Photoblogger Unite!
I'm sorry, I know I'm blabbing too much lately. It's just that I've been photoblogging for some time now, and there is just something on my mind that I really wanted to share with you.
Photoblogging is a bit egocentric. I post a photo and presume it’s interesting enough to “waste” your time. Not only that, I’m rude enough to ask you to comment on my creation! Of course, we all comment photos of others as well, but the interaction is more distant than in usual blogging – we interact by comments, not content. There is less content that connects us (the photobloggers) to each other because… well, “each to his own [creation]”.
But many times, since I’ve started photoblogging and found other photoblogs, I wished I could share with you the magnificent photos I encounter during commenting.
So I had an idea –Why not dedicate a post to share with you my favorite photos that YOU took? I don’t mean, God forbids, to deprive you of my magnificent art, but just for a short moment to brake my egocentric shell, and thank you for those photos that moved me, that inspired me, that taught me… That I hope were taken by me, to be honestly frank.
Where there photos that did that to you? Link them by commenting here or on your blogs. It might become a new tradition, for us, the photobloggers :)
Here are just few recent photos that affected me (there are many, many more!):
- b.r.f.u.k - Richard Whitelock's Photography
- The Sun Shines & The Igloo Melts
- Un jour_ une photographie (v.2)
- Elaine
- transparent things
- egotripping.net* I was a bit rude by not asking permission to resize your photos before posting them here. If I crossed a line, please, tell me, and I'll remove the thumbnail immediately.
There has been 50 Responses to 'And a shirt' so far
Jinksee says:
I just found your blog, and enjoy it quite a bit. It's nice of you to share these other photographers photos with us as well. There are SO many talented photographers out there. Love seeing all their work. :D
Phototherapy says:
Good idea, Ilan, very good. I propose:
http://www.photoflog.org/index.php?showimage=775
She touched me!
SwissCharles
Tell me it it's not the correct way :)
daina says:
As always a touch of humor - and the shirt looks so great with the plaid pants! You are a generous blogger Ilan which I think we all knew already from your generous comments on our blogs.
Abhijit Dharmadhikari says:
What in insight you have given to me through your write up! Excellent idea! I appreciate your kind gesture.
cat says:
Well, I'm flattered. So thank you :)
And this is a great picture of the port - I like how the patterns stand out, and how the people are grouped - the guy just a bit apart from the little group of girls.
This is a lovely place to hang out at night and listen to the waves crashing.
Krims@nline.be says:
A great picture. well captured! Sprankeling initiative!
Nicolas says:
Nice view, I like the black of background.
Philip says:
This sounds like a very good idea !!
Nicki says:
Great idea .. so a realized it at my blog - share all pictures i'm thinking the world should have seen! Have a look at: http://articles.mynicki.net
Elaine- says:
very generous of you, but i think i would make more people feel left out than i did included!!
Ashish Sidapara says:
That is a nice idea and a great shot.
Marcie says:
Love the image. So simple and balanced..and with just a tad of humor. Great idea to pay tribute to others. You've opened up my eyes to some new and talented photobloggers!!!
Darrius says:
Love the idea. I think I'll also borrow it an maybe try just posting a link to my favorite pic of the day from someone else in my photo comment section.
Marco Verheul says:
Hey compadre, nice idea and thanks for using one of my images. I'm flattered!
I'm constantly influenced myself looking at all the beautiful material, but if I have to mention a specific picture... well, here are two:
* http://moodaholic.com/photo/197
* http://www.christineseiler.de/index.php?showimage=126
The first a true landscape artist, the second a very gifted portrait photographer.
NJ & SB Photography says:
Te ha quedado genial,la camiseta del personaje de la derecha parece aguantarse sola.
muy buena:)
Ivar says:
Great shot and a nice generous idea. I will hve to see if I can incorporate something like this on my site as well :)
Like how they are grouped... nice comp that works well in b&W.
Kamal says:
great idea. maybe ill approach the same thing as you did here.
anyway, your pictures always amaze me, and honestly, i thought i could have taken them.. haha.
EYES WIDE SHUT says:
Love the main shot very much, body language takes over through the silence. Superbly presented and observed.
yz says:
Nice rhythm with the figures.
