Tumblr #5

Photographic Attempts is another anonymous site, but it has a nice layout: medium gray background with soft gradients (or else my screen is dying) and soft shadows beneath the white bordered posts.  The only picture navigation is “Previous   Next” at the page footer.  There is a nice fly-out window on the left, “see more”, but the small font and dark color make it impossible to read.  I wonder what this person is trying to say?  It looks like an amateur with a point & shoot, and if you dig around the old posts that is confirmed  Some of the frames are very nice compositions.  Like Harkins used to say, a lot of nice pictures were taken with very simple cameras.  I like the pics but the begging for followers, recommendations, and advise is tedious.  Semi-serious Photog.

Tumblr #4

“I make photos daily” is another unique Tumblr site (is that redundant?) that features large single pictures on every page. There is not much in the way of context here, just simple titles and/or captions.  There are two picture categories at the top, random and monthly prints, but no index or archive.  The other top buttons are info, follow and recommend, and the type font is random.  At the bottom of each page there is a “Beforehand/Afterward” navigator.  The photographs are interesting.  If you like wandering via serendipity this is the site for you.  The site is run by Douglas Dollars, an Edmonton, England, portrait photographer whose studio is named RAD GRANDPA.  This site is used to display “pictures not posted  elsewhere”.  Serious Photog

Tumblr #3

“Sean Ocean” is a completely different design layout compared to the first two Tumblr sites.  Sean, or who ever this is, describes himself as a fashion photographer.  There is some evidence of this but the blog is mostly writing.  He has two very nice pictures of himself, facing left and right, as a backdrop to a sliding central column of posts.  There are no navigation buttons except for older and newer at the bottom of the page.  There is no about or contact.  You engage Sean by commenting or noting.  Serious photog.

Tumblr #2

“I am RJ” is a site with a similar design as Tumblr #1 and is run by Ronald John.  Ronald give us a lot of information on himself: he is a web designer, photographer, blogger and gadget geek.  A “more” button tells us some of his interests, and the “about” button goes into greater detail.  Ronald doesn’t have his pictures organized into subject categories.  Ronald claims he likes to write, but judging by the number of grammatical errors I found (not just the commas: he wrote snickers for sneakers) he doesn’t like to re-write or check his work. Semi-serious Photog.

Tumblr #1

This site is called “dk photographyblog” and is maintained by an anonymous photographer who lives in Calgary, Canada.  The site has a clean design with a white background and has three columns: categories on the left, pictures in the center, and notes & comment links on the right.  There are ten subject categories (the Built environment, details, secret places, sky, water, etc.) and additional buttons for Home, Archive, and Ask Me Anything.  The pictures are all the same width (both horizontal and vertical).  The right column is a bit redundant because in addition to notes & comments it also has buttons for sub categories (you can find the same picture in Built environment, Snow, Winter).  Over all it is an appealing and easy to navigate site.  This person is serious and deliberate about displaying their work.