Comments on: Free Promo Getting Better

By: Graphic design

Graphic design — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:49:21 +0000

Pretty good idea…

By: Ask an Art Buyer: Scouting for talent — HeatherMortonArt buyer

Ask an Art Buyer: Scouting for talent — HeatherMortonArt buyer — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:39:47 +0000

[...] of the things I think APE was trying to circumvent with his free promo- Folio Browser was the riff-raff that gets in to Workbook. No slight on you Lincoln but in theory, anyone can get [...]

By: Shaun Krisher

Shaun Krisher — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:01:44 +0000

I wasn’t reading your blog yet, so I missed the deadline for inclusion in this project! How do we submit our portfolios for inclusion?

By: Francine Fleischer

Francine Fleischer — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:21:36 +0000

Hi Rob,

I just recently discovered your blog (via “whats the jackonary”)
It is awsome! What a great vantage point….. thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Francine Fleischer

http://www.francinefleischer.com

By: M R Williams

M R Williams — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:07:39 +0000

Re regions - I think a U.K. version would be good

Michael

By: meghan

meghan — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:51:22 +0000

Will you be having another call for photographers for this? I just missed the last one!

Thanks and thanks for the great blog!

By: Rory

Rory — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:30:52 +0000

I like that the old school blue links have been banished.

As a dyslexic, I have a few ideas that might help me view the promo 100 times easier, and thus everyone else should be able to view it at lest 10 times easier

1. The website links should line up both vertically and horizontally, i.e. they should be in the same spot in each “image cell”.

2. Separate page with the same shooters organized by Categories such Lifestyle, Portrait, Fashion, Editorial ect. Photographers should not be limited to one category, they should be included in each category list which they fit.

3. What about a “shooting style” category or list as well, such as “Film” “Natural light” “Surreal”?

4. A random image should be selected from the promo pool and used as a banner image (every reload?), much like Flickr’s explorer page, thus providing exposure to “buried” images.

5. This one is defanately a future feature: A IP based cookie or Login based system so that you can see which photographers whose work you have already viewed.

By: tim_darwish

tim_darwish — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:50:17 +0000

I’m all for the randomazation of the slideshow (I’m second from last) but it does have a good flow as it is, on a selfish note you could just do a reverse order!

By: the cinemascapist

the cinemascapist — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:02:08 +0000

“I’ll set one up for any region people want but there has to be participation from the majority of the top shooters in that area.”

There has got to be hundreds of us in the adirondacks! no? what if second homes or tent sites counted?

By: A Photo Editor

A Photo Editor — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:54:32 +0000

Oh, thanks for the flickr TOS hit. I was wondering about that. I’ll keep a link to the set on the page for sure.

I’ll see if Erik can get the links to open an new page so the thumbs don’t have to keep loading.

I’ll set one up for any region people want but there has to be participation from the majority of the top shooters in that area. I don’t think buyers will use a resource that isn’t fairly comprehensive.

I should be able to randomize it no problem.

@ Jack: Maybe it was a mistake to not include action but the audience of buyers seems so much smaller compared to portrait.