Photography BlogsWriten by John Threlfall
Have you got down with the latest craze sweeping the Internet? Blogging.
Everyones doing it, everywhere you look. Such a simple concept but with amazing
capabilities. The power to spread news, gossip, and of courseimages.
Getting more to the point, lets talk about photography blogs. What a great
opportunity to share your images with the rest of the world. You can post your
images daily if your keen enough, people can write comments about your images,
and at the same time you build up an online journal of your photography. All that is
needed is a bit of time and dedication.
Blogs are useful in a number of ways. Not only will they be useful in showing off
your images, they will have a positive effect on traffic to your website. Search
engines love them, there easy to pick up and before long you will have people
coming onto your blog directed from search engines.
So how do you go about setting up a blog? There are plenty of places you can go to
set up a blog, I personally use Movable Type. Once set up you can start talking to
the world. There are a few things to remember to make your blog more effective.
First off, update regularly. This will keep a fresh supply of information on your blog
and show it is used and updated regularly. Make your submitted information /
images appropriate to the type of blog you have. In doing these simple steps your
blog is more likely to attract repeat visits.
A good idea for photography blogs is to try and match the images you show to the
time of year. For example, in December show images containing snow and ice.
Around Halloween show eerie looking images. The point I am trying to make is, be
imaginative but at the same time relate your images to the context of time. This
makes the blog more appealing, interesting and appropriate.
I have jumped on the bandwagon of blogging myself. I have been trying to put the above into practice. I
use the blog to show my photography. The image is displayed followed by a short
insight into the image, the location and my personal insight into the photograph.
Rather than just having my photography website, I wanted something a bit more
personal which could reach people on a different level. Blogging was the perfect
solution.
Try it yourself and join the blogging craze!
John Threlfall is a self-taught photographer with a deep passion for nature
photography. With an upbringing in the countryside, John strives to capture his
feelings and emotions within his images. John has a Masters Degree in 'Creative
Imaging'. His work can be viewed at http://www.capturednature.com The images
capture the pure
simplistic, yet breathtaking beauty that is hidden away in rural Britain.