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Top 10 Camera & Photo Bestsellers – June 2010

Photographers are often a gear-obsessed bunch, and we occasionally talk about gear and products here, so I thought it might be interested to take a look at the best-selling items in Amazon.com’s Camera & Photo category as we reach the end of June 2010: What’s interesting to me is that there are a couple themes [...]

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Pro Photographers Won’t Use In-Camera HDR

Over the last couple of years, HDR (high dynamic range) photography has become more prevalent. Some photographers take it to the extreme and create pieces that are less photograph and more computer-generated artwork, while others use the technique in moderation and attempt to more accurately portray the colors, lights, and shadows as seen by the [...]

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Better Portraits Because of Social Media

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For portraits, headshots, and other forms of “people” photography, one of the keys to great images is to get the subject relaxed.  Folks generally don’t look great when they are uptight and nervous, so whenever I’m working with a client I try to get the individual to relax a bit as I gray to develop [...]

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Photoshelter Updates: Better Customization, Better Sitemaps, Better URLs

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As mentioned in yesterday’s article, Photoshelter just released some new changes to their service. Better websites for free, better SEO, and easier customization are the themes of these updates. More Photographer-Centric Branding for Free and Basic Accounts Previously, Photoshelter’s free and Basic account types had Photoshelter-themed image galleries. With the latest updates, photographers on these [...]

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An Intro to SEO for Photographers

Due to some technical difficulties, this week’s podcast will get rolled into next week’s show. I’m excited to offer up this video however, produced by the folks at Photoshelter. In addition to their great photo hosting services, they produce a variety of resources to help photographers grow business. Here’s a great introduction to Search Engine [...]

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Facebook vs. Flickr: Where to Share?

We talk about photographers being social and sharing work via social media, but when to comes to sharing photos, does it make more sense to share pictures on Facebook (with its wide audience and photo album and tagging features) or Flickr (with the photo-centric site offering more photo-centric features)? Using Facebook for Photo Sharing While [...]

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Social Photo Podcast #22: Blogging, iPad Updates, Easy Release, Adobe’s Lens Correction

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Subscribe via iTunes: – this link will launch iTunes for easy subscription Episode 22 of the Social Photo Podcast is ready. Hosts Aaron Hockley and Lyza Danger Gardner talk about blogging for photographers, an iPad update, Easy Release, browsing photos on the iPad, wallpapers, Adobe’s lens correction features coming soon, and more. This episode is [...]

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Resources and Recommendations for the Social Photographer

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I’ve tried and used a variety of online services, software, books, and other resources as I have built my photography business using today’s social technologies and online tools. I’ve made recommendations along the way, and I just consolidated all of those into a master Resources page that lists my recommendations for blog software, WordPress themes, [...]

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Announcing Photo Blog Boost: Kick Your Blog Up a Notch

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One consistent theme amongst a lot of conversations I have with photographers is that they’re pretty sure they should have a blog, but they’re not so sure what to do with it. It seems that a lot of photographers set up a blog, write four or five great posts, and then abandon it. I’d like [...]

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Social Media Tips Roundup for Photographers

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Happy Monday! I’m not sure how things are going for you but I’ve been really busy lately with a variety of photo gigs. I have a bunch of random social media tips and tricks laying around here gathering dust, so I figured I’d put together a list post and share. Don’t get folks into a [...]

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