“If you like what we do here, tell others – if you don’t, tell us!”
In fact if you do like it, tell us anyway!
I’m as guilty as the next bloke for doing this – looking at images, stories, poems or whatever that I find online – and just moving on after absorbing them. But what’s occurred to me recently is that I don’t know what people really think of my work.
It’s not really that big an issue because shoot mainly for myself, but sometimes I get curious about how other people interpret, like or are indifferent about what I create.
It’s potentially developing into an issue on one of the photography forums that I frequent where we’ve just started to challenge ourselves with weekly assignments around a chosen theme. Whilst I’m not suggesting that there is a clique growing, it’s a fact that more people get comments (both good and bad) than others. It’s only human nature to get a little piqued after spending large amounts of time giving constructive criticism to others, to get nothing back in return.
You don’t have to visit the forums of course, but I’d really appreciate it if you could take five minutes of your precious time to let me know if you like something I’ve done, are offended by something, can see a better way of approaching something, have an idea for a shoot or heaven forfend, want to buy a print or license an image. Please.
I find constructive criticism really useful regardless of whether you’re a fellow ‘togger, an art critic or just a mate looking through my snapshot-type pictures. I really do take on board what people say, and it helps me make a balanced decision on how to progress.
You can leave comments or ask questions on Facebook or my Flickr in the usual way, or help my photoblog website to gain popularity by using the reply form at the end of many of my posts. In turn, I’ll make a conscious effort to be more considerate about other people’s work and leave them more feedback too.
Thank you, that is all.
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The Value of Feedback
“If you like what we do here, tell others – if you don’t, tell us!”
In fact if you do like it, tell us anyway!
I’m as guilty as the next bloke for doing this – looking at images, stories, poems or whatever that I find online – and just moving on after absorbing them. But what’s occurred to me recently is that I don’t know what people really think of my work.
It’s not really that big an issue because shoot mainly for myself, but sometimes I get curious about how other people interpret, like or are indifferent about what I create.
It’s potentially developing into an issue on one of the photography forums that I frequent where we’ve just started to challenge ourselves with weekly assignments around a chosen theme. Whilst I’m not suggesting that there is a clique growing, it’s a fact that more people get comments (both good and bad) than others. It’s only human nature to get a little piqued after spending large amounts of time giving constructive criticism to others, to get nothing back in return.
You don’t have to visit the forums of course, but I’d really appreciate it if you could take five minutes of your precious time to let me know if you like something I’ve done, are offended by something, can see a better way of approaching something, have an idea for a shoot or heaven forfend, want to buy a print or license an image. Please.
I find constructive criticism really useful regardless of whether you’re a fellow ‘togger, an art critic or just a mate looking through my snapshot-type pictures. I really do take on board what people say, and it helps me make a balanced decision on how to progress.
You can leave comments or ask questions on Facebook or my Flickr in the usual way, or help my photoblog website to gain popularity by using the reply form at the end of many of my posts. In turn, I’ll make a conscious effort to be more considerate about other people’s work and leave them more feedback too.
Thank you, that is all.