[Leica] 1/4 million views (so what?)

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

The "proof" is to ask them to buy a print or a small donation to support
your cute thing photos.If only everyone contributes a penny, you would be
$2500 richer. Sadly, if you get $25, that would be quite a feat (not from
your family etc. :-D)


On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> 
wrote:

> This morning my flickr stats showed that I'd reached one-quarter million
> views of my photos.  Not too bad for a middle-aged guy who lives in an
> ordinary American suburb and doesn't attempt to create an Internet cult of
> personality.  Now, I don't really put that much credence in "number of
> clicks" as an indication of a photo's artistic merits. I basically just
> take pictures that interest me. I'm not trying to make myself famous for
> more than 15 minutes.
>
> Anyway, just for fun, here's what got the most views:
>
> 1. Cute dogs doing cute things
> 2. Not-very-good snapshots of Hispanic children at an outdoor birthday
> party with a pi?ata (these may be a fluke--I think these attracted the
> attention of a large extended family, church group or similar)
> 3. Attractive women, especially outdoors
> 4. Pictures taken in Israel, especially Jerusalem.
> 5. Young couples interacting, preferably affectionately
> 6. Veiled Muslim women
> 7. The occasional really beautiful scenic, preferably at the golden hour
> or sunset. It helps if it's an exotic location or has some really magic
> lighting.
>
> I also sorted my pictures by flickr's "interestingness" measure, which is
> the number of times people marked a picture as a "favorite," and/or
> commented. A similar pattern to the above emerges. But now a group of
> black-and-white "decisive moment" people pictures and humorous, quirky
> juxtapositions are counted among the most popular. These are among my
> favorite subjects.  Of course, I belong to several groups that emphasize
> these kinds of pictures, so it's a self-selecting population.
>
> I'm not sure what any of this really tells me, but it's interesting.  Any
> thoughts?
>
> --Peter
>
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