ericperlberg Posted August 11, 2007 Share #21 Posted August 11, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I should add that information like time of posting, how many posts per page, whether or not thumbnails of images are automatically generated and a host of other options are done through the control panel. One can title each post (I don't). One can choose to list in the sidebar things like recent posts, recent comments and much more. Everything is custimisable through css. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest sirvine Posted August 11, 2007 Share #22 Posted August 11, 2007 Thanks, Carsten-- I think I agree re black and white. Since you are a capable programmer, you should really look carefully at pixelpost. It's a lot like MT, but a little less structured. People are doing some amazing (and over the top sometimes) stuff with it. Forums here: Pixelpost Forum - Powered by vBulletin User template discussion here: Templates - Pixelpost Forum Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
haribo Posted August 11, 2007 Share #23 Posted August 11, 2007 Carsten: excellent work, nice blog!!! So far, I used the blog I have with Blogger (haribosquarehead.blogspot.com) to show my D Lux 3 photos. Moved on to the M8 now and because I'm not really happy with the picture quality on Blogger I'd like to place my M8 work somewhere else. Looking into Flickr or Zenfolio but can't seem to make up my mind what's the best way to go about it. Zenfolio is nice and expensive, Flickr is not really an improvement... Don't have the time to go out shooting every day currently, so the blog idea is not so intriguing anymore. Been there, done that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
haribo Posted August 11, 2007 Share #24 Posted August 11, 2007 Carsten: excellent work, nice blog!!! So far, I used the blog I have with Blogger (haribosquarehead.blogspot.com) to showcase my D Lux 3 photos. Moved on to the M8 now and because I'm not really happy with the picture quality on Blogger I'd like to place my M8 work somewhere else. Looking into Flickr or Zenfolio but can't seem to make up my mind what's the best way to go about it. Zenfolio is nice and maybe too professional, Flickr doesn't seem to be really an improvement... Don't have the time to go out shooting every day currently, so the blog idea is not so intriguing anymore. Been there, done that. What would you - and others here - recommend? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
popum Posted August 11, 2007 Share #25 Posted August 11, 2007 Hi I use Smugmug... I'm happy with it, easy to upload and nice options in how you want your page to look. MikeGuthman's photos - powered by SmugMug Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokysun Posted August 11, 2007 Share #26 Posted August 11, 2007 the free google does well. some nice layouts. not many options. the next question is: how do you spread the word about your blog, get attention to it. millions of them out there! smokysun's heaven Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted August 11, 2007 Share #27 Posted August 11, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) the next question is: how do you spread the word about your blog, get attention to it. millions of them out there! You write something interesting that people want to read. I know it sounds trite, but just as a word processor doesn't make you an author, a blog doesn't mean that people will find what you write interesting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokysun Posted August 12, 2007 Share #28 Posted August 12, 2007 alas, too true. the same with pictures. let's blog for health, then! a dslr with r lenses (and probably an r8 with a dmr) will build upper body strength. and maybe get you out of bed early. lookout summer diary 2007 (or figures in the carpet) Photo Gallery by wayne pease at pbase.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted August 12, 2007 Author Share #29 Posted August 12, 2007 The more I am exposed to good photography, and the more I look at photographers like myself who dabble a little in everything, the more I am convinced that one of the keys to achieving more is the focused project with a defined purpose, and a definite end. I find it incredibly difficult to choose a subject though, which indicates to me my lack of commitment to the subject matter. I love taking pictures, and I think that is the wrong starting point. You have to love your subject, or want to achieve something very specific, and then and only then pick up the camera. Have any of you bloggers struggled with this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted August 12, 2007 Share #30 Posted August 12, 2007 You have to love your subject, or want to achieve something very specific, and then and only then pick up the camera I think the idea of a project concentrates the mind, and helps if you hit a photographic block, but I can't subscribe to the idea of only picking up the camera when you want to use it for a specific idea. You may be shooting long term with a specific subject in mind, but that shouldn't be to the exclusion of everything else IMHO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted August 12, 2007 Author Share #31 Posted August 12, 2007 Sure, I still enjoy shooting at random, but I was talking more about the context of great work, work of lasting value. I can hardly think of any great shots at all which weren't done within the scope of a project. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Flatline Posted August 12, 2007 Share #32 Posted August 12, 2007 Oh, a reminder to all of you: Click and join: 2007 European Photoblogger Meet-Up: Berlin, Sep. 7-9 Not that it's limited to Europeans, but rather that is in Europe. There's also one in the US every year, the last one was in Spring in Chicago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokysun Posted August 12, 2007 Share #33 Posted August 12, 2007 the answer may be a purpose outside photography. for example, atget wanted to record vanishing paris for the future. salgado champions the worker underdogs of the world. it can be a project of service to the community. or the becher's recording of interesting and monumental machinery. it could be the beauty of a forest about to be lost or a wedding. maybe you wish to make people aware of the things they pass by everyday while lost in their own thoughts. smokysun's heaven lookout summer diary 2007 (or figures in the carpet) Photo Gallery by wayne pease at pbase.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted August 12, 2007 Share #34 Posted August 12, 2007 ......blogging a desperate last ditch attempt to be famous..................... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted August 12, 2007 Share #35 Posted August 12, 2007 Blogging a dead horse perhaps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted August 12, 2007 Share #36 Posted August 12, 2007 .......more like dead horse blogging Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartok Posted August 12, 2007 Share #37 Posted August 12, 2007 Carsten, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Flatline Posted August 12, 2007 Share #38 Posted August 12, 2007 ......blogging a desperate last ditch attempt to be famous..................... So is trolling on affinity forums, but I guess that's the difference between the little fish in the big sea, and the big fish in the tiny lake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartok Posted August 12, 2007 Share #39 Posted August 12, 2007 I think that projects are definitely worthwile and the way to achieve a coherent body of work, but is a blog the right place for that? When I was studying a great deal of emphasis was placed on this type of work, but every now and then I had to just stop and go out and take loads of pictures unrelated to my projects, just to have some release and rediscover a personal way of seeing. It helps to see what interests you and perhaps opens up new avenues of interest. Many of the really great photographers have actually produced great images simply by being ' out there looking around . Dominic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokysun Posted August 13, 2007 Share #40 Posted August 13, 2007 all blogging is a form of ambition, period. a desire to be heard. nothing wrong with that, as long as you don't take other people down to promote yourself. smokysun's heaven Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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