Comments on: Creating your own photography blog

By: Michelle Stevens

Michelle Stevens — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:49:12 +0000

I just started my blog last month. Yours is one the blogs I’ve followed for some time now. Any feedback on my start would be appreciated.

By: shawn

shawn — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:36:26 +0000

You can not believe how long ive been searching for something like this. Scrolled through 7 pages of Yahoo results and couldnt find anything. One search on Bing. There was this…. Really have to start using it more often!

By: robin

robin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:04:38 +0000

i became interested in photography and i came upon your site in my search for knowledge. i took your advice and started a photography blog. would like you to take a look if you have time.

http://www.completelyphotos.com any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

By: Feekner

Feekner — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:33:06 +0000

I recently started a photo blog and it’s just as you describe it…a notepad for me to share my ideas and thoughts in learning photography. I don’t post too often but think I need to post more. I do feel sometimes like a tadpole like you mention. Check it out http://feekner.blogspot.com or my flickr name is feekner. Let me know what you think! have a good one!

By: ajw93

ajw93 — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:38:27 +0000

Interesting post! I have recently picked up blogging again and have taken to including a “Photo of the Day” feature that showcases either a topical/recent photo I’ve taken, or a random one from my online portfolio.

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By: adebond

adebond — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:25:48 +0000

Very useful and inspiring post. I’ve been uploading my images to Flickr for about a year now and love the community feeling to the website but I decided to publish a wordpress blog to post the story behind some of the images.

Can’t believe that it’s all free to set up. The next stage will to build up a decent online portfolio and maybe link to an retail site like Red Bubble.

By: Katie

Katie — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:00:53 +0000

I have a photoblog up at http://superflashphoto.blogspot.com … I have it embedded in my site (superflash.org) but not built right in…
I’m trying to find a better template for blogger though, because I don’t like how small my columns are, and I’m too lazy to figure out the html to customize it ;) Any advice?

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:22:51 +0000

I use Wordpress.s hosted blog and the back end administration is the best I’ve seen out there, staggeringly it’s free!

I have to say, blogging for me is hard at the moment as I’ve found I have got cought up trying to sort out WIP instead of getting outthere and clicking

By: Haje Jan Kamps

Haje Jan Kamps — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:16:33 +0000

Hey there Judy – I might like to suggest http://www.blogger.com or http://wordpress.com – both offer free blogging software, and you don’t have to worry too much about the technical sides of things.

Good luck with your blog!

By: Judy Poole

Judy Poole — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:13:08 +0000

Thank you so much for photocritic.org. I just recently found it and have been reading it like a novel I can’t put down. I have never blogged, but do enjoy writing and photography. I have spent the summer visiting sites or travel destinations surrounding the area of Denver, Colorado, that a person could drive to, enjoy, and return from in a day. With the economy/recession what it is, I hoped to find economical to free day trips people/families could take.

I have documented my travels with photographs and travel/map information and costs. I am not looking for financial gain, only to share the information and hope to continue on year around.

Could you suggest a “server” (if that is the right term) where my blog would be likely to be read by those who could find it useful? I know the readership would be limited, but I have many photographs from wildlife to sculpture parks that might encourage people to put new batteries in their P&S’s and take off for a day with literally a picnic lunch and less than half a tank of gas. I am not expecting you to do my internet “leg work” for me. I will be looking/googling Denver area travel websites. I was just hoping you might have a suggestion. Thank you so much and I will keep reading photocritic.org regardless.

By: Michael Clements

Michael Clements — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:10:20 +0000

Useful and informative article for those newcomers to wordpress. Personally wordpress is the best thing i ever did for building a website, flexible, powerful and after a while down right easy.

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By: Massimo Belloni

Massimo Belloni — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:41:53 +0000

Very, very interesting article, my compliments!

BTW I have a photoblog (http://www.maxbelloni.com), which -incidentally- runs on Wordpress (.org). Of course it works flawlessy and the WP world is fantastic. What, IMHO, is a bit weak is the availability of themes for photoblogs running on WP. I based mine on the “middleware” support of YAPB, but the themes are few (and without YAPB even less).

On the contrary Pixelpost is much easier to manage and personalize in terms of presntation (theme).

What about to dig furherly about the specific use of WP with photoblogs, specific themes and plugins?

Regards

By: Craig Wilson

Craig Wilson — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:22:22 +0000

I have been running a photoblog for nearly two years;

http://www.print-digital.info/photo-blogging/

The most fun you can have with your trousers on!

