goldengod

I’ve noticed a big surge in my RSS readership lately. Almost 50 new subscribers have shown up in the last two weeks alone. Welcome, all of you! You have no idea how happy it makes me to know that so many people appreciate the posts I write here.

I maintain a list of my five most popular tutorial posts in the sidebar, sorted by traffic. By no means does it cover all of my best content, though. I’m taking this opportunity to share five more tips and tutorials that I’m proud of and the feedback I got:

• Five Ways to Make Your Texture Photos Pop - One of my longtime active readers, Damon Carr, got into a good discussion with me about one of his early photographic forays into texture.
• Using Your Digital Camera in Burst Mode - Definitely read the comments on this one. Brian Auer and another reader named Latoga add a ton of useful information.
• Five Reasons to Attend Photography School -This was really well-received. Apparently, a lot of my readers have been considering going to school for photography.
• The Secret Keys to Taking Original and Unique Photos -This didn’t get much of a response other than ‘great post’, but I still feel like there’s a lot of discussion to be had here.
• Five Reasons NOT to Attend Photography School -Wow, being negative really got some discussion flowing on this one. People had much more to say about this post than the first part.

You may have noticed that all of them are dated in the last two months. Towards the end of June, I got really inspired to spend more time working on goldengod. Since then, I’ve put a lot more time and effort into the site as a whole, but focusing on better quality posts.

I have also now managed to get posts up every day for three weeks, now. It may seem small to you, but it’s something that I’m rather proud of. Between my full-time day job, time spent taking photos, my girlfriend, and a normal social life, it’s a wonder I find time for my site at all.

I’d never have managed it without interacting with you guys, though. So thank you, all of you. You make me a better writer and photographer, just by participating and talking to me.