What does this say to you?

[Ian]

I'm gradually filling up the 'My Photography' board on my Pinterest account, see:

http://pinterest.com/ianburley/my-photography/

What, if anything does it say to you? To me it says 'jack of all trades!'

Ian

[Pol]

Re: What does this say to you?

I can't look at that sort of Pinterest style webpage to be brutally honest and I avoid them like the plague.

They have too much information, too much bombarding me all at once. I much prefer albums or individual 'one page one picci pages' where I can look and consider things more slowly.

Pol

[Ian]

Re: What does this say to you?

I guess I could separate the photos into categories and genres?

Ian

[Pol]

Re: What does this say to you?

I guess I could separate the photos into categories and genres?

Ian

True, that might be better but maybe you should wait to see how others feel. Perhaps it's just me who feels swamped by too much information all at once.

I'm the same about animated and flash adverts on pages. I just can't be coping with visual overload.

Pol

[JSR]

Re: What does this say to you?

What, if anything does it say to you?

The first thing it said to me was "You need to enable Javascript." because I have the NoScript extension on Seamonkey!

I quite like the layout in an "online photo album" type of way. It'd probably be a little too much if you're looking for something specific but, for the casual surfer, I think it does what's needed.

I find my eyes skipping over the photos that don't interest me at that moment, while images that do interest me leap out and catch my attention. For example, I'm not particularly interested in the photos of people so I scroll on by, but the yellow Renault of Rene Arnoux caught my eye.

If the photos were in categories/genres, I probably wouldn't see any of them because I don't go browsing unless I want something. Only by having them all there visually does something leap out from the others.

What's the advantage of pinterest over just putting your photos on your own website, or in a Dropbox gallery folder?

[Ian]

Re: What does this say to you?

What's the advantage of pinterest over just putting your photos on your own website, or in a Dropbox gallery folder?

Pinterest is a social media network all in its own right so you create an account and just like on Facebook and Twitter, etc., you can link your self to other people who are also Pinterest members. They can follow you (so you will see their updates automatically) and you can follow others who interest you. The system also integrates with other services, so your updates can be reflected on Facebook, etc.

Where I get nervous is that fact that you can pin almost any image on the Net to one of your boards. I have already seen a number of pins of copyrighted material and some of it from our own sites. Pinterest does offer some code to site owners that will prevent people from pinning their content and you can request photos of yours be taken off Pinterest, but it's still basically a free-for-all.

In one sense if someone pins one of your shots it's rather nice because they obviously like it, but one of my 'followers' is someone who appears to be promoting a slimming package and all her pinned photos are of fit young people who definitely don't have a weight problem. I guess the idea is to shame you into buying the weight loss package.

For me, Pinterest is good because I hope it will attract more people to see my photography but also to bring new people to our sites.

Ian

[JSR]

Re: What does this say to you?

That makes sense in that it's a social network more aimed at photographers than the other ones.

I'm the type of social networker who only posts to Facebook when I get a text from my sister asking if I'm still alive.

[Ian]

Re: What does this say to you?

As you may know, my late mother was from the Philippines and families there tend to keep in closer contact than we do here in the West. I have literally dozens of cousins, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces and beyond who I can keep in touch with via, mainly, Facebook, even though the are a day's journey by air away. And some of them appear to really like staying in touch with me Photo (and increasingly video) sharing is a very important aspect of all this.

Ian

[Graham_of_Rainham]

Re: What does this say to you?

What, if anything does it say to you? To me it says 'jack of all trades!'

Ian

You seem to have a thing for birds with one wing stuck out

Even from this very small sample of images, it's people that are a very important element in your pictures.

We know that you have a really good macro lens and can use it well, so adding to the "all trades" look of this site maybe one way to use it.

[patmoore]

Re: What does this say to you?

I find my Pinterest Page a good resource for redirecting folks to:

1: My GoldenYearsGeek.com website
2: My commercial photography and pencil drawing site
3: The shop where I sell skis
The latter two sites have embedded "Pin It" icons.

Unlike most Pinterest members, I rarely "Repin" anything. I'd guess I originate more than 90% of my pins

[Pops]

Re: What does this say to you?

Not keen at all viewing images set out like that especially with them being of various sizes/formats. I prefer uniformity
Only 1 image jumped out at me, Lake District.