :)
but I don't get time to go anywhere these days and even then not always to those I follow via the dashboard and I try to say hi to those how 'follow' my work. Again I apologise.
You dont have to be a professional just to make it there.
And in regards to the popular page-I am an "average Joe" Or Jo-ann since i am a woman lol but I have had I think 3 make the popular page. I am just a mom with a camera. So the popular page isnt always professionals with amazing set ups.
Definitely check out the average (or below average) Joe's but, if you are totally ignoring the popular page you are missing out BIG time!
So yeah, follow me, help me learn, because, that is why I am here...
i love PP its an awesome way of finding new people to follow and of course the boost it gives if a photo does make the cut :)