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Marketing Campaigns for Photographers #3 The Facebook Group Tag
Last summer British cellular network Orange launched a very clever social media campaign. This wasn’t done with viral YouTube video and there weren’t any prizes offered to Facebook fans. Most interestingly it only involved a very (very) small amount of the population.
The campaign was titled GlastoTag (Glastonbury being a popular music festival and I’m guessing you know the Tag reference).
Basically a website was built around a large group shot from the festival and people could login with Facebook, zoom into the crowd and after they find themselves……. all they had to do was tag themselves…… simple! Read More→
Michael has been working as a photographer for the last ten years. In that time he has shot over 100,000 peoples’ portraits and worked in four different continents. In 2001 Michael graduated with a degree in photography from Manchester Metropolitan University.
When I first started out I did not shoot my own weddings. I was highly inexperienced and the thought of doing a wedding on my own was just daunting. To be able to move quickly, adjust my camera as necessary and still get the important shots was just too much to concentrate on in the fast paced environment of a wedding. What I did do though was a lot of 2nd shooter jobs. A 2nd shooter is a great tool to have as a wedding photographer. They allow you to take the informal photos that you want to capture that help create beautiful portfolios.
