At the bottom of just about every story on Photofocus, you’ll find a chance for you to communicate with our team. This is your way to let us know what you like and think (and often serves as a direct way to request future content we’ll develop). We appreciate your input, and wanted to let you know how to get involved in Photofocus.
If you scroll to the bottom of each post, you’ll find tabs and a sharing area for most articles. Click on a word to activate the tab.
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We love getting comments on articles. We read every one of them. We just don’t publish every one. By taking the time to comment, you’re ensuring that the staff knows what’s on your mind and what you want to see covered.
Comments that further the discussion and raise good points are always published. We generally do not run comments that use unprofessional language or that attack another commenter or the author. We also avoid “me too,” “nice shot,” and “you suck” comments (this isn’t YouTube after all).
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I really do enjoy reading photofocus. I worked as a professional photographer in the 1970s, but now am a casual hobbyist. I know your focus is the professional audience, but I no longer want to bother with changing lenses, carrying several bodies with additional lenses, etc. I am looking for a good bridge camera. Is there any chance that once in a while you can address this segment of your readership?
Thank you for your consideration!
J. Ross
We try to cover the whole gamut. Look at some of our recent coverage of Fuji, Olympus, and Panasonic bodies. We cover all aspects, but the feedback for all ends of spectrum is noted.
One feedback item we got a few weeks back was to add author names to posts on the home page. You’ll see that just got implemented at the bottom of each post. We appreciate helpful suggestions and will do our best to implement.
Hey PF Team, I’m a longtime reader and huge fan of Scott and the site. A few things I’d love more of: – More photos instead of stock blog type images for posts. I used to love coming to the site every day and examining Scott’s pictures, dissecting the image composition and colors, and seeing how they related to the wisdom in the post. – More actionable photo advice. It seems like every time I used to come to the site there would be a post I could learn from and immediately apply to my photography. Sometimes business advice, sometimes… Read more »
I’d like to see the date of the post on the main page so when I scan it quickly I can see that something new has been posted, or be able to go to a certain date if I’ve missed a few days of posts. It would just be easier than looking at each post to figure out where I left off. Thanks.
Understood… there is a limited amount of space with the theme format we’re using. We had a choice of author or date. We went with author. Posts are in order… top to bottom, left to right. You can also use the Feedly button to see a more traditional feed view. See this — http://cloud.feedly.com/#subscription%2Ffeed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Ffeeds2.feedburner.com%2Fphotofocus%2FZuKV
At the top of each article please put author and date posted
Author name is at the bottom of each article. You can see it there. When you click to an article, you can see those at top. In grid view, articles are arranges top to bottom, left to right. We post approximately three articles a day.