Blog on Photoblogs

As most of you know by now, one of my main goals has always been to build a print business based on my photoblog (although you’d never know that based on the number of recent updates!).  There’s a great (albeit short) article in this month’s PDN magazine which describes several photographer’s experiences while trying to [...]

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!).

Did I ever mention to everyone just how much I enjoy looking at  how people are finding this site? A big thank you has to be sent out to the kind person who searched for “…start a photoblogging career”, if you happen to come by this article please drop me a note.

It seems to me that I am constantly thinking about methods of monetization for photoblogs and something struck me this afternoon. How about introducing a “subscribers” a.k.a “true fans” section to your existing photoblog? This type of thing has existed for ages in other parts of the web so why doesn’t something similar [...]

Last night, I had received a great email from a reader, and it really got me thinking about blogging and in particular photoblogs.
“…folks who visit my photoblog regularly and comment are generally those whose blogs I previously visited and commented on first.”

Phototrade is yet another way for today’s photographers to monetize their work.

This topic has come up quite a few times in the last little while so I figured that I would post my thoughts, and see what the community thinks about it.
When I first started my own photoblog, I would have said that there was no need for separate websites for your blog and your portfolio [...]

Doing exhibitions is a great way to extend the reach of your photoblog and gain more true fans.