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A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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I don't know what to do with my photography (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've been taking pictures for about almost 4 years. I used to uploaded on Instagram and Facebook so other people could see it. But right know with the Insta bad algorithm I'm trying to find what to do with my pictures, because I love sharing them. One option I thought was to print them and gift them, but thats a little expensive and I take too much photos. Also I was thinking on making a website for store them like a virtual gallery or maybe a blog, but I'm not sure if it worth the time.

What do you do with your photos?
And what could you recommend me to deal with this feeling?

Sorry if I'm a little vague with my feelings but its the first time I feel like that.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I put my photos on flickr. I also relax the license so that anyone can use with attribution. As a result, my photographs are used all over the world, on websites, brochures, news stories YouTubes, etc. I get a kick out of searching my name and seeing so many of the photos turn up. Most of what I shoot are botanicals, birds and food so generic content. I work for a land grant, cooperative extension university so sharing is engrained in my thinking. Meta has ruined Instagram by the way! IG is mostly a shopping network now with a little photography thrown in. You have to hashtag the heck out of any photo for it to get any exposure!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I've seen lots of posts recently that now supposedly you don't have to use hashtags anymore.

On the other hand, you have to use a specific range of techniques and hooks (like: "Here's why " or "X reasons why

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

One of the best ways (which I don’t have time to practice what I preach) is to comment on other people’s content and those tend to follow back and do the same. There are people who curate certain keywords which is why I use them. I did an experiment once where I uploaded without any hashtags and then later added some in and I got a lot more likes with hashtags than without.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

there’s a newish setting to “upload in HD” you may be missing, it’s opt-in

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Nah I have that activated. I think it’s simply a bandwidth issue, with the bandwidth being bigger for accounts with many followers, resulting in better quality uploads