You are a highly creative person and have shot loads of good and unique photos. You would love to share this with the world. But how do you do so? Photo blogging is the answer. Photo blogging implies the use of photos rather than text to get your message across. Photo blogging is particularly useful to photographers who would like to showcase their talent and attract business. It enables you to interact with millions of other creative people across the world. But with so many creative websites and blogs being uploaded daily on the internet, how do you make yours stand out?
Let us look at a few ways by which we can use photo blogging effectively.
1. Choosing the platform: The first thing before you start out with your photo blog is to decide which platform you are going to use in order to show case your work. There are a lot of options such as wordpress.com, blogger.com, Tumblr etc to choose from. All these websites have tutorials to walk you through incase you are not that tech savvy.
2. Go through the specifications of the photo before uploading it: It is important to do the groundwork before you upload a photo. Some sites limit the size of the photo you can upload. So it is important to check the resolution of your image in order to ensure optimum quality.
3. Security: It is important that you safeguard your work from being plagiarized. You can do this by placing a watermark on your photo before you upload it.
4. Focus: While uploading photos to your blog you should have a plan and structure in mind. Just randomly uploading a number of images will not attract traffic to your webpage. What you need to do is decide on the particular topic or topics that you would like to focus on. And select the photos to upload accordingly. This will be more appealing to the visitors to your website as well as create awareness about the particular type of photography you are promoting.
5. Provide Information: People will only visit or recommend your blog if they find it to be useful. What you can do is provide helpful information regarding photography. A few useful tips and tricks will go a long way in building a rapport with your target audience. You can also showcase the type of work you have being doing before, so that they get an idea as to what you specialize in and whether you are the type of photographer they are looking for.
6. Accept reviews: It is important that you interact with your target audience. Ask for feedback and comments about your work. This will not only guide you in terms of what exactly people are looking for but will also help you increase traffic to your blog. Ultimately pushing up your rankings in search engines.
Finally I would say blogging is all about interacting with people and creating a market for your self. You need to ensure that the content you upload is good in terms of quality and meets the requirements of your target audience. Photo blogging is all about how you show case your talent and communicate with the people. So now that you know what is required, just go out there and give it your best shot.