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Blogging for Photographers

Jason — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:30:34 +0000

With the huge expanding nature of blogging and sharing your photography through an online blog, there’s been a lot of photo-blog projects started, and while many are quite good (and also inspirational), others have been started and it’s pretty obvious from the start that while the photos may be decent – the blogging platform has left a little to be desired.

That leaves a question mark on many peoples minds – How do you set up a photo blog? What system should you use? Are there any special features or “must have” elements? Kerry Garrison (of Camera Dojo) and I tackle this popular question on this week’s show, Episode #48 of Learning Digital Photography:

Show Notes

News

Sigma 17-50 f2.8 Lens released
New Line of Phones from multiple vendors – Droid, Samsung, etc.
Announcements of upcoming events

Blogging

WordPress – Registration, configuration and setup
Themes – Design and style of your website
Plugins – Features and functions to include

Listener Q&A

Aspect Ratio
Luster vs Gloss

We’re still on the PLM feed (I promise, the change is coming soon), but for the time being if you aren’t getting it from iTunes, here’s a direct download:

Episode #48

[podcast]http://www.canonblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/audio/ldp48.mp3[/podcast]

Finally, it wouldn’t be a day without a mention of the upcoming workshops (which are running out of space and time for registration, esp Anaheim, so sign up soon before you miss the boat!), the latest eBook release I’ve put out here on the blog – with a HUGE 20% savings through the end of the month, and the latest FREE giveaway to win a full free copy of Adobe Lightroom 3.0!

Freezing the frame (for Friday)

Jason — Fri, 02 May 2008 09:08:26 +0000

Read a neat little blurb in Popular Photography, May issue that I cut out and added to the “clip binder” recently…Four good rules of thumb for fast shutter speeds and what they translate to. So, regurgitated for you here today, are…

Four Frame Freezing Follies

1/1000th of a second will freeze action moving either up and down or across the frame.
1/500th of a second is good for aerials (coming in over a scene, like in a plane or along those lines)
1/250th of a second is good for freezing action coming straight at you (toward the camera – unless of course it’s my dog who comes toward you then lurches to the side for no apparent reason)
4 seconds takes objects in motion and turns them into streaks of light (think car headlights here – night photography will never be the same)

In other news, I also saw over on Jeff Revell’s blog today (PhotowalkPro.com) a great post on how to be a frugal lens shopper. Stop over there to read all about saving money. We bloggers love to get feedback too, so if you like it, make a post to let him know!

The camera poll has officially ended, and the results are in. Looks like many of us have at least a few cameras in our bags…fun stuff. Where did you fit into the picture? Thanks to the 66 that did join in for these last two months!

Check out the new poll listed today too…on audio podcasts! I am thinking of adding yet another multimedia feature (audio podcasts) to round things out (presently I’ve posted videos, documents, and pictures, so audio is all that’s left! Don’t forget to vote before you leave.

And, so no one feels left out from friday funnies, another week’s favorite episode from What the Duck: