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Learn how to be more creative and challenge your photography skills with your own Project365

by admin on December 20, 2009

Lately I’ve been looking a lot of photographs on flickr, and doing this I found out an interesting project that’s been going on. Its called 365 Days or Project365 and what it is is that you take one picture a day for a whole year. Each day you upload your picture to  flickr and share it with others. Why would you do this? well its a way to let you get use to photography as a every day thing, as well as it helps you challenge your creativity and your photography teachnincal skills. After a few days you have to start thining out of the box and create new things, challenge yourself to become better and experiment new things.  It’s a project you do for you, not for anyone else, there is no price, no competition but a fun learning experience.

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How to promote your photographs with a blog

by admin on October 15, 2009

Every photographer needs a blog to promote their photography business, interact with clients, get more clients and build a reputation. Learn how…

A few years back  every photographer was encouraged to have a website and showcase their work to get more clients, but as time passed we learned that technology advances and marketing practices have changed. As a result, every photographer should have a website, but more important than that, every photographer should have a blog. Why? well let me start by giving you guys a little online marketing lesson.

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Finding your inspiration

September 23, 2009 Photography

Inspiration is the essential spark in a chain reaction.It sparks off strong self-motivation and leads on to action towards valued goals. From the office to the Olympics – inspiration means we achieve more. Achievement itself can fuel further inspiration which leads to continued motivation and action so that a virtuous circle is created.

Without inspiration, there is no catalyst so motivation is shaky, energy is low and action is hard. When we’re not inspired, things can be a struggle.

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If you don’t promote yourself, who will?

September 16, 2009 Photography

Well, I have to tell you about this new site I found thanks to my friends at See-then-create-photography. A few months ago, they discover some wedding photographs I did for my friend (which you can see a sample below. You can check out the rest on my photo section Wedding Photography )

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Traffic Tip: Choosing a Website Domain Name

August 24, 2009 SEO

One of the most important things to choose wisely is your website
domain name. You will use it on all your print material, such as
business cards, fliers, direct mail, etc… But what is the best way to
choose it? what should you consider? well here are a few tips you
remember when choosing your website domain.

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7 ways to create content that will increase your website traffic

August 14, 2009 SEO

Creating content
We hear it all the time, you must create content “content is king”, to increase website traffic you need content, content, content, content, but at the same time they tell us that pages full of content will drive people away. So what’s the magic formula? Where do you create tons of content and at the same time keep your website friendly for visitors.Well, here are a few ideas that can help you.

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Introducing our SEO Mini Series Video Tutorials

July 2, 2009 SEO

So I’m trying to expand my blog and create some SEO video tutorials ….After a lot of planning and thinking I have decided to create a miniseries to teach you SEO for free. This will give you a shortexplanation of what to do on a day to day basis. You will learn what todo and how to do it with our simple step by step instructions.

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How to disconnect the link between Twitter and Facebook

June 22, 2009 Twitter

To disconnect Twitter and Facebook follow these easy steps.


1. Log into your Facebook account.

2. On the search (upper right hand of page) bar type “twitter“

3. You should find the twitter application.

4. Click on ‘view appl ication’ and open it.5. Hover your mouse over the ‘settings‘ menu (located on the right side of the blue bar that running across the top of your facebook page)



6. Click on “Application settings”

7. Select “Added to profile” from the  drop down menu (located on the top the right hand corner)
8. Next to the Twitter Application, click on edit settings and uncheck the box.

you can either uncheck the box and come back later when you want to link them again or you can delete the application all together.


 
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Art Walk Miami

June 17, 2009 Other

Well this past Saturday (June 13, 2009)  I headed to downtown Miami with my friend Angela to Art Walk Miami. She mentioned it was a good place to go and look at different galleries and a good plan to do for FREE!. Some of the galleries  served wine and cheese while you look at their art. Hey, with paintings going for $5,000 or more, they’d better give me some wine! At the galleries most art pieces are for sale but who has a minimum of $1,600 to get an original piece? 

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What type of wedding dress style is best for your figure?

June 10, 2009 Wedding

We all have different body shapes and with all the different choices of wedding dresses available which one will fit you best? well, before you head to the wedding boutique to try them all, listen to this few tips and see which wedding  style fits you best for your type of body. Learn what style of wedding dress will be best for the type of wedding you will have.

