Thanks to Starr Petronella, a Gwinnett Technical College classmate, for posting her five from tumblr for Mr. Jones’ class. Overall tumblr is a great site. I like the fact that the blogs tend to be sparse. Or maybe I’m drawn to those. Being one not big on chit chat I feel comfortable here. I thought it was a great idea so here are my five picks.
1. David Karp is the creator of tumblr. Most tumblr blogs have an “Ask me Anything” link which I like. Also an “Archive” link where you can see alot of their posts in thumbnail format. Could not have a list without the creator.
2. recidivism a thirty-five millimetre blog by David Zilber. Unfortunately there is no about me tab for his blog. He does have a link euonia which is a blog of quotes.
3. rolaroid (luxury tight) is an interesting blog. All the usual tabs are there with an interesting addition. Submit, evidently he offers the reader the opportunity to post to his blog. I sure hope he has approval before they show on his page.
4. I Make Photos Daily is from Douglas Dollars a portrait photographer fromEdmonton, Canada. His blog has a black background and only one photo per page. His blog has captions under the photos which I like. His images are very large, maybe a little too large?
5. dk photoblog is a blog by a photographer from Calgary, Canada. His blog is simple but informative. I like how the images are large enough but not over powering. On the left are his categories that move as you scroll down. On the right is the information for each photograph. I like how the tags are shown. When you want to see a larger version click on his photo and it opens a larger image.
The thing about tumblr I like overall is the Archive on each blog where you go to see all the posts in thumbnail format and when you see one that inspires you just click it and you are taken there.
Hi Syndi, thanks for the kind words about my tumblr! I hear you about the large images but I figured if a Tumblog was to be about photography I wanted as little else to be shown as possible but the photo itself. It's so difficult to try to show off our work in tiny 300-500 pixel items, no chance for depth or connection there. With the trend in Tumblr being toward small photos and dozens of links off to junk in twitter and facebook, (distractions from the work we're trying to show, basically!), I wanted to make a tumblog that I know I'd appreciate most if I were my own ideal visitor.
ReplyDeleteWith people continually moving up to larger resolution displays I also wanted to make sure I was at least a little bit ahead of the curve for when most people are running at least 1024x768 - I'd rather have a large archive that suits the future than to keep bumping up my photo size with the times.
Thanks again and keep up the great work!
Doug