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What makes a photo popular?

padupadu Registered Users Posts: 191 Major grins
edited November 3, 2006 in SmugMug Support
I know about photorank... my question is a bit deeper.

Looking at today's popular photos, I see some that are really stunning, but some others that are photos of people on bday party, flash illuminated, red eye and everything. Mostly they are in a sequence.

How are they there? What people do to make their photos popular?
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    MPerdomoMPerdomo Registered Users Posts: 28 Big grins
    edited October 14, 2006
    Maybe it's because people don't solely judge a photo based on technical merit (espescially non-photographers).ne_nau.gif
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    frankensteinfrankenstein Registered Users Posts: 57 Big grins
    edited October 14, 2006
    where can you see today's popular photos?

    Frank
    padu wrote:
    I know about photorank... my question is a bit deeper.

    Looking at today's popular photos, I see some that are really stunning, but some others that are photos of people on bday party, flash illuminated, red eye and everything. Mostly they are in a sequence.

    How are they there? What people do to make their photos popular?
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2006
    frankenstein wrote:
    where can you see today's popular photos?

    Frank
    http://www.smugmug.com/browse/
    http://www.smugmug.com/popular :D
    Andy

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    Jeff GeoghanJeff Geoghan Registered Users Posts: 107 Major grins
    edited November 3, 2006
    Concerned about "popular" gallery process
    Hello all, it's 1:30 am and I'm still at it...

    I had a customer who ranked a few shots as popular. They are now in my "popular" gallery. I had the idea to link that gallery and put a few more in there. Now I can't seem to figure out how my customer did that! Sigh.

    Do I have this ranking process disabled? Thanks in advance for your help!
    Jeff Geoghan Photography
    Interiors, Exteriors & Landscape
    Lancaster, Pennsylvania
    www.jeffgphoto.net
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    AllenAllen Registered Users Posts: 10,012 Major grins
    edited November 3, 2006
    Jeff Geoghan wrote:
    Hello all, it's 1:30 am and I'm still at it...

    I had a customer who ranked a few shots as popular. They are now in my "popular" gallery. I had the idea to link that gallery and put a few more in there. Now I can't seem to figure out how my customer did that! Sigh.

    Do I have this ranking process disabled? Thanks in advance for your help!
    In each gallery customization there's a photorank button you can toggle on
    and off. Then on each photo the green and red thumbs should appear in the
    upper right.
    Is this what your looking for?
    Al
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    Jeff GeoghanJeff Geoghan Registered Users Posts: 107 Major grins
    edited November 3, 2006
    Allen wrote:
    In each gallery customization there's a photorank button you can toggle on
    and off. Then on each photo the green and red thumbs should appear in the
    upper right.
    Is this what your looking for?
    Al

    Thanks Allen! It seems as if even when the gallery photorank option is turned on it doesn't work in slideshow mode, which is what I was using. Not sure if there is a way to use both slideshow view & photorank...
    Jeff Geoghan Photography
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    Lancaster, Pennsylvania
    www.jeffgphoto.net
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited November 3, 2006
    Jeff Geoghan wrote:
    Thanks Allen! It seems as if even when the gallery photorank option is turned on it doesn't work in slideshow mode, which is what I was using. Not sure if there is a way to use both slideshow view & photorank...
    Sorry, there is not, wish I had a better answer for you!
    Andy

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    Jeff GeoghanJeff Geoghan Registered Users Posts: 107 Major grins
    edited November 3, 2006
    Andy wrote:
    Sorry, there is not, wish I had a better answer for you!

    No problem, Andy, I've got lots else to work on. By the way, here is a shot I took last month or so after being inspired by your "graffiti" gallery. It was in a covered bridge in a remote corner of Lancaster County:

    94895543-M.jpg
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    padupadu Registered Users Posts: 191 Major grins
    edited November 3, 2006
    After Jeff's comment and attempt to hijack the thread :D, I checked Andy's grafitty gallery and they are (as usual) very nice pictures. Very modest graffity though. I found some more aggressive grafitty near home:

    102102669-L.jpg

    and a few more here:

    http://padu.smugmug.com/gallery/1998614
    http://padu.merlotti.com
    http://padu.smugmug.com
    www.merlotti.com
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited November 3, 2006
    Very nice, guys thumb.gif
    Andy

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    Jeff GeoghanJeff Geoghan Registered Users Posts: 107 Major grins
    edited November 3, 2006
    Paulo, here's one you might like - of me at Willow Springs. Also, I used to live next door to the horse racetack in Solana Beach...

    107671969-M.jpg
    Jeff Geoghan Photography
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    padupadu Registered Users Posts: 191 Major grins
    edited November 3, 2006
    Jeff Geoghan wrote:
    Paulo, here's one you might like - of me at Willow Springs. Also, I used to live next door to the horse racetack in Solana Beach...

    107671969-M.jpg


    Very nice! Is that a dedicated track bike? gsxr600?
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    Jeff GeoghanJeff Geoghan Registered Users Posts: 107 Major grins
    edited November 3, 2006
    padu wrote:
    Very nice! Is that a dedicated track bike? gsxr600?


    Was. I sold it when we moved to Pennsylvania. (sigh) I miss the roads in Socal.
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