+ All Categories
Home > Technology > Photography for bloggers copy

Photography for bloggers copy

Date post: 19-Aug-2015
Category:
Upload: teresa-boardman
View: 2,823 times
Download: 4 times
Share this document with a friend
Popular Tags:
43
For your bloggers Photography 1
Transcript

For your bloggersPhotography

1

Teresa Boardman• Serial blogger for 7+ years

• Minnesota Realtor licensed broker.

• Celebrating a decade of self employment

• Writer - columnist for Inman News

• I don't have anything to sell

• Photographer my work can be found at stpaulphotos.com

• I have health insurance today and I love to bike.

2

3

Make your story more powerful with images

• Why use images

• How to use images

• Where to find images

• How to easily create your own images

• stealing images

• Friends don't let friends use clip art drawings

4

Why use images?

5

6

7

For SEO

8

9

IMG_1024.jpg

10

11

12

Four ways to get images for your blog

13

Buy them

Getty images

14

Use free images

15

Use free images

16

Use free images

17

Steal them

I found it in Google and did not know I couldn't

use it.

18

Create them

19

Instagram

20

25

Apple photo stream

Drop box or Google

Editing• Crop

• Brighten

• Sharpen

• Resize

• Photoshop elements

• Pixlr

• Programs built into the camera.

• pixlr browser add on Firefox or Chrome

26

Photography Mythology

• Bright sunlight is best for taking pictures.

• The main subject in a picture should be in the center of the picture.

• Landscapes look best if the horizon splits the picture in half.

• Cameras take good pictures or bad pictures.

27

How to learn - practice

28

Carry a camera at all times - make a list

It takes practice so start taking photos

Take a couple of shots. Move around, zoom in, fill the frame.

Picture the picture. What do you want it to look like?

Look at amazing photography every chance you get.

Photography isn't about the camera

• What kind of a camera should I buy?

• What kind of a camera did you use to take that picture?

• Spending money on an expensive camera will not improve your pictures

• Practice will improve your pictures

• Cameras don't take pictures people do.

29

Top cameras on flickr

30

The magic manual• How to turn off the date

stamp.

• Control the flash

• Settings

• How to photograph: people, landscapes, close ups, sports, fireworks, the beach, snow.

31

Settings

32

How to Shoot

• Check the settings

• Hold the camera with both hands.

• Keep it level

• Press the shutter half way

• Squeeze the shutter all the way.

33

One rule - so simple

• There are no rules

• Lighting is everything.

34

Bad light = Bad Photo

35

Great lighting= better photo

36

Bad Camera Good Light

37

Indoor photography• Dial down the flash if possible. If not turn it

off and place camera on flat surface or use tripod.

• Try to find some light in the room, move.

• Look for indoor dark room setting on camera.

• If photo is blurry it is because of low light and camera shake.

38

The Rule of Thirds

39

Photos for blog posts

40

• Do not have to be high quality but they can be.

• They should either be interesting or have something to do with your post.

• A little editing can make all the difference.

• You can get images that will work from your phone.

Learn More

41

No film - keep shooting

Join Flickr - looking at great photos is learning

DPS - digital-photography-school.com A must read.

Scott Kelby books Digital photography 1, 2 & 3.

Helpful how to videos on you tube

Crop

42

Editing options in WordPress

43

Plug-ins I like

• NextGen gallery.

• Smush.it

• Slimbox 2 - simple overlay and float.

• Floatbox 2 - overlay with the ability to customize transitions.

44

NextGEN Gallery

45

Slimbox 2 or floatbox 2

46

Photography For Websites

Just do it!

Teresa Boardman 651-216-4603

[email protected]

stPaulRealEstateBlog.com

stPaulPhotos.com

@tboard 47


Recommended