I have been posting on the sight for a little over a year and a half now and have become very curious of what allot of the people on the sight look like. I talk to you all so much and we make so many comments on each other’s profiles. I think it would be nice to humanize the sight a little more. Lets just say a face to face would be nice once in awhile.
I don’t know about the rest of you but I think it would be interesting to know who makes all the great images.
I haven't been posting nearly as long as you, but I understand what you mean. I believe that Leo has similar feelings as well. Maybe this has become a problem because many want to remain anonymous, and others would prefer not to have someone's face on their desktop. Maybe using a self portrait as a personal icon is a good idea (sorry Lucy!). We can ask caedes if live video feed is out of the question...
I dont like most of the personal photos. But I enjoy them alot when they are done well. I like the image by cc_beowulf of himself, I like most of the portraits by ppigeon, and the recent one by photoimagery. I recently also uploaded a picture/portrait of gabi. Portraits are an important part of photography and an art in themselves. I encourage personal photos when they are done in an artistic manner.
Clayton i have to agree, very nice to see these sort of images...In my opinion i always saw the Personal/Self gallery as a place for people to get a glimpse of the authors (infact, wasn't that why it got set up in the first place???).. but i wouldn't consider all the images there as desktops and so it would be wrong to compare and rate them all like that! I certainly never intended people to use the image of me as a desktop, although i wont stop the demented few who want my hairy face beaming up at them!
I think thats what differentiates between the 'Personal/Self' gallery and the 'Photography/People' gallery, so i'd encourage personal photos, but make sure people place them in the right gallery, if all that is intended is to show us the face behind a member's name then it needn't be done in an artistic manner, as long as its going to the 'Personal/Self' gallery. On the other hand, like Anthony mentioned.. the power of the Portrait in Photography, which would include Self-Portraits, should certainly be respected and encouraged in an artistic manner, and i hope to see more such works uploaded to the 'Photography/People' gallery.
I'll get one posted eventually. I was looking to be more involved again and upload some more wallpapers before I did, but I haven't been too quick in doing that either. :)
<-- and technically, that is me over there in the icon.
I have no problem with that but if you value someone's art and their imput, I personally don't care if they are attractive or not. I guess I am not a curious person though.
I don’t know about the rest of you but I think it would be interesting to know who makes all the great images.