tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post6056825711447928338..comments2024-03-26T23:27:56.399-07:00Comments on B: Thoughts on TumblrBlake Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-2965563994248191422012-09-24T19:58:07.022-07:002012-09-24T19:58:07.022-07:00Blake, it's funny you posted this on the same ...Blake, it's funny you posted this on the same day that I wrote up some similar thoughts over at American Photo: <br /><br />http://www.americanphotomag.com/article/2012/09/in-digital-sea-images-beautiful-is-boring<br /><br />I think you might be interested to read some of the "Behind the Notes" posts where we looked at what happens to photos when they end up on Tumblr... <br /><br />Anyway, I guess something was in the air. I agree with you about the popularity of photobooks as a reaction to digital developments, by the way.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03248830130807084759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-5133298854034407482012-09-24T07:59:13.465-07:002012-09-24T07:59:13.465-07:00I've just started using Tumblr (yes, I'm b...I've just started using Tumblr (yes, I'm blogging again; not sure why) and the weirdest reblog so far was a photo of an iguana of mine being reblogged on "I rate ur iguana", where iguana pictures are rated each day (mine got a 7/10).Jack Nelsonhttp://jackmex.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-35893558396342465862012-09-24T07:21:50.703-07:002012-09-24T07:21:50.703-07:00I use the dashboard to see which Tumblrs have been...I use the dashboard to see which Tumblrs have been recently updated, then click through to ones I know will be interesting. But this probably only works if you follow a limited number which I do. If you follow 50 or 100 or more it probably gets unwieldy. <br /><br />I think Tim Barber would fit nicely into the shuffled camp along with many others. I just listed the first few which came to mind. Also, Shane Lavalette's first Lay Flat comes to mind with shuffle-able photographs published separately on card stock.Blake Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-84425025807579231312012-09-24T06:56:39.757-07:002012-09-24T06:56:39.757-07:00Your post made me realize that I rarely, if almost...Your post made me realize that I rarely, if almost never view Tumblr via the dashboard. Maybe its because I followed too much stuff mutually at one point and ended up with a lot of Tumblrs that aren't all that interesting to me. Or perhaps I only seem to remember that Tumblr exists when I need a small break during work hours, and the dashboard is huge roll of the dice of there suddenly being dick & tits on my screen.<br /><br />But either way, the ones I really enjoy, I do the old fashioned way of viewing one at a time to keep it all synchronized.K. Praslowiczhttp://www.kpraslowicz.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-60419617320625546312012-09-24T04:26:33.127-07:002012-09-24T04:26:33.127-07:00I use Tumblr as a photo blog. I create text posts ...I use Tumblr as a photo blog. I create text posts and include photos, and it works nicely - except that you only see placeholders instead of images or thumbnails when it is displayed in the dashboard.alexpardihttp://alexpardi.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-17465282414003075432012-09-24T00:02:55.966-07:002012-09-24T00:02:55.966-07:00i think that you should include Tim Barber in the ...i think that you should include Tim Barber in the people that "seem to sequence photos in a deliberately shuffled way" his "various" section at tinyvices.com (where he is editing pictures of other people) is exhibiting exactly this kind of aesthetics long before tumblr appeared Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-89471913063713654502012-09-23T23:54:56.989-07:002012-09-23T23:54:56.989-07:00why assume that the original context of a photogra...why assume that the original context of a photograph is something other than the experience of seeing ? <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-78199967447454190652012-09-23T14:11:59.601-07:002012-09-23T14:11:59.601-07:00Precisely. I started using Tumblr because I though...Precisely. I started using Tumblr because I thought I could make an "oldschool photo blog" out of this, with no bells and whistles, no ads, no pressure to like or befriend. A virtual corkboard where I could pin up my pictures and text fragments, and share them to friends without the terrible clutter that are facebook walls. I originally thought I'd never follow anyone, nor would I care about the reblog thing.<br /><br />As usual, I was wrong. So far, very few of my photos have been reblogged, but sometimes they end up in strange places. These abrupt shifts in context are fascinating and revealing, perhaps more so than a portfolio review could ever be. <br />Ott Luukhttp://ottluuk.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.com