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How to update your Twitter timeline by text message?

May 31, 2009 Twitter

If you don’t have a blackberry or iphone and can’t use the twitter apps you can still update your twitter status using your phone. Please be aware that standard text message charges apply to your phone depending on what kind of carrier plan you have.

Set up your Twitter account on your phone

  1. Log into your twitter account. On the top right corner click on the settings tab.
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Top 10 Social Media Mistakes People Will Make in Social Media in 2009

April 25, 2009 SEO

Doug Firebaugh is a Social Media strategists,
MLM, Network Marketing Home Business Trainers, Speakers and Authors in
the world. Here is a very intersting article he wrote for articlebase.com (where you can ge free articles for your blog) I thought I share the knowledge he is giving with all of you. He has a Free
training letter -which includes 3 Free gifts just for subscribing at http://www.passionfire.com so if you want to learn more about his techniques the you can subscribe to his newsletter.

1) Lack of Consistent Visibility.

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How Bank of America helped me by using twitter

April 15, 2009 Twitter

No matter how big or small your business is, you must get up to speed with technology and marketing trends and get on the boat! Social Media is not about one more method of advertising, it goes beyond that! It ís brand awareness , creating it and protecting it. Making sure that your clients stay happy.Spreading your good service by word of mouth is very powerful.

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What are title tags and why do I need them

April 9, 2009 SEO

The  Title tag is the title of your page. It is the combination of
words on your browser next to the close and the minimize icons. It is a
short description of what your website is about. It is mostly created
for the search engines to have an idea of the content of that page,
although the first few words are readable by humans.

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South Florida Wedding Photographers , Videographers & Art

April 4, 2009 Wedding

If you’re looking for a fabulous wedding photographer, there are many different people out there that you can find to work with. There are so many things to think about when it comes to your wedding, that I wanted to make it a little easier for you. That’s why I took the time to check out some photographers, and I’ve found a few websites online that I want to recommend to you.

LifeFocus Photography http://www.lifefocusphoto.com

Central Florida Photography
Follow them on twitter @ 

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Website traffic tip #7 — Commenting on related blogs and forums

April 2, 2009 SEO

Another great way to bring some free traffic to your blog or website is
by participating in the online community. How do you do that? well, let
me explain. The concept behind its is to find blogs and comment on
those posts.

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Cool Photoshop Effects Tutorial

March 25, 2009 Graphic Design

Browsing the net today I found a really cool photoshop tutorial. I always wondered how they did this type of effects in photoshop. After watching this tutorial I can’t wait to try it out. They take a regular red apple and combine it with an open animal mouth, the result? it looks like the mouth is coming out of the apple, very very cool! a must see tutorial… and you know what? I was very surprise how easy it looked. (let’s see how it goes when I actually try to do it)

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Build Website Traffic -Step by Step FREE eBook

March 23, 2009 SEO

I’m tired of searching and reading thousands of posts and learn how to build traffic or optimize my website. So I found this ebook and let me tell you, it has been the best money I’ve spent, why? cuz it cost ZERO DOLLARS! . you know why? because after downloading it 6 months ago, I still go back to it and follow their step by step guide on how to achieve the goal.

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50 fonts to use for Bold Headlines

March 19, 2009 Graphic Design

Another good resource I found from www.designm.ag is this post about 50 bold fonts to use for healines. As we know the headline is very important when designing a poster. It is the draw attention – first thing they see. A bad font in the headline can cause a reader to not continue to read the poster and move on to the next thing. 

Font selection for headlines on websites can be critical to achieving the right look and drawing the proper attention with the headlines. Here is a look at more than 50 fonts that will give you some options for creating strong headlines that communicate a message. Some of these fonts you probably already have, some of them can be downloaded for free, and others can be purchased. Each font is linked to a page where it can be downloaded or purchased.

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5 minute lesson — learn how to put your business online

March 6, 2009 SEO

I stumble upon this video on you tube and thought it was perfect for all of you who want to get your business online. Its just a short and will let you know everything that you need to get started to put your business out there in the www!

