Category Archives: Photography Websites and Online Promotion

Review of Photobiz Website Templates

By DSLRBlog Editors | Published November 26, 2009

Second article in a series on finding the best photography website templates for photographers. This series reviews the major template providers and gives photographers a more systematic basis for comparing and choosing. See also:
The Best Photography Website Templates: Introducing a New Series

***UPDATE: Below I say that I ultimately chose Photobiz as my solution. [...]

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Do you need a portfolio?

By DSLRBlog Editors | Published October 29, 2009

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 applying [...]

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How to Become a Top Wedding Photographer

By DSLRBlog Editors | Published September 9, 2009

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 [...]

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Review of Printroom.com Web Templates and Online Storefronts

By DSLRBlog Editors | Published April 27, 2009

This is the third article in a series on the best photography website templates. Also see:
The Best Photography Website Templates: Introducing a New Series
Review of Photobiz Website Templates
Also, Photocrati has just released an outstanding set of WordPress themes for photographers. Unlike Photobiz, Printroom, and most other solutions, these templates combine gallery management and blogging in [...]

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Using Google Adwords to promote your photography business and find clients

By DSLRBlog Editors | Published April 15, 2009

This article is about one of the most effective and precise ways to promote your business and find clients. Google Adwords makes advertising easier, faster, and more cost effective than ever before. If you want to, in a couple of hours, you can send a veritable flood of traffic to your site. And if you [...]

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How to write your own photography blog

By DSLRBlog Editors | Published April 3, 2009

I’ve noted elsewhere here that having a website is no longer optional for photographers. Clients will expect you to have one. Indeed, many potential clients will never even find you if you don’t have one. At minimum, you need a site that presents an impressive portfolio of your work, and provides a bio and contact [...]

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The Best Photography Website Templates: Introducing a New Series

By DSLRBlog Editors | Published March 20, 2009

What are the best web templates for professional photographers? This series gives photographers a more systematic basis for comparing and choosing.

Note: Photocrati has just released an outstanding set of WordPress-based photography website templates. Unlike most solutions I’ve looked at in this series, they combine both gallery management and blogging in one package. I may be [...]

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SLR Photography Domain Names for Sale

By DSLRBlog Editors | Published March 6, 2009

Thinking about starting you own photography blog?
In the process of starting SLR Geek, I collected a long list of SLR and PHOTOGRAPHY domain names. Despite the fact that some of them are competitive with SLR Geek and here with DSLRBlog, I don’t want to sit or squat on them, so I’ve put them up for [...]

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Flickr Introduces Stats

By Chris Garrett | Published December 14, 2007

If you have ever wanted to know more info about your Flickr traffic, who looks at what, and where your views come from, the Flickr has the feature for you!
We’ve designed stats on Flickr to give you all sorts of insight into how people arrive at your photos.
The stats are updated daily and include referrers [...]

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