By: digitalpharaoh

digitalpharaoh — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:35:58 +0000

I’ve just recently set up my own photoblog/portfolio blog on Wordpress. Lots of good tips here. Thanks. :)
http://www.digitalpharaoh.wordpress.com

By: hans

hans — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:21:13 +0000

there’s a few other routes for a photoblog which i prefer, especially if your photoblog is dedicated more to images, and few ramblings.

if you have your own webspace, check out http://www.pixelpost.org/ for a highly customizable blog app. visit my blog (shameless plug) to see why it’s more ideal for a photo blog.

if you don’t have your own webspace, head to http://www.aminus3.com/ and sign up for their blogging service, which is almost identical to pixelpost, but hosted by them.

there’s always a few great photoblog communities, starting with http://www.vfxy.com and http://www.photoblogs.org

By: Erland

Erland — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:35:19 +0000

Hey, great post. I’d already started when I read this, but it’s a handy post and I like you’re writing style. The blog I’m working on is at:
http://www.test.erlandhowden.com
Wordpress all the way – any tips for a good theme for photoblogging that also has halfway decent text formatting? The theme I’m using now is nice & simple but there’s no code to speak of for nice-looking text/headings, etc…

By: Bobby Acree

Bobby Acree — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:18:50 +0000

Great article! I really like your writing style. I have a blog, which I have had for some time, but I find that I don’t post nearly as often as I would like to. I’m always concerned that my photo isn’t good enough or that I don’t have the right things to say.

I think I’ve decided that I will take your advice and treat the blog as my personal “notebook” and if anyone else finds anything useful, that’s great.

I also have a flickr account, which I post to much more frequently. It’s very easy to post and I can link to my photos from my blog. One of these days, I’ll get it all together.

http://www.acreestudios.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bacr33

By: P-C

P-C — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:18:56 +0000

Hello,

I’ve been following your blog for some time, a couple of years at least. I enjoy reading your texts and I’ve learned alot (or so I tell myself… :-) by doing so.

Anyway, just set up my first photoblog, and it’d be fun to hear what you think! I’m going for a nische, scenery photos, but probably I’ll divert from this sooner or later.

Only a few photos online now, but I’m working on the site design also. Don’t mind the background color, it has to change.. lol

Thanks for a super blog and sharing so much insights about photography!!

Best regards,
P-C
http://www.sceneryphotostory.com

By: nazeeh

nazeeh — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:28:33 +0000

I like the article… I guess I will try the “3 favourite, and your 3 least favourite photos”
thanks

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:59:31 +0000

Earlier this year I set up my first photoblog for a 52 week project. I’ve really enjoyed it and it has broadened my skills and found some new found friends and other photographers which was a very nice bonus. Your article suggesting two blogs has got me thinking though. :-)

I liked the Wordpress.com version as I was able to set up my blog in less than an hour and tweak it enough for my tastes.

Scott
http://stphoto.wordpress.com/

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:16:01 +0000

great article I have just recently set up my blog in anticipation of my website which is under contract through live books Id love to hear your thoughts ideas

By: Scott Fillmer

Scott Fillmer — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:11:04 +0000

I have run a blog for about 5 years or so and being able to display your photography in a blog format has so many benefits and it is not hard for even the most novice of computer users. Just start one, worry about the details of making it better as you go, don’t try to make it perfect from the start.

By: mosilager

mosilager — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:49:06 +0000

Hey I just did this a week ago – set up a blog where I have what I think are my best photos. I just started though, so have a lot to learn. Tried wordpress.org but they didn’t have any templates I liked. Blogger templates I have lots of experience with so I set it up there.

By: Nik Tailor

Nik Tailor — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:24:24 +0000

After reading this article, I am rather inspired to start a photography blog. My website’s been sitting around gathering dust for the last couple of months. A blog might just kick-start it. Especially if I could gather a following of commenters. It’s gathering a following of reviewers, commenters and subscribers which seems to be the most difficult part. For me, the more the merrier, and the more committed I’d be in keeping up a blog.

By: Chris Walter

Chris Walter — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:14:26 +0000

Not quite as good as some of your other post seemed kinda half done. But helpful none the less, good tips.

By: Bobo

Bobo — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:46:13 +0000

Great post! I set up my photoblog just a little less than a month ago, also on Wordpress. I actually have three Wordpress blogs – one for photograpyh and other two for astronomy. I use NextGEN gallery to show my photos. I set up my photoblog with a static page where visitors can see a few galleries with my “best of” photos – and on my front page I can put all the photos I like and not include them in my galleries page :) Oh and I also have a Photocritic RSS feed in my sidebar ;)

By: Corey

Corey — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:49:57 +0000

Wordpress. &heart;