Photo Blogging

Photo Blogging - pictures speak louder than words by: Amit Gupta
What is a Blog ?
What’s a Photo-Blog & why do it ?
Which blog platform ?
How to go about it ?

What is a Blog ?
A blog is a website where entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.
The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs.
from Wikipedia
Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (artlog), photographs (photoblog), sketchblog, videos (vlog), music (MP3 blog), audio (podcasting) are part of a wider network of social media. Micro-blogging is another type of blogging which consists of blogs with very short posts.

What’s a Photo-Blog and why do it?
A photoblog (a.k.a. photolog) is a form of photo sharing and publishing in the format of a blog, but differentiated by the predominant use of and focus on photographs rather than text. Photoblogging (the action of posting photos to a photoblog) gained momentum in the early 2000s with the advent of the moblog and cameraphones.
from Wikipedia
Examples ?
Sure, here are them…..

Yes, it’s a big deal because its different !!
Ok, its just a display of photos! I do it all the time by uploading & showing photos on Flickr, Picasa Web Albums, Zoomr etc. BIG DEAL??!!
Flickr, Zoomr, Picasa Web Albums, etc. are photo sharing websites where you can create albums & show photos, period!
They are not blogging services & you don’t blog there!!! An aeroplane has wheels but that does not mean you should use it to travel on road!!

But why isn’t Flickr and its likes are blogging services ?
Because Flickr guys say it themselves that they are photo sharing service, not blogging service!
As of December 2007, blog search engine Technorati was tracking more than 112 million blogs. And thats just 1 search engine for blogs. How many are tracking such things on Flickr or Picasa etc.?
Ok.. Ok, so what’s the big deal about it ?
Also ask that from Technorati or Google or other blog search engines!!

There are a lot of update services like Google Blog Search, Technorati, blo.gs etc. which get notified when you post something on your blog and the world gets notified this way.
Do a search for any thing & you will find a number of blogs in the search result on any search engine. The contest is fresh, its updated & hence it gets more attention by search engines.
Benefits ?
You can reach a much wider audience with a Blog.
If you are into selling your photos in any form, then you have a much better chance!

How to go about it ?
And then there are a lot of ways you can do it.
Lets see an example of how you can do it on WordPress.com service.
There are a number of options available in terms of blog platforms.
First you need to signup there (its free) and then create a blog.
After that go to “Designs” tab in the admin section & choose the “Monotone” theme. This is a photoblog theme that WordPress.com guys recently launched.

Which blog platform ?
You can use any blog platform for your photoblog. All you gotta do is display photos!!
One dedicated photoblog software that I know of ?
There are a number of options available in terms of blog platforms.
Introduction of “Monotone” theme on WordPress.com makes it an attractive option for photoblogging.
Pixel Post – www.pixelpost.org
Ultimately its your choice really!!

Questions ? कोई प्रश्न ? ?

Photo Blogging

by Amit Gupta on May 25, 2008

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