I recommend the following guidelines:
- Limit your comment to fewer than 18 items. Do not attempt to cover every detail.
- No fashion critiques, please.
- Be as descriptive as possible, because nobody wants to read "the thing in this picture is more ordinary than in the other".
- Don't forget to compare and contrast.
- If you're having a hard time picking up details, use your imagination.
- Use an action verb, if possible.
- Be sure to proof your comment before you submit it. If it seems boring to you, re-write it in Pig Latin.
- Your birthday is just around the corner, David, so watch what you say.
- The same goes for you , Daniel.
- References to sensitive personal data will be kept in strict confidence here.
- Try to write in iambic pentameter or haiku. If that is not possible, make good use of alliteration. If that is not possible, free verse will suffice.
- Go fix a snack before you start.
- Number your comments and, if you are fluent in html markup, color code your observations by type.
- Observations about the photograph subjects should remain positive, unless they are about Ben or me.
- Have fun.