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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My world is littered with my photos. I love when people use them as their profile photos on social. Usually I add photos of my friends to their contact in my phone so when they call I see them in one of my photos. I use my photos for my fantasy football covers, LinkedIn banners. Like literally anything that can look better with a little bit of imagery, I try to use my images. Maybe try that and you might get more joy than posting to the Instagram ether.
Unfortunately Instagram’s algorithm has changed a lot in the past few months and it’s very difficult to get exposure in there, unless you use certain tricks (certain keywords that act as hooks, certain techniques like “read more in caption” and other crap)
This is one big reason why I don’t really post too often myself.
As to “what do I do with my photography”, I just … keep what I like. The ones that I edit and export, I keep on my phone (in case I ever want to post something, or in case I want to show anything to someone), and the ones I don’t edit are in an album in Lightroom.
But then again, i`m not a professional photographer so I don’t make any money out of it. I just do it as a hobby and for myself :)
I’ve been using PBASE since 2000. I have thousands of images there. You can create galleries and then send the links out to who you want to view them or make them public. Images also get ranked, you can see what other photographers are doing to get inspiration. They also have a camera section with images taken with that specific camera if you are looking to purchase a new camera. Hope this helps.
That sounds like a fun abstract job, I would use A.I promoting to help you compose the subjects
Most of them I put up on Flickr, and a few on Instagram.
Hi Sorry you feel this way. Once when i felt like that I had to ask myself why i wanted to take pictures.
Once you know why then the idea of what to do with your photos should come naturally.
Myself - I love outdoor sports, family portraits and action shots of Dogs playing. But I like Outdoor soccer more so i take action shots for my community and post weekly on social media.
I make photo books of mine. Some just for our vacations, but I will make a portfolio style book every once in awhile that I can pull out and look at or share when people visit. Just my favorite photos all glossy and pretty in a book gives me much serotonin.
If you have assembled the pictures into an audio-visual file, or have a structured talk to present, many seniors’ homes love to have someone come in and give photography shows, especially travel.
Glass is very cool. You can use it like a website. My account is https://glass.photo/shootnewyorkcity
No ads, no reels, no logarithms. no bs. good community too.
I don’t understand Instagram algorithm and I have given up on understanding it. I would honestly just like to meet some new artists through it but I rarely get any suggestions unless I actively try to do that. I still share my photographs and I don’t have a lot of followers either. But I’m happy with what I have. Even if a few people genuinely love my work, it’s everything. I might create a website for myself soon and I would print some of my work. There are galleries and I might see how those work next year. For now, Instagram is all I have. I thought threads would be great for photography but my feed was full of everything else but photography.
flickr
or Ipernity
I use a website called GuruShots.com
They have challenges and other stuff but I use it mainly as a place to put up my stuff and hopefully get some exposure.
I have the exact same problem - I have been (casually) taking photos for 10+ years and love to share them, but never really found the “right” place to do so. I uploaded a lot of pictures to Flickr in the past, and recently started an Instagram account, but not a lot of people see them.
That’s why I gradually started sharing my pictures on Reddit a couple of days ago and see where that goes. I don’t think I have the energy to start a blog/website that noone except close friends ever sees.
I know that you shouldn’t take photos for others but for yourself (if it’s something you enjoy and it’s not your job), but a little feedback and validation here and there is nice.