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just wanted to throw a howdy into the fray and a thanks for all those willing to help out with this.
we have long been labelled a gearhead site while lots of great images went unnoticed or at least un commented on in the gallery.
with some creative energy maybe rff can be known as an image site as well.

very cool...

joe
 
I'm looking forward to it helping get me off my lazy butt and post some shots. I think it's a combination of not having done it, perhaps no easy to follow instructions, or just not enough time to breath.

Hey Joe, an imporant question I ask when ever I take on a new project is how do you measure success? Is it an increase in posts, views, membership? What do you think?

B2 (;->
 
I'm very excited about this whole image promotion thing - can't wait to see what happens!
My suggestion is some way to make the Pics of the Week a little easier to participate in. If there was some kind of button we could click when we are viewing an image, that would put a link or copy of it in some sort of "drop box". We could then link our drop boxes in the thread every week. Kind of like add to favorites, but everyone could instantly link to it.
I hope I explained that clearly... 😱
 
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A move towards more image based threads certainly would be interesting here on RFF.
I for one would contribute.
 
BillBingham2 said:
I'm looking forward to it helping get me off my lazy butt and post some shots. I think it's a combination of not having done it, perhaps no easy to follow instructions, or just not enough time to breath.

Hey Joe, an imporant question I ask when ever I take on a new project is how do you measure success? Is it an increase in posts, views, membership? What do you think?

B2 (;->
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as a mod i don't normally give much thought to 'success' b2. i am usually on the lookout for nasty posts or threads that might go haywire.
for this project...i would think if we got more of the current members involved in taking, making, posting and discussing photography (rather than gear) then it would be a success.

joe
 
Gabriel M.A. said:
??? I guess I'll speak for those that feel like I do: did I miss some announcement?
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Thanks, Gabriel, for the question. Speaking as another one that missed the announcement, that is.

Just looked the idea over, and it's pretty exciting. Perhaps just the thing to get me shooting and scanning again.


Cheers,
--joe.
 
I hope this works and generates some image interest around the forum. I thought the FSU contest was good a while back and I think it would be good to have a few more specific forum based competitions ... folders, scale focus, MF etc!

I find the general lack of interest in 'gallery pics for the week' disappointing ... some weeks it's lucky to get a dozen posts. I also see some noteworthy pics go through the gallery that draw no comment, supportive or otherwise!

I really hope this move turns the situation around a little. 🙂
 
Keith said:
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I think it would be good to have a few more specific forum based competitions ... folders, scale focus, MF etc!

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That's an interesting idea Keith. How about some expansion of ideas on this. If it's a competition, how do we pick winners?

What say you all?
 
Guys, please don't make it complicated and please don't cut the contests by the kind of gear to be used. An image is an image.
If a 3 year old kid can't understand an idea, it will just never sell, no matter how good it is.
Marketing basics 101.
 
Another forum I belong to has a weekly comp. The winner chooses the subject for the following week and judges it. A week is may be a bit short. No "prizes" but it does generate images, gets people out thinking about different subjects and gives different ideas on what is a good image. Just needs one sticky thread per comp to post the pictures. General coments can be in a different thread with the "judging" comments at the end of the picture thread.

Kim
 
My suggestion is simple: make a "plugin" loader applet, akin that used by flickr, with which one can load up reasonably sized (at least 1200x800 pixel) jpegs smoothly and directly into a specific set in the gallery. I load up 25-30 shots a month on flickr on average, and with all the time it takes to scan and edit the photos I hate to think I would have to upload each photo manually. If you cannot do this, forget the individual galleries altogether, and make exclusively a monthly contest in a few categories, where one can submit only one shot, this way you will end up attracting best photographs and biggest interest without much IT investment.
 
Lets have the best of both worlds. Great images followed by descriptions of what gear and film they were taken on are my favourite things about this forum. I think we definately need more images posted along with the gear head talk to even things up a bit.
 
competition is very nice idea. on fsu part of forum we had contest last two years, and we will have another one next year i hope. weekly competitions could be fun too so i hope moderators and owner will organize some.
 
Keith said:
I find the general lack of interest in 'gallery pics for the week' disappointing ... some weeks it's lucky to get a dozen posts. I also see some noteworthy pics go through the gallery that draw no comment, supportive or otherwise!

I really hope this move turns the situation around a little. 🙂
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So do I. But after participating for a few weeks in summer I stopped posting for simply one reason: it´s too complicated to follow the tread plus it takes too much time. If you click to every link you get a new window, you look at the picture and close it, click the next link and a new window opens and so on. It would be easier if I could rate the pictures I like directly in the gallery and so at the end of each week all our ratings give us the - for example - 5 or 10 best aka highest rated pictures of the week.

Thomas
 
I still miss the 'random' photos on the main page...perhaps an actual image or two, or more, on the main page would help stimulate more interest in photographs.
 
I too miss the Random photos feature on the front page.

As well as reinstating that I wonder if the software could be reconfigured to show the top five most popular recent photos?
 
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