Comments on: Blogging Basics for Photographers: Deciding Whether to Start a Blog for Your Photography

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:23:42 +0000

@shyfotogrfr – I think a blog is more likely to have a social interaction aspect to it via comments and such; however, the name is derived from the term web log that is a reverse chronological journal of updates on a given topic.

The term website is a more universal term that I think encompasses the definition of a blog. So, you can call a blog a “website,” but you can’t call every website a “blog.”

A website or a blog can feature advertising, but this does not really factor into the definition of either.

By: shyfotogrfr

shyfotogrfr — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:43:39 +0000

I’ve been researching this for about a year and I guess I’m afraid to pull the trigger. I can’t wait to read your tips and tricks in the coming articles. Hopefully they will help me kick-start my own blog. One question… is there a difference between a blog and just a website? Meaning is a blog a two-way communication and a website just for advertising?

By: Evelyn Perez

Evelyn Perez — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:29:48 +0000

Thanks for posting this great article. I just have one question…how do you know what to write about? I just recently started my photography blog as well as photography and there are times where I don’t know what to write about. Please help!!

By: Kristen Steele

Kristen Steele — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:09:02 +0000

Hey Eric! Thanks so much for featuring my blog as one of your photography blog examples, I really appreciate it! :) It’s a great article.

By: Jarvie

Jarvie — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:13:16 +0000

Very nice write up on an important part of the photographer culture.
There are many ways to go with a Photography blog and I hope people expirement and spend some time to create something not only unique but helpful to those reading.
But as always the foundation of a good photo-blog is good pictures for other people to look at.
Thanks for the good list of blogs!

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:41:10 +0000

This past week, my blog just celebrated it’s 1 year blogiversary. While my reader numbers aren’t huge, I’m pleasantly surprised at how many views my little part of Al Gore’s internet gets. While I’m also on Flickr, my blog often helps me tell the “backstories” to my photos or to profile a certain theme, like travel or noir. It’s a great way to get promote yourself and your work, but like anything, it does take some work. Creating even a simple editorial calendar and deciding how many times per week or month you want to post is a good thing to do.

By: Jasmine*

Jasmine* — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:52:42 +0000

What an awesome article! I couldn’t agree with it more! :)

By: Aparna

Aparna — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:09:55 +0000

I started out with food pictures for my blog, but now am wondering what to do for my non-food pictures. Have to decide whether to go Pro with Flickr or start a photoblog to share my pictures. Cannot decide!

By: Sky_walker

Sky_walker — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:17:18 +0000

Nice :) Cannot wait for next part :)
If I may take a voice here – What I think readers would be interested in is between many others:
- How to pick a style of writing blog and what are the options – you can write it in “we” form, pretty good for blogs made to learn others – “we buy a camera” or “we now know what pentaprism is” – or “I am so smart” way – “I use this and think that it’s the best way” – or the “authority way” as I call it – “Ken says that grips are important accessories for camera”.
It’s quite important to pick the style at the beginning as if you’ll mess with that one you can end with something bad and hard to read :/
- How to make blog popular – or at least: let someone know about it – basics of seo, gaining links, promoting on forums (both via signatures and links to posts with more support), and so on.
- What platform to choose, and why it’ll be WordPress ;) :P
- Some ideas for image galleries – people often want to show their photos on blogs and there are tons of galleries out there – both as basic systems and plugins.

and so on…