How To Begin Your Own Photo Blog
March 31, 2010 by Lauren Kay
Filed under Blogging
It seems like just about everyone has a cell phone camera these days that can take images of just about anything in a matter of seconds. Working with electronic pictures instead of the traditional film and paper print photos is cheap, there is no used paper to end up in landfills and they take up almost no physical space at all!
Whether you are a pro photographer or an amateur shutterbug you’ll still like the ease of digital photography. And what is better than just taking lots of digital pictures is the fun way you can display them to others. There are many different ways to share your photos, from digital picture frames to printing them out to storing them on your PDA.
One of the growing ways to share your images to others is by publishing a photography blog. A “web log” or blog is a website that allows an writer to post instant updates onto Internet about just about any topic imaginable. A photography blog can feature the digital images you took on any given day or trip. You can add your written thoughts about your photographs and you can inform people about why you snapped the photos and where you were when you took them.
To begin a photo blog you just need to find some free blogging websites and pick a blog name. Most blogging sites are easy to get started with. When you are satisfied with a post you “publish” it and everyone around the world can instantly read it! You simply type your ideas out in a post, insert your digital photographs from your PC and the blogging site pretty much does the rest.
With a photo blog you can not only allow others to see your photos but you can also allow visitors to write comments on your posts. If you allow comments on your posts then you can also learn what other people like and don’t like about your images. Getting commends from visitors to your web log is part of the fun of putting your images online.
You can put up some images of a trip to Florida one day and then put up images of some flowers in your back yard the next day. Remember not to worry about always composing a post that’s perfect. It’s your photo blog and you can post pictures of whatever you like. Just try to have a good time with the ability to share your electronic photos so quickly with your own blog!
Want to learn more about digital photography and see some great photos? Check out my art photo blog and let me know what you think!
