{"id":154500,"date":"2016-07-27T06:23:22","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T13:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heartifb.com\/?p=154500"},"modified":"2024-02-14T00:43:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T08:43:15","slug":"diary-failed-fashion-blogger-many-photos-many","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heartifb.com\/diary-failed-fashion-blogger-many-photos-many\/","title":{"rendered":"Diary of a Failed Fashion Blogger: How Many Photographs Is too Many?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAlong my blogging journey, I have often pondered how many outfit photos to include in my posts. It was so difficult\u00a0to choose\u2014not because I thought I looked so fabulous in all of them, but because it\u2019s nearly impossible to be objective about my own image.<\/p>\n

So I just included every photo that seemed inoffensive. And that was usually too many.<\/p>\n

In recent years\u00a0I began to really scale back and include just two or three photos per post. I began to consider fewer photos as a sign of experience, professionalism and editorial judgement. After all, our founder Jennine Jacob often included just one photo in her outfit posts\u2014the ultimate in restraint!<\/p>\n

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\nAnd then I came across this post<\/a> by Aimee Song of Song of Style: TWENTY THREE photos! This from one of the most successful fashion bloggers in the world. Clearly, having lots of photos is not equivalent to lack of good judgement.<\/p>\n

Or, do you think it's too many?<\/p>\n

No doubt all of Aimee's\u00a0photos\u00a0are\u00a0gorgeous, and\u00a0they're also arranged interestingly. As a reader you want more–and maybe that\u2019s the key: if your photos leave readers wanting more, give them more. If your photos are slight variations of the same image again and again, think about eliminating a few.<\/p>\n

\"fashion
\nDetermining that for yourself is, perhaps, the trick. It's a skill that comes with experience, and one that I'm still honing six years into my fashion blogging life.<\/p>\n

In the end,\u00a0the answer is likely different for every blogger: one photo worked perfectly for Jennine, and 23 works great for Aimee. Maybe four is my\u00a0magic number and it's up to me to figure out what's resonating best with my readers.<\/p>\n

How many photos do you include in your posts? How many do you think is too many? I\u2019d love to discuss in the comments!<\/h3>\n

[Photos by Sofala Mai<\/a> and Brad Wittke<\/a>\u00a0and via Song of Style<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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