Great advice! And it does exaplin why some blogs that are entirely based on photos are SO successful! Unfortunately, I was first attracted to blogging because I love words But I paint too, and have sometimes used my own paintings (they’re very figurative) To some effect, I must say, when I think back on it: I posted about the fact that parents seem to walk around in Arab Spring street demonstrations with their children on their shoulders, blithely unaware (or not caring) about the kiddies’ safety. Then, to illustrate, I used one of my paintings showing a father carrying his 5 year old son on his shoulders, with the child screaming slogans which I’m sure he didn’t begin to understand. Very effective and it got quite a lot of response from throughtful readers who had also noted that disturbing parental behaviour So I guess you’re absolutely right, one should focus on using more and better photos!