Photo Blogging 101

I gave a presentation on photo blogging at the NPPA Convergence 09 in Las Vegas in June. I am posting a pdf of that keynote here, along with a list of links and resources that I mentioned in the talk.

An outline of the presentation includes:

A discussion of what a photo blog is or can be.

Questions to ask yourself if you are thinking about a photo blog

CMS – Content Management Systems

Wordpress.com vs. Wordpress.org: Whats the diff?

Installing Wordpress

Finding good themes for photo blogs or photo portfolio sites, both free and premium

How you won’t make money, and how you can make money

Wordpress plugins, themes, SEO

Download the PDF

I refer to the following in the presentation:

Blogs/Sites:

project dateline
Jonathan Palmer
bellcoveclub
Scott Strazzante
heraldleaderphoto
mophojo
ishootiphone
Strobist
Noah Devereaux
Daniel Houghton
Denverpost.com: Captured
Boston.com: Big Picture
msnbc Photo Blog
Steve McCurry
Zach Brake

Other resources and themes:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/29/ultimate-guide-to-using-wordpress-for-a-portfolio/
http://www.wordpress.com
http://www.wordpress.org
http://www.blogger.com
Multimediashooter.com video tutorial on installing Wordpress

Free themes
http://webrevolutionary.com/sharpfolio/
http://redworks.sk/wp-themes/linquist/
http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/monotone
http://demo.wordspop.com/fotofolio/
http://labs.paulicio.us/viewport/

Premium themes
http://frozr.com/photopro/
http://graphpaperpress.com/
http://www.studiopress.com