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Danones

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Hello guys!

You might have noticed that I'm new in photography.

I started a year ago photographying but only on the last few months I really started to feeling in love with my photography and I think that it is because I found something that I really enjoy - Street Photography

So I started thinking, should I start a Blog? Im not a good writer, I dont have much creativity however, a blog would push me further no? Would make me investigate and research more and the main goal of the blog is mainly share my new discoverys. It would be like a newvbie pathway at the beginning.

What do you guys think ? Give me advices because at this point that's what I most need!
 
What will be the purpose of the blog? Who will read it? What are you hoping to achieve?

I can't see how a blog would push you further...But again what do you mean by being pushed further? What do you want from the images? You can always be active in relevant groups on here, and/or post and share on flickr in street groups and location groups, and/or with your kit list......

Also what I enjoyed was a number of walkabouts with likeminded souls...I had some good times going around London with a few others and it was interesting to see how despite being in the same location photos can be so different...That helped me push myself...

Anyway just my thoughts...
 
Danones said:
Hello guys!

You might have noticed that I'm new in photography.

I started a year ago photographying but only on the last few months I really started to feeling in love with my photography and I think that it is because I found something that I really enjoy - Street Photography

So I started thinking, should I start a Blog? Im not a good writer, I dont have much creativity however, a blog would push me further no? Would make me investigate and research more and the main goal of the blog is mainly share my new discoverys. It would be like a newvbie pathway at the beginning.

What do you guys think ? Give me advices because at this point that's what I most need!
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I'd say go for it. It'll serve as a record of your own journey into photography. It may at times drive you to go out and look for material. You'll engage with others.

I have kept a photography blog going the past three years - The Tight Fisted Photographer. I don't pretend to be an authority, but it's a place to share images (I link from my Flickr),and to think out loud. I can also see how my own journey has gone. I'm still a poor photographer, but I've journeyed through different technologies, in particular, I've rediscovered film photography through car boot sale cameras - and that blog tells that story.
 
The purpose of the blog would be to day-by-day explain and try to put into words my experience with photography and show my progress.

This would be nice for people starting like me since they would be able to identify themselfs with most of the content I would write.

Also this would increase my creativity because of inumerous reason but the main one to me is the fact that It would made me write more often and think a bit more about what I write. I find that this is my weakest point.
My creativity needs to be improved and I think this is a very good way of doing it.

I am a traveller. I have been in inumerous countrys and the only thing I regreat is not having the love for photography I have now, back when I visit so much countrys but I am planning to continue with my travels and to document all of them
 
Why not, what have you got to lose. As long as you have a realistic expectation of its initial audience and do it for the rigfht reasons, having your own corner of the Internet is a lot of fun :).
 
I´m not doing it just because... I really feel I need to do it.

I don't want to become famous or gain reputation online. I just feel I need to share what I do. Doesn't matter if it's in a forum or if I create a Blog.

I think the feedback is so important specially when you start...
 
But, if it's feedback you're after, you're better off posting on a site like here where people will give you feedback...
 
Having a blog is really just a bit like posting to flickr but it's YOUR site instead of a big corporations site - the main thing is YOU make the decisions how your work is displayed. I've never had much interest in flickr style feedback "wow great capture" etc etc and it's one of the things that put me off flickr and a lot of comments are placed purely to drive viewers to the commenter's photostream.
 
Which is oddly the whole point and the main purpose behind the invention of the internet. It is all about the web, the hyper links ;)
 
Yes I totaly agree. You see coments like "great picture" but that doesn't mean anything to me. You want advises critics and help to improve. You don't need likes....


And the Blog would open my photos for that-.


I actually spoke with a friend of mine and we might do that together
 
I was in the same boat about 6 months ago - taking dozens of photos of London, most of them sitting on my D drive for the occasional wheel out to family and friends when I make them sit through them.

So, I decided to blog them (londonthroughthelens.com) - really with the initial idea of "well, if someone looks at them and enjoys them, great" - they are better off where people can look than my D drive.

I've got ideas and plans of where I want to take it - the audience to the blog is starting to build, it takes time, but its getting there. But fundamentally, I'm chuffed that X no. of people a week log on to see my images. So if its goes no further, ive achieved my objective.

I set mine up on Wordpress, bought a template, spent some time customising it - low cost stuff. Hosting, Template etc was all less than about £100 for the year.
I've spent a bit on advertising (google, FB, twitter) to give it a push - but small beer money again. What I can afford to throw away really.

So my advice...go for it - what's the worst that can happen...
 
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