Last weekend I tried an experiment of posting three simple story pictures — just a few words and one photograph. Two came from contributors, Richard Alton and Kevin Armstrong. In case you didn’t see them, I’m reproducing them again below. I chipped in with an iPhone X shot taken on a frozen Paddington Station in London.
The objective of this exercise was to see whether there would be any interest in weekend postings. I was surprised by the reaction and by the number of comments, so I’m hoping to continue occasional weekend posts. Up to now Macfilos has been a Monday to Friday blog. It’s hard to keep up a daily article but I’ve been doing it now for over eight years. The thought of adding Saturday and Sunday seemed a blog too far for me; but simple posts based on one photograph are looking increasingly viable. I hope you enjoy them.
Great idea lot of people take great pics, unfortunately not me!
I am sure you underestimate yourself, John. But pictures need not be great, either technically or in terms of composition, provided they tell a story — and telling a story is one of the great benefits of photography. The Chinese saying 百闻不如一见 is said to be the basis for "a picture is worth a thousand words". So all you need is a picture that tells a story; cut the thousand words down to 100 and you’re in business for a Macfilos weekend picture. Surely you have one somewhere?
I support this idea, Mike and will do my best to help you. In my case I might have to dig into my library. Some readers may have more time to read and write at the weekend which would justify your change of plan.