I took this photograph outside a store in the Meadowhall Shopping Centre, Sheffield, England.
A person walking with a bag of groceries in the east of Melbourne.
Shoppers buy from a produce stall at “Machaneh Yehuda” market. ( shouk in Hebrew) An open market for vegetables, meat, fish and other products at the heart of downtown Jerusalem *
Shoppers rush down Main Street as a winter squall fills the sky in Park City, Utah.
A display of spices at Carmel market in Tel Aviv Israel. The Carmel Farmers Market (CFM), a growers-only market, isTel Aviv’s biggest and busiest marketplace filled with colorful stalls and shouting vendors selling a variety of goods, from dried fruits and exotic spices to clothing and footwear an exciting and bountiful place to buy fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, cheeses, eggs and plants. Many vendors have their own songs, which tell you all about the price and quality of what is being sold. Sometimes one vendor sings against another in a competitive duet. The market runs into side streets, large and small, one side favoring dry goods, and the other dried beans, fruit, nuts, and spices in all colors and fragrances, sold from sacks. *
Heading back out into the street from one of Bath’s arcades.
Taking a break during a shopping spree. Melbourne Central, Melbourne, Australia.
two trollies doubled up and tossed into the tide … off the harbour path
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Here is a shopper (on a break) that I spotted in Paris, France last summer on July 9, 2008.
This is looking down the river Witham towards the Brayford and the high street at Christmas time when the council allowed the ferris wheel for entertainment for Lincoln shoppers
In the future, Legomen have evolved. They no longer have their blocky legs and bodies, but instead have android capabilities. Their heads remain recognizable, but the societies that they live in are far more complex than the ones we know today. Shopping for example is one of the chores that they must master.
Window shopping is personally not one of my favourite past-times! But these ladies seemed to be enjoying it, huddled together in that conspiratorial fashion that window shoppers seem to have :) Taken with a Canon EOS 450D, Whitstable, UK.
Shot on the headland between North and South Bays in Scarborough in North Yorkshire. A slice of how we try to change the world, from slogans on tshirts to our recycling carrier bags. Converted in albumen in PSP
Let’s look at the subjects that people favor when purchasing art. By extension and personal experience, these are big buckets that are se…
Let’s look at the subjects that people favor when purchasing art. By extension and personal experience, these are big buckets that are searched for often, but are hard to win through search engine optimization and expensive to buy through pay-per-click advertising. In a survey of 2,000-plus art buyers ages 18 to 65 (selected based on their previous purchase of art), shoppers aged 45 and above favored landscapes, flowers and gardens, and country traditional themes more than those who are younger. Shoppers aged 35 years of age or younger favored photography, abstract/surrealism, European subjects, and movies or celebrities (pop culture) more than the older [in age, perhaps not in spirit] consumers. Here are the art themes that had the strongest appeal to shoppers (in ascending rank). One caveat: keywords that are a direct hit, e.g., Star Wars, Barack Obama, etc. don’t apply below; it’s a given that brand names are targeted by their very nature. 1. Landscape / 2. Photography / 3. Flowers, Gardens / 4. Wildlife, Animals / 5. Abstract, Surrealism / 6. Impressionism / 7. Tuscany, Paris, Cafes (scenes of Europe) / 8. Still Life / 9. Country Traditional / 10. Pets (dogs, cats) / 11. Sports (baseball, cricket, football, futbol, soccer …) / 12. Religious / 13. Pop Culture / 14. African-American / 15. Brand Icons / 16. Hispanic Art / 17. Other What can we do with this information? We can use the above keywords for tagging, artwork/group descriptions, and Bubblesite text, as well as integrate them into titles, description copy, and hyperlinks in from external blogs, personal websites, and other credible referral sources (e.g., press, social shopping websites such as StyleHive, Kaboodle, etc.) when linking back to your RedBubble pages. In no way should these tags be applied to unrelated work; you’ll drive page views, but not sales. Plus, it’s poor form. There are many excellent categories missing above, e.g., nude art, self-portrait, dance, etc. The recommendation is to think about how you search online. Use common terms and keep it simple. If this article bores you to tears, we suggest that you take a bit from the above and then go with your gut. You know your artwork best, and by thinking like a regular art shopper you might find that fewer tags in a simplified structure will help categorize your work – both in your own mind and for the shopper and buyer. Bringing it all back home. All this sales talk is great; thanks for listening. However, I don’t want to lose sight of the fact that the outcome is to provide an amazingly great work of art and design to someone that appreciates it… that we artists made something that someone loves or gave to someone they care about. In many cases, the shopper will come to think of you as a contact or friend; or at the very least, someone that they feel they know a bit about. Regards, / Jason
We previously talked about how RedBubble Groups bond artists by subject matter, and how they are also powerful search silos....
