GoingCandid
GoingCandid
GoingCandid
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Makes the viewer comment and favorite<br />
Find a way that the viewers of your photo will either comment, favorite or<br />
leave a note on it. It is not only the views which count; it is more the comments<br />
and favorites which are the key to success. You either ask for a good title<br />
or to share their best photo or even mark something in the photo with a<br />
note. It is important that they leave their comment and mark it as a favorite. I<br />
once read an article about Explore when someone suggested to put a note on<br />
the top left of your photo to remind people to favorite your photo. Whatever<br />
helps to get their attention, use it. Never spam your contacts with too many<br />
activities. Find the ones which work best.<br />
Comment and favorite photos of others<br />
You also get attention by commenting on photos of other people. They will<br />
look at your photos and tend to leave a comment as well. It's all about giving<br />
first before you can expect something from someone else. This needs a lot of<br />
time, but it’s worth the effort. You will look at the work of other street photographers<br />
and might get inspired.<br />
The timeframe of views counts<br />
The more views in a short time will help you getting explored. So it is important<br />
to do everything (upload, tag, geo-tag, share, …) at the same time.<br />
Ideally at the prime time, when most of your contacts and most of the Flickr<br />
users are online. Because then people will see it in their "Photos of Your Contacts",<br />
on Twitter & Facebook, in the groups (if you add it to some) and also<br />
by searching (through the tagging). It would get into Explored quickly and<br />
people will also see it there as well.<br />
Check the status on Scout<br />
Scout is a service from Big Huge Labs which shows the Explore status of your<br />
photos. You can see the photos that have been explored in the past. You can<br />
see the highest and the current ranking. You have to know that the Explore<br />
status can change and you can climb up or lose ranks over time. You can even<br />
get dropped from Explore, if you do something wrong. It can happen when<br />
you add your photo to too many groups after it has been explored.
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