Phototherapy says:
This guy is a awesome french photographer, known worldwide:
http://www.jr-art.net/
Dont miss him!
Sophie Asselin says:
What I have to say ? Thank you so much Ilan for your link ! I'm very suprised and so happy. My blog is new, so it helps me !
rem_la says:
faut pas pousser !
RHYS says:
A great shot Ilan, the balance in perfect and the composition works so well. Knockout shot.
Mindy says:
Love the balance of striped shirt and plaid pants. Fun!
T and S says:
That's an innovative and generous initiative from you Ilan. Beautiful
rose says:
funny !
Peter Knoop says:
Wonderful candid. You really have the eye for this.
Terry H. says:
Magnificent art? :) I really do like your style of seeing the humor in this world and sharing that with us.
nissou* says:
very cool idea ilan.
I would pick one of my favorite photoblog:
http://kea-etc.net/?j=081109-01
I like your image for this post by the way: different patterns, different styles
Giovanni says:
Grea shot and great idea Ilan!
mononeil says:
Leg-less !
Well spotted Ilan, as always a well trained eye for this type of image.
Phototherapy says:
Another great link, french again, but here, it's really surrealist, I named Gilbert Garcin :
http://www.gilbert-garcin.com/
SwissCharles
btw, I did some shots using Gilbert's images:
http://www.2-see.org/blog/index.php?showimage=11
Mario ISO101 says:
Nice B&W shot! I like the composition above all
Polydactyle says:
This is a great b/w. shot. The composition is very nice and graphic too.
Oeilonirique says:
Besides that it is a fantastic b/w quality, I also enjoy the fact that one person is totally aside and on opposite to the other ones.
Kourosh Rad says:
1. great shot
2. AMAZING IDEA, I am definitely gonna create a page and do what you just said.
3. I hope you like the shot that I have for you
4. again, WHAT AN AMAZING IDEA!!
Kourosh Rad says:
I forgot to leave the URL to the picture! LOL
Trey (the photographer of that picture) posted that as his first 2009 shot and it is something that creates the image of hope in one's mind!
http://www.stuckincustoms.com/2009/01/01/the-road-to-tomorrow-happy-2009/
elaine says:
Well, Ilan, thank you so much for sharing .. I agree with you that photblogging is a self centered experience somehow but thanks to people like you it makes sense!!!
as for your ^picture, I m sure you asked these people to dress with stripes and suqare to match the setting, didn't you??
Jonas says:
I've read your text with great interest. The photoblogosphere is a bit anarchic and that's one of its advantages! Despite of this disorder, relations (though superficial most of times) appear creating some richer links, not always obvious. I appreciate your effort to make all this process clearer. As well as I really appreciate your works :)
Phototherapy says:
I disagree with Elaine, I bet this excellent image is pure street, not constructed :) btw, wonderful image of backs, i.e. backImage.
Another excellent site, with a great graphical appeal:
http://www.drawninlight.com/
SwissCharles
Miro at LightIsAllAround.com says:
Nice BW photo with great composition
William Alexander López says:
Great work, you have beautiful B&W pictures.
Ion P. says:
talking about your ideea ,it's hard to point the finger to one shot that inspired me ,but I can tell that my work was inspired by nissou* creations, and I think everybody watched nissou* website :-) with her permission : ( http://nissou.blogphotography.com/ )...by the way,thank you for your visit and feedback Ilan :-)
My Bug Life says:
Hi! Thanks for visiting my blog and for your encouraging comments :)
Robin says:
Love the title of this shot! :-)
Ilger.nl says:
Like the idea...but I'm not sure which photo of my collection I like best....guess there are several but just within different categories....
I will think this one over :)
Musa says:
Great shot..love it.. very eye catchy!
Brad says:
Thanks for you passion ilan. And thanks for your comment on my pic. I have fixed the comment block :-)
Buonaluce says:
I DO love your attitude towards the other photographers. In a world full of people who are way too jealous of their precious work, you're a gem.
Thanks!
Catalin Oprea says:
It's one of the best picture lately. Nice done ;).
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