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A Social Photo Workflow: Posting Photos from the 30 Hour Day

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Last weekend I had the honor of being the primary photographer for 30 Hour Day, a first-of-its-kind charity telethon held entirely online as opposed to traditional broadcast media. I was in the studio taking photos as well as processing and uploading selected photos to Flickr. Clients love quick turnaround, and by putting the photos online [...]

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Tag! You’re It on Flickr

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One of Facebook’s popular social features has been the ability to “tag” people in photos. Users can indicate who is in a photo, and that indication becomes a link to that person’s Facebook page. Yesterday Flickr added a similar feature, calling it “People in Photos” (Yahoo must’ve cut the funding for any sort of innovative [...]

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SEO Basics: Links

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Last time we talked search engine optimization (SEO), we talked about how keywords relate to SEO. Today let’s take a look at links (the HTML anchor <a> tag) and how they factor into ranking on Google and other search engines. Links matter for a couple different reasons. The first is the general assumption that the [...]

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SEO Basics: Intro and Keywords

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If you start publishing content on the internet through a website or blog, one of the terms you’ll come across fairly quickly is SEO. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization, and it’s an area that should get some attention from every blogger or content creator. Search engines such as Google and Bing use automated programs [...]

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Organization: Step One is to Just Do It

I’m going to borrow a slogan from Nike and suggest it as a mantra for organization of photographs. Just Do It. Whether your photography medium is film, slides, or digital, as you take more photos you’re going to end up with storage and organization needs. I know a couple guys who have gradually accumulated thousands [...]

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Tips for Effective Flickr Tagging

As I explore Flickr and look at others’ photos, here are some tips I’ve learned about effective photo tagging (as well as one pet peeve to avoid): This one is almost too obvious, but always tag. Add some keywords so that folks will find your photos. Add some “concept” tags. Think of the emotions, feelings, [...]

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Keyword Synonyms for Usernames

Asset management software such as Lightroom, Aperture, and iMatch are great tools for managing a large photo collection. Here’s a quick tip for tagging and keywords. If you photograph weddings, portraits, headshots, or other “people” photos, you’ll probably be keywording the photo with the person’s name. If you know they have an online presence using [...]

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