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On the Twelfth Day of Tips-Mas…

From December 25th through January 5th, I’m running a series called the Twelve Days of Tips-Mas, offering quick and easy tips for social media use by photographers. On the twelfth day of Tips-Mas, this blogger said to thee: check in with forgotten connections. Odds are that after you’ve used Facebook or Twitter or Flickr for [...]

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On the Eighth Day of Tips-Mas…

From December 25th through January 5th, I’m running a series called the Twelve Days of Tips-Mas, offering quick and easy tips for social media use by photographers. On the eighth day of Tips-Mas, this blogger said to thee: don’t try to read every tweet. You’ll get the most out of Twitter by following quite a [...]

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On the Sixth Day of Tips-Mas…

From December 25th through January 5th, I’m running a series called the Twelve Days of Tips-Mas, offering quick and easy tips for social media use by photographers. On the sixth day of Tips-Mas, this blogger said to thee: Invite folks to engage. Yes, social media is about two-way conversations, but often you’ll acquire new Twitter [...]

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Social Photo Podcast #5: Copyright and Property Releases, Stock Photography and Journalism, Photo Sharing Poll Results

Subscribe via iTunes: – this link will launch iTunes for easy subscription Episode 5 of the Social Photo Podcast is here. Hosts Aaron Hockley and Lyza Danger Gardner talk about copyright and property releases for publicly-viewable art and architecture, comparing the stock photography and journalism industries, and the results of a poll on workflow. This [...]

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Stock Photography and Journalism Ain’t What They Used to Be, and That’s Awesome!

I’ve had some observations… Old Journalism Creation of news for publication used to be very hard. Typewriters could be obtained, but they produced documents that could be considered utilitarian at best, with no graphics, a lack of typeface options, and difficult situations if errors needed to be corrected. Then the 1980s happened: personal computers became [...]

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Retrospective on my 2009 in Social Media

We’re now into December, and if you’re like me you’re wondering what happened to most of 2009. With the new year approaching, it’s worth spending a few minutes and doing a bit of a retrospective on the past twelve months. It’s a good idea for any business to periodically step back and look at the [...]

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Talk to Me

What’s up? What’s going on? Five times a week I publish a post giving you ideas, suggestions, information, or a pointer to a resource with information about social media for photographers. Today, I want you to talk with me. Tell me what you’re doing that’s new and exciting. Share something that’s working. Heck, share something [...]

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Gift Ideas for the Social Photographer

Were you up at oh-dark-thirty this morning for the doorbuster specials? I’ve been thinking a bit about ideas for gifts for social photographers, and put together a list of recommendations. Check out the Social Photo Talk list of Gift Ideas for the Social Photographer.

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Build Your Network by Leaving Blog Comments

Social media can be all about networking and building relationships with others in your field. Through blogs, Twitter, Flickr, and other online resources I have “met” and developed relationships with dozens if not hundreds of photographers and other professionals. One of the best ways to build these relationships over time is also one of the [...]

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