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The Most Popular Photographs at Bill Swartwout Photography.

May 20th, 2023

The Most Popular Photographs at Bill Swartwout Photography.

After many years with Fine Art America here are the overall favorites at Bill's USPictures Gallery.



I first joined Fine Art America/Pixels in late 2013 and with over 500 sales to date, here are some of the most popular photographs based on a mixture of sales, number of views, number of comments and people who have "favorited" and/or "liked" what they saw. Sales, however, are among the most prominent criteria. Each of the images below have been purchased more than twice, with some of them having been purchased more than a dozen times each.
Link to: Bill Swartwout Photography's Gallery.

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Is that my own arrangement of "popular" pieces? No, it it not. Fine Art America, my main production company, changed the selection algorithm, based on company criteria, for the image display order. It used to be solely up to the artist to determine the initial order and I formerly let the display order default to my most recent uploads. It remains that way in most of my separate collections. However, the change in general display order has had a positive impact on people viewing my gallery - they tend to browse longer and look at more photographs. I am also seeing an uptick in sales, which, of course, is a good thing.

I bill myself (yes, pun intended) as a landscape/seascape photographer, but it is easy to see that my seascapes win out over the landscape category. While I have sold something from each of the many collections in my FAA/Pixels private gallery, my most popular collections are of the Indian River Inlet Bridge, Ocean City Maryland and Delmarva Peninsula Beauty. I am fortunate in that I live in coastal Delmarva (exactly two miles from the Atlantic Ocean) and in close proximity to both Ocean City, Maryland and The Indian River Inlet Bridge just north of Bethany Beach, Delaware.

I also live within a short drive to the Assateague Island National Seashore and the Wild Ponies of Assateague Island. My former home was in Baltimore, Maryland very close to Fort McHenry. These special places also give prominence to other collections relating to those destinations/topics - and have produced photographs purchased by many art collectors.

Thank You!


I would like to sincerely thank everyone who has supported my art over all of these years. Y'all rock!

Link to: Bill Swartwout Photography's Gallery.

Iconic Black and White Ocean City Photographs

May 5th, 2023

Traditional B&W imagery creates a special effect for scenes related to our beach resort area.



From getting here to being here, from the north to the south, these photographs represent things we see and things we love about being in Ocean City. Of course, in getting to the beach, most of us must cross one of two impressive bridges. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge is for those beachgoers arriving from the west and the Indian River Inlet Bridge serves those coming from parts north.

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At the north border of Ocean City is the Fenwick Island Lighthouse, an iconic structure for sure.





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To the south are the unique wild horses of Assateague Island. They are affectionately called the Assateague Ponies.



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A spectacular wave during a storm and a popular "Fall" beach scene.





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Even in the "off season" of late fall and winter, Ocean City has a variety of visual "clues" to what a great vacation is all about. Here's a late fall sunset over Assawoman Bay and the iconic fishing pier with a nearly deserted beach.





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Where is Bill's Photography Blog?

January 21st, 2023

Bill's Photography Blog is located at www.USPictures.com.