How to Stay Creative

Keeping Creativity Alive

Having worked in the creative industry for over 15 years, sometimes I’m just plain done with coming up with one more creative idea. Yet, over the years, I also know being creative breathes life and energy into me. If I can get beyond that ‘creative block’, I easily lose track of time as the creativity [...]

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SmugMug vs Zenfolio

SmugMug

SmugMug and Zenfolio are the two top options for setting up Photography sites. If you are a photographer, you’ve probably already ran across SmugMug and Zenfolio when exploring available options for setting up photography websites. Both options are very similar. Instead of side-by-side comparisons, this post is a summary of what users are saying about [...]

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Popular Lightbox Plugins for WordPress

Lightbox v2 WordPress Plugin

The Lightbox Effect is a great way to showcase our images. You’ve probably seen it and may not realize it was the Lightbox Effect. Have you visited a gallery page, clicked on an image, and it opens up into it’s own box? That’s the Lightbox Effect. It is easy to use and gives a professional [...]

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Free WordPress Themes for Photographers, Artists, Designers

F8 Static

One of the many things I love about WordPress is the ease in which a gallery or a portfolio can be placed online. There are tons of options available for Portfolio Themes. In this post, we are going to take a look at  FREE themes. All these themes have good documentation available online and make [...]

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Promote Your Work: Behance Network

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If you’ve been in the creative field for any length of time, my guess is you’ve ran across Behance. Behance is a website where you can share your work, where you can connect with other Creatives, and where you can sell you work. Behance also offers products for Creatives. Let’s explore these aspects of Behance [...]

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5 Things To Ask Your Web Designer For a Photography Website

Beau Mitchell Landscape Photography

You’re ready for your photography website. What do you need to know? Here are five questions to ask your web designer. Plus, since WordPress has become a very common option for websites, we’ll look at how WordPress addresses each of these questions. Before we get started, let’s look at a few Photography sites done in [...]

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WordPress Plugin for a Photo Gallery

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I recently needed to add a Photo Gallery on three different websites and a Video Gallery on two of those three websites. After experimenting with several different options, I’ve come up with my favorite PhotoGallery plugin and my favorite Video Gallery plugin. In this post we’ll look at the Photo Gallery option. Photo Gallery Plugin: [...]

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Iaza: Free Online Image Editor

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Iaza rocks! It is an online image editor program. It’s free. It’s easy to use. It’s simple, yet with one click of a button applies amazing techniques.

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Website Options for Photographers

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Are you a photographer wanting to get your photos online? Or do you know someone who takes awesome photos and they need to get their photos online? I talked with a published photographer this week and we discussed website options for photographers. Options that offer online portfolios, ecommerce capabilities, password protected galleries, and provides the [...]

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