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Soles of Silk Instagram Page Disabled

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At about 3:30 p.m. today I tried to login to the Soles of Silk Instagram account ( @SolesofSilk ), but was met with a login error. When I tried to reenter all the account information, I was met with an error that read, "Your account has been disabled for violating our terms. Learn how you many be able to restore your account." When I clicked the "Learn More" link, I was taken to a page that mentioned violations of sexually explicit content. I have never published a single photo with any nudity, or sexual content. None of my captions have ever mentioned sexual acts, requests for them, or had URLs sending people to find such material. As a matter of fact, if/when someone posted something a little too "spicy" in the comments, I'd always delete them. I guess that just didn't matter to Instagram. Some others in the foot fetish community have also lost their pages on Instagram over recent months. It looked like a blanket "no foot fe...

Facts About the Top 40 at 40K

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A few days ago the Soles of Silk Instagram account ( @SolesofSilk ) broke the 40K follower mark. Meanwhile, I noticed something kind of neat. I don't know how I find weird stats, but I seem to have a knack for this sort of thing. During the week the site's Instagram reached 40K, the page had exactly 40 images that have had at least 1,000 likes. When I saw that, I thought to myself, "I could write a blog about it." Well, here I am. Instead of going over each of the 40 photos, I'm going to do something a little bit different. I'm going to play the stats game some more. I'm going to take a little look at all the photos in the top 40 and break them down into some categories below. I thought this would be a more interesting, and a less drawn out way, to celebrate the site's 40 most liked Instagram photos. Number of Models Appearing in Top 40 A total of 14 models appeared in the 40 most liked photos on the Soles of Silk Instagram when it reached the...

F.A.Q. - Soles of Silk Social Media

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Two weeks ago the Soles of Silk Instagram account ( @SolesofSilk ) hit 30,000 followers. That number is double what the account had at this time last year. Things have really taken off, which sees me fielding more questions and comments than ever before. Overall, the majority of people I interact with on social media are good people. They enjoy the photos and models I post and wish to share that with me. I have always liked hearing from people and that is happening more so now that ever before. Then... there is the other side of the story. With this increase of followers I have begun to field more ignorant and lazy people than ever before. Some take zero effort to know anything about me, or my site. They'll ask me questions that are clearly stated in my profile, or in some cases, will ask me the same information again and again over the course of weeks. Many don't pay attention to who they're messaging and some will literally copy and paste the same fantasy/questi...

Would Love to Shoot #15: Instagram Edition, Part 2 - Kaori, Miss Michele, & Witchy Miss

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It's been seven months since I've done an installment into the "Would Love to Shoot" blog series, here on the Soles of Silk Blog . For those of you who might not be familiar with these, this series looks at foot models from the online foot fetish community whose work I enjoy. I thought it would make for a nice gesture to give these models a little shout out, if you will, and go into a little detail on what it is that I enjoy their work. These are women I'd love to find in front of my camera one day, and in some instances, a number of the models found in past entries have gone on to do just that. In no way are these blogs saying I will be meeting these women, or that they'd even want to shoot with me. In many instances, I haven't even talked with the models. I just enjoy her work and the fanboy in me thinks it would be awesome to shoot photos of her and her beautiful feet. For this particular installment, I'm keeping the models to women from Instagr...

Alice & Leah Join Instagram

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Alice (left) and Leah can now be reached on Instagram. Guess who is now on Instagram ? Alice ( @Alice__Elevens ) and newcomer, Leah ( @LoveLeah.x ). This should make many of you happy. All too often I have to tell followers of the Soles of Silk Instagram account ( @SolesofSilk ) that I am not the model shown in the images that I post. Sometimes I tell them once, sometimes twice. Other times the same person will shoot me a message 20 times, each based off a different model I posted from the site. I've begun to block those people to save my sanity. Anyhow, this blog is just a short entry to let you know that you can shoot these girls a message. How often they're going to check and/or update these accounts remains to be seen. They're both quite busy, but foot fetishism is something that both girls rather do enjoy. Just be respectful because they might block you even quicker than I will if you're not. I won't blame them either! Join   Soles of Silk  tod...

