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Make Better Photographs

How-tos and inspirational stories that will spark your creativity.
Back To The Beginning - Behind My Eyes

Back To The Beginning – Behind My Eyes

Technology is amazing! Just in the 9 short years I’ve been involved with photography, digital cameras have advanced a great deal. At that time, Canon and Nikon were the big dogs and the 5D Mark II had just come out ...
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In A Different Light - Behind My Eyes

In A Different Light – Behind My Eyes

Over the years of taking landscape photographs, it had grown on me that only the light just before sunrise and just after sunset were worth taking pictures in. Well, that and daylight where the clouds were plentiful enough to knock ...
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New Analog - Behind My Eyes

New Analog – Behind My Eyes

In a previous post, Film Is Not Dead - Behind My Eyes, it was noted that the film industry showed hints of coming alive. This notion has continued as two new crowd funding sites have been created to start production ...
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Grow Your Business

Sales and marketing tips to help you find more customers and get more bookings.
How to Use Facebook Ads to Build a Mailing List for Your Photography Business

How to Use Facebook Ads to Build a Mailing List for Your Photography Business

Using Facebook Ads is a great way to sell your fine art and photography services, and if you set them up correctly, you can ensure that you will pay less for each click than you earn from each visitor on ...
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5 Reasons Why You Should Post Pricing on Your Photography Website

5 Reasons Why You Should Post Pricing on Your Photography Website

I read a post on OffbeatBride.com that was the inspiration for this article. The post was titled “An open letter to wedding photographers regarding their websites”. It’s kind of a blunt article about the design and content of photographers’ websites ...
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How To Grow Your Photography Business with Facebook Ads

How To Grow Your Photography Business with Facebook Ads

Social media is one of the biggest tools that photographers have to promote their brands. It's a direct, targeted, and personal means to connect with an audience. It lets you do this in a way that is persuasive and purposeful, ...
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News and Reviews

The latest photo industry news and product reviews.
Win Over $2,500 of Photo & Tech Gear!

Win Over $2,500 of Photo & Tech Gear!

If you didn't already know, I co-host The Digital Photography Cafe Show with Joseph Cristina, from J.Cristina Photography Tools, and we're excited to announce a new giveaway. We've teamed up with some great companies to give away a huge Photo ...
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PPA Establishes Disaster Relief Fund for Members Affected by Recent Natural Disasters

PPA Establishes Disaster Relief Fund for Members Affected by Recent Natural Disasters

ATLANTA, GA (PRWEB) SEPTEMBER 21, 2017 As the affected areas struggle to cope with the devastation and loss caused by hurricanes Harvey and Irma, and in anticipation of upcoming potentially threatening storms, Professional Photographers of America (PPA) has taken steps ...
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FILM REVIEW: AGFA Vista Plus 200 - Behind My Eyes

FILM REVIEW: AGFA Vista Plus 200 – Behind My Eyes

When it comes to film, I tend to lean towards two things: people and black and white - there’s no duplicating portraits taken with classic black and white film. With that said, I will still, on occasion, slap some color ...
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Inside WordPress

The news and information you need to run a successful WordPress powered photography website.
What is WordPress Multisite?

What is WordPress Multisite?

To understand WordPress Multisite, you first need to know what the WordPress CMS (Content Management System) is. If you haven't already, please give our What is WordPress? article a read and then come back to this one. Multisite is a ...
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Google Kills Autoplay Videos, How will this Impact Your Photography Website?

Google Kills Autoplay Videos, How will this Impact Your Photography Website?

Starting in Chrome 64, autoplay of media files on your photography website will be turned off... in some cases. Google has been working hard to make web browsing better and safer for users. One way they can accomplish this is ...
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Your WordPress 3.7 Site May Be Automatically Upgraded to 3.8

Your WordPress 3.7 Site May Be Automatically Upgraded to 3.8

Is your website running WordPress 3.7? If so, you may soon be automatically upgraded to version 3.8. Better make sure your Theme and Plugins are compatible! In a discussion this week, WordPress developer Aaron Jorbin asked if it was time ...
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