Here are the photography blog posts and sites that I found this week that I think you as a photographer should read. Not all of them are always related to photography, but they are worth looking at and will probably make you think.
POSTS
I realize that all five of these posts are from the same site and about the same subject, but they are brilliant in what they accomplish. This is not the same as exporting to Smugmug, it is publishing to Smugmug. I have read all of them and, while I understand them, I have not put them into place as of yet. I have to really evaluate my photography and determine if it is right for me. But if you are looking for this information, you need to read these posts.
Publising to Smugmug, A Geek’s View Pt. 1
Publising to Smugmug, A Geek’s View Pt. 2
Publising to Smugmug, A Geek’s View Pt. 3
Publising to Smugmug, A Geek’s View Pt. 4
Publising to Smugmug, A Geek’s View Pt. 5
SITES
DIY Photography – A great site for those on a limited budget and lots of “can do” attitude.
ShutterBug – It’s a great magazine and a great site. Lots of information.
Amateur Photographer – It’s a UK site so some of the spellings are weird, but it has lots of information.
Photography.com – Someone had to take the name. It has lots of articles and information that helps it live up to the URL.
Social Media DIY Workshop – A great source of social media know how.
Posted 6 months ago at 9:04 am. Add a comment
The last few months have been interesting to say the least. Without going into details, I have had some life changing events take place that included the loss of three family members, a slightly serious health issue, and some sever monetary issues. Needless to say, I have been forced to take a serious look at my life and what I want from it and, important to this blog, my photography. Everything is getting much better at this point in my life, but I still haven’t accomplished what I set out to do with my photography.
I started to reevaluate my photography about two and a half months ago and posted my thoughts on my Moving Forward – Finding Inspiration post. Due to the health issues I haven’t gotten much past the state or thought process that I was in at that time, but having become much more healthy and able to get out and shoot, travel, and maintain a more “normal” lifestyle.
As a result, I have made some more concrete decisions about what I want to do with my photography. I have two websites that I will be using; this one and www.naturelightphotography.com. Again, I am truly inspired by G Dan Mitchell in his work and in his social distribution of his photography.
As a result, I will be using this website for my thoughts on photography, cycling, traveling/overlanding with my FJ Cruiser, and just life thoughts in general. Most of the posts will be photography related, but there will probably be a few that aren’t strictly for photographers. The posts won’t be daily, but they should be fairly regular.
My other site, Nature Light Photography, will be strictly my images. I’ll be honest and admit that it is patterned after Mitchell’s site, but I am hoping that it is different enough that people don’t see it as a copy or knockoff. I’m not sure why I think that would be bad, but it is something I want to avoid. My goal is to post a new image daily. I think I can do that because I can easily discuss my images since I was there when I took them and I know what the situation was and what I was thinking to produce the image.
This site will maintain it’s looks because I like the feel of the site, but there might be some subtle changes in the future. www.naturelightphotography.com will be undergoing a comprehensive renovation to facilitate a more photo friendly site to view.
I will be posting some of my ideas and thoughts about my reasons for change and where I’m headed in the future, but until then the bottom line is that I’m restarting the engine and heading down a different road, but I hope the results will be the better this time.
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago at 3:06 pm. Add a comment
