In my opinion this can be one of the toughest, and most important decisions that any new photoblogger is going to have to make. Once you’ve made your decision switching to a new platform can be difficult (trust me, I have done it), and is something that I wouldn’t advise anyone to do.
As far as I am concerned regardless of any type of blog you’re trying to create you have one of two choices.
I know that there are tons of other packages available, but in my opinion the two packages mentioned above are the most flexible and easiest to use.
Deciding on which one to use for your blog depends on what your ultimate goal is. The way I see it there are two targets for your photoblog,
- Other photographers,
- Potential customers
Other Photographers
Even though other photographers still enjoy viewing your work, their main reason for visiting your photoblog is to learn a new technique and gain some inspiration for their own body of work. So lots of information about how you produced the image (i.e. in-camera, and post-processing) is important. Therefore, if I was building a photoblog for other photographers my 1st choice would have to be Wordpress. I just find that Wordpress really excels at managing articles, and with the SEO plugins that are available for it, you can rank quickly!
Potential Clients
If you’re building a blog in order to sell your work, then my pick would be on Pixelpost. I run my blog Behind the Lens on Pixelpost, and it’s easy to learn and extremely flexible. Potential customers are more interested in looking at your work so you don’t really need all the functionality that comes with WP. Basically, go for bigger images and less words!
More to come on using your blog as an income stream coming soon!
So there you have it, my quick overview of which packages I like, and the logic I used when decided which package to use where.
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