Beginner’s Guide To Portrait Photography
May 9th, 2012
When I first started doing portrait photography, I wished there was a straight forward guide that explained to me what I needed to do to take awesome portraits. Every book that I read seemed like it contradicted the previous book. One Author would say, you should do things this way and another one would say you should it that way. Since I didn’t know much about portrait photography at the time; they all seemed right. However, if everyone was right, then who should I have really listened to?
I decided to find a way that worked best for me. I had a lot of trial and errors and made a number of mistakes. If there is a thing that you are thinking of trying, chances are I may have already done it. I feel the best way to learn something and actually remember it, is to make a lot of mistakes!!!
For this guide, I am going to assume that you are a beginner and can’t wait to get started. I hope that after you are done reading this guide, you will be able to take great portraits and hopefully get a paying gig.
Top 3 Reasons Why You Should Have A Subscriber List
April 22nd, 2012
When I first started building a list for my photography niche, main reason for me doing that was just to send out helpful photography tips to people who might be interested in receiving them. I had only 300 people who subscribed to my list. Once a week, I would send out an email to them. All of the people loved the tips and I would get emails from my subscribers asking if I could send them the tips twice a week instead of once.
One time, I asked my subscribers what are some of the things that they are having a hard time with. They told me things like – f-stop, shutter speed, exposure and so on. So, I decided to write an e-book about those things. Then I sent them a link where they could buy the e-book from and I asked them to share the link with people who might be interested in the e-book. To my surprise, that one link got $2,000.
Top 6 Reasons Why You Should Start Blogging Today
April 20th, 2012
Blogging is becoming more and more popular everyday. It’s probably one of the easiest and fastest ways that I know of how you can get your name out there! Here are my 6 reasons why you should start blogging today.
1. Express Yourself
You have something to say about a topic or topics then blogging could be a tool you can use to express yourself. To let the world how you feel about certain topic(s).
Top 8 Ways To Increase Your Website Ranking
April 15th, 2012
1. Use Meta Description Tags
Every web page has “Meta Tags” which you can use to tell search engines what your website page is about. These meta tags are divided into 3 sections:
Title Meta Tag
This is most important meta tag on your page. You can think of title tag as being book names. They are short and simple. They give you an idea of what the book is about. You should consider having different title meta tag for all of your web pages. Try to keep your title meta tag under “60″ characters long because anything after that search engines will ignore.
Description Meta Tag
This is like a table of content of your book. Here you can tell your visitor what your web page is all about. Try keep your description meta tag under “160″ characters long because anything after that search engines will ignore.
Top 8 Things To Consider Before Getting A Website
April 14th, 2012
1. What is the primary goal of your website?
Do you want to provide information about your products or services? Or do you want to sell your products or services online? Or do you want to use your website to drive your visitors to your store?
2. Who is your target audience/market?
You need to know who you are talking to other wise how would you know if you’re saying the right things so people can buy your stuff. I think you should have a clear picture of who your target audience/market is. How old are they? Are they male or female? What part of the country do they live in? How tech-savvy are they? Do you know what operating system or browser they tend to use?
You can try a technique that I call “Avatar Method”. You create an “Avatar” that represents your ideal client. Give him or her a name, an age, a backstory – the more detail you can add in, the better.
For example, here is avatar of Jane: