My sister wants some advice. She is disappointed because not many people comment on her pics and she would really like some feedback. You can find her work under this @megc1.
Here is some of her work:
In My Opinion: It might not have a lot to do with her photography. Is she commenting on other's work? The more people she follows and comments on, the more will reciprocate. I've also noticed that when I participate in community discussions, browse & pick's, etc., then people are more likely to check out my work.
I've also noticed that people go through cycles with commenting. For a while people were noting that commenting was down, and I saw that myself, but things have picked up a little bit lately.
As much as commenting on good photos has merit, I've noticed that this is a community. If you participate, show interest, are willing to learn and ask questions people will reciprocate. Good luck :)
Please tell your sister that the following steps will help her.
1) tell us a little bit about yourself, going still to school, working as, where you live. town, country. we have followers from around the globe.
2)write a caption for your photos maybe telling us what you like about the picture or ask questions if you have any about your picture. this way you get other 365er's involved and the more communication you have with us I'm sure the more will follow you.
3)make a point of looking at other photos by going the to popular page or new faces. when you see pictures you like click on them and find out who's they are. then you can follow that person or follow especially the ones that made an effort to look at your pictures and commented on them.
4)participate in some of the threads that are on your homepage.
I hope this will help you.. if you have any question about anything on this project feel free to ask we are all glad to help out. I started my project January 2010 and I still have questions at times. good luck.
@megc1 and @aforartistic
I completely agree with @herussell and @bruni . I've seen a couple of threads like this and almost invariably the person wanting more comments isn't following many people and may not be leaving comments on others' photos. That is the #1 way to get more interest in your photos.
When I started here the project was solely for myself and this site was just a way of organizing and keeping track of my project. But then one kind soul started following me and leaving nice comments so I followed her back and commented on hers. Through her I was introduced to other photographers by looking at her favorites and eventually I branched out and started doing what everyone suggested: checking out the discussion threads with various themes and challenges, checking out the popular page and commenting on not only the popular pic but others by that photographer that caught my eye, and I even got brave enough to participate in the weekly themes and challenges here. Now I've got a decent number of followers, I follow lots of great people who inspire me and whose talent constantly pushes me to come up with new ideas to wow them back, and I get a handful of comments every day on my photos, even on the shots I'm less than impressed with. The most important part of the whole process has been my interaction with others, not just waiting for them to magically flock to my photos.
I'm not saying this is necessarily the case with your sister but I've found with my own project, which started out pretty mediocre but I think has vastly improved in the past 200+ days, that the more mundane, everyday shots get the least interest. Take a look at the popular page and see what people seem to find interesting. I was in a rut for a while only taking pictures of scenes from my life but it wasn't until I branched out and started trying to set up shots, played around with shadows and light, and tried out interesting Photoshop tutorials that I really hit my stride. Now I can look back and see how much I've learned and how far I've come since day one. This is a great community both for connecting and learning but you'll only get out of it what you put in. Best of luck to your sister!
As others have stated before me, it's all about building relationships. This is a community site but within that you need to build your own circle of 'friends', comment on their pictures, contribute to critique threads and pick and share threads...and generally get involved. It may take a little time but you'll get there. :)
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I've also noticed that people go through cycles with commenting. For a while people were noting that commenting was down, and I saw that myself, but things have picked up a little bit lately.
As much as commenting on good photos has merit, I've noticed that this is a community. If you participate, show interest, are willing to learn and ask questions people will reciprocate. Good luck :)
1) tell us a little bit about yourself, going still to school, working as, where you live. town, country. we have followers from around the globe.
2)write a caption for your photos maybe telling us what you like about the picture or ask questions if you have any about your picture. this way you get other 365er's involved and the more communication you have with us I'm sure the more will follow you.
3)make a point of looking at other photos by going the to popular page or new faces. when you see pictures you like click on them and find out who's they are. then you can follow that person or follow especially the ones that made an effort to look at your pictures and commented on them.
4)participate in some of the threads that are on your homepage.
I hope this will help you.. if you have any question about anything on this project feel free to ask we are all glad to help out. I started my project January 2010 and I still have questions at times. good luck.
I completely agree with @herussell and @bruni . I've seen a couple of threads like this and almost invariably the person wanting more comments isn't following many people and may not be leaving comments on others' photos. That is the #1 way to get more interest in your photos.
When I started here the project was solely for myself and this site was just a way of organizing and keeping track of my project. But then one kind soul started following me and leaving nice comments so I followed her back and commented on hers. Through her I was introduced to other photographers by looking at her favorites and eventually I branched out and started doing what everyone suggested: checking out the discussion threads with various themes and challenges, checking out the popular page and commenting on not only the popular pic but others by that photographer that caught my eye, and I even got brave enough to participate in the weekly themes and challenges here. Now I've got a decent number of followers, I follow lots of great people who inspire me and whose talent constantly pushes me to come up with new ideas to wow them back, and I get a handful of comments every day on my photos, even on the shots I'm less than impressed with. The most important part of the whole process has been my interaction with others, not just waiting for them to magically flock to my photos.
I'm not saying this is necessarily the case with your sister but I've found with my own project, which started out pretty mediocre but I think has vastly improved in the past 200+ days, that the more mundane, everyday shots get the least interest. Take a look at the popular page and see what people seem to find interesting. I was in a rut for a while only taking pictures of scenes from my life but it wasn't until I branched out and started trying to set up shots, played around with shadows and light, and tried out interesting Photoshop tutorials that I really hit my stride. Now I can look back and see how much I've learned and how far I've come since day one. This is a great community both for connecting and learning but you'll only get out of it what you put in. Best of luck to your sister!