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Do you need a portfolio?

Short answer: Yes, but not in the way you think. For most photographers, the word “portfolio” evokes images of a physical “portfolio” of images, often in a big black portfolio case, that represents who you are as a photographer. There are still a few situations when such classic portfolios are relevant—for example, if you are [...]

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Introducing Best of Wedding Photography

I noted in my last post that work on Photocrati’s photography blog and photography WordPress themes have been keeping me from posting regularly on DSLRBlog. In addition to Photocrati, I’ve been working on another great project with a great group of wedding photographers. Some of the best and best-known wedding photographers in the world are [...]

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Sony A850 Review

I’ve been very busy on Photocrati over the last few months, which largely explains my infrequent posts here on good old DSLRBlog. Just seven months old, Photocrati is now doing about 150,000 page views per month, which is great to see. I just wanted to let readers here know that Peter Burian (co-author of the [...]

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How to Become a Top Wedding Photographer

In the process of launching Best of Wedding Photography, we’ve had the chance to review thousands of the best wedding photographers in the world. I’ve personally looked at over 3000 wedding photography websites in the last three months, and as part of our invitation process (in the middle of that now), I’ve had the chance [...]

Posted in Developing a Blog, Web Promotion, Traffic, and SEO, Wedding Photography | 16 Comments

Canon T1i Review

Hey folks, just a quick note. Jack Neubart has just published his new, user-friendly Canon T1i Review on Photocrati. Here’s a bit of what he has to say: “Small and compact, a good choice-if you don’t mind some compromises. I’m not really sure that Canon knows exactly what to do with this camera. It seems [...]

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Photography WordPress Themes

UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2011: Photocrati has completely changed their offering since this was written. They completely recoded their themes with more solid code, introduced 15 new designs that come prepackaged with the theme, introduced their own built-in gallery management, and became the first theme to introduce built-in ecommerce functionality. There’s not really anything like it out [...]

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