Hi Ian,

I love beautiful photographs. I have been using Flickr exclusively, however, I have checked out some of the other sites too. Now it’s such a habit to go to Flickr, I forget to go elsewhere.

I don’t mind showing the photo credits. The days of a photographer being paid decently for their photos are about over, so if I can give them a link, maybe it will help them sell some of their work.

I agree, finding the right picture can be extremely time consuming.

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Are you inside my brain? I just tried to write my post for today and realized, I got nothing, so I thought I’d read some of my blogs in my reader while I waited for a great idea.

On a different note, how do the little pictures get assigned to our comments? Can we change them?

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B,

I’ve been meaning to tell u this for a while, but always forget.
But since the topic of this post is pictures, for some reason, your pictures are not coming out in my RSS.

And since you just talked about how important pics are, I thought you might want to look into this issue.

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Hi Sterling,

I haven’t had a chance to read your new post yet, but am looking forward to it.

Thank you for the link.

Hi Debbie

The “little pictures” you’re talking about are called avatars or gravatars. I just did a post on them last week. It’s titled: How -to-get-andor-add-a-gravatar-to-your-post-comments Let me know if you need help.

Yes, you can change them, by changing your registration at Gravatar.com

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Hi Barbara -

Thanks for answering my question. I was so out of it last week I missed some stuff and just had to skip some things to get back on track. Obviously, I skipped the wrong thing. I’ll go check it out!

Debbie Yost’s last blog post..Going Mad

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Thanks Barbara - that seems straightforward enough. I’ll try it.

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You are right up my alley with this post Barbara

My site wouldn’t be what it is without the pictures I find on Flickr. Some of them inspire a post and sometimes it the other way around. I would write something and look for just the right photo to express the thought. I find images to be important - not only for aesthetics but also to correctly portray the moods or thoughts in my writing.

I’ll take you up on this project. Definitely fun for me!
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Barb - I like your theme in this post and it’s interesting who your commenters use for their photos. I’m not able to view your picture either by your feed or in your site. I don’t know if my computer is blocking it or not so I can’t really give my feedback on it.

I feel like JEMi in that I like to write something first and then look for a picture that inspires what I wrote. It’s funny since I started my blog I put a picture in every post until a week or so ago and then it didn’t feel right to add a picture. I guess you just go with the flow and what feels right - for me, that’s usually the best way.

For my pictures, I use either personal pictures or I have been using Microsoft Office Clipart. I have also used a site I came across called stock.xchng . This is the site where I got the picture of the kitchen table. I’ve heard alot about Flickr but just haven’t been there yet.

I like your blog. You really give a wealth of information. I want to check out the sites of your other bloggers too. Sounds like some good reading.

Blessings

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Hi Pat,

I figured out one problem. Earlier today I was trying to do some “clean up” on the backside of my blog. I use “image manager” plugin for uploading photos. Anyway, I thought, “I don’t need all of these photos anymore”, so I deleted them out of image manager. Ooooops. I did need them. By deleting them, I also removed the photo from my blog posts, and all that remained, was the link code.

Good lesson learned….what not to do.

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Find a picture you like. Study it and see how you can create a blog post that applies to the picture. I’ll look through my own personal photos.

Write a post using the photo as inspiration. I’ll see if I can give this a try.

Drop me a comment, link to the post, and I’ll come by and read it. I’ll make a note to do so when and if I do.

Thanks Barbara!

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Yes, it’s me again and YES I’m late reading this. But, you have so many interesting posts. And although the comment energy has faded, I MUST leave my mark I wanted to share some art with you that you may like. I will confess upfront that it is my brother’s, however it is very good and thought-provoking. So, here it is: http://www.2nspire.net . Enjoy

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