From the category archives:

Inspiration

Continuing the Conversation: Picture Pundit

Tweet As mentioned in my last post on this site, I have a new site. The Picture Pundit is now online and contains its first few articles. Head over to Picture Pundit and get photography news, articles, and commentary that should make photographers think a bit.

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A Pause on Memorial Day

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Tweet Instead of a regular article (we’ll be posting today’s photo article tomorrow), let’s pause today and think a bit about Memorial Day, why it’s a holiday, and then men and women that it honors. Photo by Beverly & Pack, used under Creative Commons licensing

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Guest Post by Kate Borst: Diving Into Blogging

Tweet At the beginning of December 2009, I signed up for a WordPress blog. If you asked what I was going to blog about, you would have been met with a tidal wave of ideas, but nothing concrete. I had no idea where to start, but I knew I had a voice that wanted to [...]

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14 Things a Photographer Can Tweet About

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Tweet Whether you’re stuck wondering what to tweet about or perhaps you’re looking to tweet about something a little different than your usual topics, here’s a list: Tweet a link to your latest work on Flickr Tweet an offer… Perhaps a free 8×10 if a client mentions they saw your tweet. Tweet a link to [...]

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Twelve Things a Photographer can do with an iPad

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Tweet Last night as I fiddled around with my iPad i thought about what a photographer might do with the device. Sidebar: If you’re getting tired of hearing about the iPad, I can assure you that Wednesday’s article has a different focus. Here’s a list of some uses I came up with in a few [...]

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How Much Time Should a Photographer Spend on Social Media?

Tweet I’ve been thinking about time spent using social media. Especially how that might affect photographers. Last Monday, I wrote about how one might choose to split their time and resources between various services such as Twitter, their blog, and Facebook. Today I offer a few thoughts about time commitment in general. Question: How much [...]

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This Really Short Blog Post is Waiting for Your Answer

Tweet What’s the social media thing that you know you should do, but aren’t? Why?

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Social Media is No Longer New or Leading Edge

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Tweet One of my social media predictions for 2010 was that we’d reach a point where social media use and marketing would stop being thought of as some special or “new” thing and instead be considered mainstream and normal. It’s the beginning of March, and I’m there, at least in the photography world. I’m pretty [...]

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That Thing You’re Avoiding? Yeah… That One. Do That.

Tweet Everyone keeps tracks of tasks and business plans and goals in different ways. It could just be me, but I suspect I’m not the only one who has a couple tasks sitting on my list that I keep procrastinating, even though the value in getting them done would mean a growth in business. Perhaps [...]

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Trey Ratcliff Speaking as Part of the Authors@Google Series

Tweet Trey Ratcliff, best known for his HDR work on his Stuck in Customs blog (and book), gave a talk last week at Google. It’s about an hour long and is a great overview of his take on photography, a look at quite a few of his photos, art and science, and attention as currency. [...]

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