Sun May 13, 2007 12:05 pm
I think that first you should ask yourself why you choose to display your photographs - because they mean something to you or as crowd pleasers?
I would agree with Ray - whilst the 'Lomo' principal (dont think, just point and shoot) works well sometimes as you can get some great surprise moments, you should not necessarily display them all (and you'll have a hell of a lot of work to do in sorting the good ones). You have some nice moments in your galleries, but also some dull ones in my opinion - but if the seamingly dull to me means something to you, then put them in your family album but not your public albums.
My advice - study some of the popular galleries and when you find a shot that you love, compare it with your own work - ask yourself what your pictures are saying - do they tell a story? do they show something that the casual eye doesn't see? is it beautiful? or terribly ugly? is it so ordinary that it has become extraordinary. Show only what YOU think is a good shot - if you dont know that you have captured it, chances are you haven't. Above all though, remember these are your photos that you take for your own pleasure, not other peoples.
I know that is easy for me to say, and I may have enough seamingly boring shots in my own galleries - but I know that every shot is there for a reason - it means something to me.
If you get a lot of hits and comments on some pics, but few hits and comments on others - maybe this tells you whether others consider them interesting or boring shots.
Hope this helps in some way.
Gav