@SolesofSilk Reaches 18K Followers on Instagram

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It was only six months ago I was writing a blog about reaching 14,000 followers on the Soles of Silk Instagram page ( @SolesofSilk ). I was so surprised to see the account grow so much at that point, but it's only grown more and more since that time. At the end of last week I was watching the follower count on Instagram sit on 17.9K for several days. I was excited waiting to see it switch over to 18K. I even sent Mindee and Alice a screenshot of the follower count and they were both wanting to see it increase. I then posted a few random photos of Mindee and Kelsey just to engage people, along with the standard update fair I do on a weekly basis. In the grand scheme of things, I'm not a follower slut, but reaching the 18K mark was still a badge of honor. I've never done a paid ad, or begged people for follows. I just do what I do and hope you all enjoy it. The fact that so many people want to follow the site and see all the models, makes me very proud. Soles of ...

Would Love to Shoot #13: Instagram Edition, Part 1 - Candy Crush, DeeDee, & Kit Kat

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Damn! It's been over a year since my last entry into the "Would Love to Shoot" blog series. I couldn't tell you how many times I've gotten the idea to add a new entry, only to get sidetracked by something else in life. Well, it's back and is featuring a special theme. All the foot models you'll find in here will be ones I discovered through Instagram . You might have noticed that I added a "Part 1" behind the "Instagram Edition" in the title here. Confusing, I know! This entry is "Part 13" of the series overall, but is "Part 1" of ones that will carry an Instagram theme.  I had a hard time figuring out who to put into this entry because I've come across numerous women on Instagram whose feet I'd love to shoot. And instead of breaking with the tradition of three models per installment, I figured I'd do another Instagram themed entry down the line. Now with all that mess out of the way, let me refresh e...

Reaching 14,000 Followers on Instagram

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The three main social media accounts of Soles of Silk. Over the last few weeks I've been watching the Soles of Silk Instagram account ( @SolesofSilk ) go from just over 13,000 followers to 14,000 followers. It seemed like every few days the listing would go from 13.1k, to 13.2k, to 13.3k, and so on. Well, this past weekend, the 14k finally ticked. Normally I'm not one to bring light to follower numbers. I find that oftentimes people only bring up their numbers to make themselves feel better than the next person. Well, to be quite honest, I couldn't care what anyone else has. I'm proud of that 14k and want to say thank you to everyone who has followed the site on Instagram. If you're one of those people not following the account, please consider doing so. On the account you'll see regular posts that include: On the Set - If I'm out doing a shoot, I normally will take a few pictures and/or videos for everyone to enjoy. These really are the first...

The Tease of Foot Selfies - Emerald

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The selfie. The dreaded mirror, or self-taken picture that has been plaguing the internet since the advent of social media. I think it's a rule for every girl online to post at least two dozen selfies on their social media accounts per week. While it's virtually impossible to escape them, there is one that can be a most welcome, albeit teasing sight - the foot selfie. Just this morning I encountered such a tease. I was just getting ready to step into the shower when my phone went off. I was close enough to grab it and since I have a Lifeproof case, I stepped into the shower with my phone to see who it was. It turned out to be Emerald . She was getting back to a text I left her the previous day. The day before I had sent Emerald a screenshot of an Instagram ( @SolesofSilk ) post I made showing her soles. The description underneath the photo read, "Really miss Emerald's cute lil #soles & plump #toes! Need to schedule a shoot. #footfetish #feet #fetish" Em...

Monday's Shoot - Mindee

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I can honestly say, without a shadow of a doubt, I could take photos of Mindee every single day of my life and I'd never get bored of it. Seriously, I don't think there has been a shoot where I didn't have a blast taking her photos. Okay, there was the snow set that was cold beyond belief. I still blame that on her though because it was her idea. Anyhow, that's ancient history. Today was another one of those days I'll fondly remember as Mindee showed me her adorable feet yet again this year. This is the third time we shot, and the sixth and seventh sets we've done in 2013. Too bad we haven't done more! That might just happen, however, but more on that later. I met Mindee at her new house this morning. She's in the process of renovating the property and gave me a short tour. Of course I was suggesting home improvement set themes during our walk through. Always thinking, I am! But after the tour we made our way out back to the pier. She had sat out ...