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Entries from November 2008

What’s your photoblogs bounce rate?

November 28th, 2008 7 Comments

So I was spending some time in Google Analytics today, and I noticed just how out of control my photoblog’s bounce rate is getting. Google Analytics defines a “bounce” as a user who only visits a single page on your site. So looking at my bounce rate for November that means that three [...]

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Wordpress 2.6.5 available

November 26th, 2008 No Comments

I know that this is old-news by now, but I wanted to let everyone know that Wordpress has published a new version 2.6.5 which does contain one security fix.  From what I have read the security threat doesn’t seem to be high, but if you’re running your photoblog on wordpress you should think about upgrading, [...]

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Backing up a Pixelpost blog

November 22nd, 2008 2 Comments

Over the last while, I’ve noticed that quite a few folks are ending up here while looking for information on backing up their Pixelpost blog.  So I figured that I would create a quick write-up on a couple of different methods of backing up your pixelpost blog.
The first thing to remember is that backing up [...]

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RED Camera: I can dream

November 14th, 2008 2 Comments

You call that a sensor?  This is a sensor!

Man, I remember way back in the day when I was still shooting in film, I always had my eye on a modular system from Sinar, I think it was the M system (super old post). Basically, if I remember correctly it was a modular view-camera [...]

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Putting your images to work!

November 6th, 2008 No Comments

You often hear in the media about “getting your money to work for you”. It occurred to me the other day, that we should be saying the same thing as photobloggers about our photography. Most, if not all, of us take a ton of images in a yearly basis; our latest Featured photographer is currently on a 1200 day streak (over 3 years!).

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Featured Image #13

November 6th, 2008 1 Comment

Image number 13 is here and comes courtesy of Marcel of Aktuelle Kamera.  I am a sucker for repetition in any photograph, and this particular image does not disappoint in that category!
Rule of Thirds
I am not a huge fan of “following the rules”, but you usually can’t miss when you apply the “Rule of Thirds” [...]

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neverhappen.com, featured photographer

November 6th, 2008 1 Comment

I think that Rob’s photoblog neverhappen.com sums up what a photoblog is all about – it’s about dedication to your love of photography – it’s about growing as an artist through your photoblogs, and it’s about perfecting the art of photography (in and outside of camera) by committing yourself to an on-going project.

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