We previously talked about how RedBubble Groups bond artists by subject matter, and how they are also powerful search silos (marketers call them verticals) that can direct shoppers to targeted subjects on RedBubble. Say you’re shopping for abstract art. RedBubble has a beautiful collection of abstract art in Groups. The abstract art group is flush with relevant text, fresh with a diverse art collection, and gets lots of Google love because of third-parties (you and me) link into the Group page. Here’s a free and easy way to help the last point – for any group. Group Hosts can enable a widget that shows Featured Work in a small and attractive slideshow. This widget can be added to personal websites, and as Denis Leary says, “bliggity blogs, facey spaceys and tweetie pages.” This Groups widget features the same format as the personal artwork widget that many members already use; found in the promote area of MyBubble. The opportunity for search engines to home in on a Group page is bettered when there are many links into that page from content rich websites, blogs, social media pages, etc. Why? Google’s magical black box of calculations factors links into a page as part of a website’s Quality Score, i.e., how well the search term matches the page content. If every member posted a link to their Group(s) on their blog using the Group subject as the link, e.g., Abstract art prints, calendars and greeting cards, along with the widget, there would likely be a measurable effect on Group page visitors via natural (organic and unpaid) search results – which is good for everyone in the group. The result is compounded when those links come from sites that already have a good PageRank on Google. Are you still asking why you should promote your Group in addition to your own work? The simple answer is that the collective power of Group referrals helps direct visitors (shoppers) that might otherwise never see your art. Simply put, a better Google Quality Score equals more search engine exposure, and more exposure is good. All of us are pursuing art for different reasons, but most of us want exposure, validation, mind-share, and sales. And in a collective, creative space like RedBubble, good karma, back scratching, collaboration, and referrals go a long way. To allow Group members to use the widget, Hosts need to go to the “Settings” area of their Group and tick the box next to the “Show promote tab?” text. Here are images of the Promote widget and the tick box. / Promote widget / Activate the Promote widget Final note: Hosts control the widget at this time; there is a simple on/off function. In the far future we’ll look to give members control of whether or not to have their work included in the widget. We researched this option after receiving feedback, but it’s a bridge too far at the moment. Thanks! Regards, / Jason
Best Viewed Large All Rights Reserved / @ Julia Wright
Best Viewed Large All Rights Reserved / @ Julia Wright
Best Viewed Large All Rights Reserved / @ Julia Wright / Featured in SHOPFRONTS
This is the view down Market Street, in York, it’s modern vista of high street shops and coffee bars, hiding the line of the Roman Fortress wall, which can be found by looking closely at the street markers. It is also one of the old roads leading from the foreshore of the River Ouse up in to the main market areas. Converted into a pinhole black and white
This photograph is a composite of several photographs taken at different times of day of a crowded Buchanan Street in the heart of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe. Towering over the shoppers is the statue of the late Donald Dewar, First Minister of Scotland. Some of the faces take on an almost devilish appearance.
Said with a note of irony! :) I shot this down at Gentleman’s Walk, Norwich this morning, around 9 a.m. We wanted to get out and take some pictures before hordes of shoppers descended on the city… with christmas just around the corner it had of course already begun… Canon EOS 450D, Sigma 50 mm 1:2.8 DG Macro lens and Kodak Duaflex. Digitally cross-processed using curves adjustments.
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