(Traffic tip #1) Keyword Placement can make or break your website Traffic

(Traffic tips # 2–5) Good and Bad Things that can Affect Your Website Traffic

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Shading and Lighting Characters in Illustrator for Beginners

March 3, 2009 Graphic Design

If  you have worked with illustrator before or seen character created in illustrator you can see that shading and lighting are the key things to bring your character to life. Basic shadows and light effects can transform your character from boring flat to professional 2D.

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Hot Colour Trends for 2009 Weddings

March 3, 2009 Wedding

Our homes generally set the trend for forthcoming
wedding colour schemes along with the seasonal catwalk trends in
current fashion styles.

And so the question on every bride & wedding planner’s lips is, ‘What will be the hot wedding colour trends for 2009?’

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Good and Bad Things that can Affect Your Website Traffic (Traffic tips # 2–5)

February 26, 2009 SEO

There are a few ways you can increase traffic to your site and it doesn’t involve paying Google or Yahoo for PPC (Pay Per Click). This methods are free. When creating a website you have to make sure the structure of your website is set up correctly so the search engine robots can find all the information they need when crawling your site.

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What are tinyURLs?

February 23, 2009 SEO
TinyURLs are the new way of sending links when you are using twitter. If you use Twitter you know that you only have 140 characters long to write. So what happens when you have a long link  you want to share with your followers? well, tiny urls makes it easy for anyone to share this long web urls. TinyURLs will converts a long URL into a smaller one.

How it works

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How to start using Twitter

February 21, 2009 SEO

As I meet more and more people who want to get into this twitter world
they often ask me the same question. Where do I
begin? So for all of you who want to be involved but have not idea where to
start, this is for you. For all of you who don’t know what twitter is
then this is a good place to start.

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3 tools every twitter user should know

February 19, 2009 Twitter

For starting, make sure you set up a Twitter account. Make sure that your profile has your picture, a short
biography of yours with an attached link to your website. Start finding people with similar interest, people that relate to you and your business. Spamming while promoting
your business through updates on Twitter strictly needs to be avoided,
as people do not like spamming.

1. Tweetlater

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What are Hashtags?

February 15, 2009 Twitter

Have you even notice a pound sign “#” in front of a keyword when you read tweets from other people? well, this are called hashtags. Hashtags were created by Chris Mesina in the means to creat groups on twitter. Hashtags allow you to tag certain keywords within your twitter updates and then be able o track them in the public timeline. They’re like tags on Flickr, only added inline to your post.Tagging helps to organize and share our online information with others.

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Stylize Your Images to Create Unique Logos

February 13, 2009 Graphic Design

I learned this technique last week and I thought its a really good way to create unique modern icons, so I decided to come here and share it with you.

Staylization is a representaiton of an image as an icon. An stylized art piece tends to have a set of rules, a
very particular style, in its representation of an image, almost like a
code for the ‘reality’ of the image,

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Twitter for Marketing Tips

February 13, 2009 Social Media

Twitter is a relatively new web 2.0 site that is starting to gain a lot of
popularity. That means that a lot of people have heard of it but it is


also quite common to run into people who haven’t heard of it.. yet.
Twitter.com is this social site that encourages users to post often
about what they are currently doing.

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4 Powerful Twitter Marketing Secrets

February 13, 2009 Twitter

Twitter is that quirky website where it asks “what are you doing now?”,
and then gives you 140 characters to respond. It takes only a few
seconds to register, and another few seconds to post your latest
activities.

Lately, marketers have been discovering how powerful Twitter is for marketing 
things online. People like Mike Filsaime and Seth Godin are
‘twittering’ now, and building a following of people who get every
update they ever post.

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Keyword Placement can make or break your website Traffic (Traffic tip #1)

February 12, 2009 SEO

As we know search engines look at the content of the site and the keywords to find out what a page is about. When creating a website you always have to think how to optimize it. There are 3 very important places you must put this keywords.  The title tag, the meta tags and the 1st paragraph. But lets look one item and a time.

1) TITLE TAG

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A new way to photograph Maternity Moms

February 8, 2009 Photography

Today I want to talk about Natalie Norton; she is one of my favorite photographers. She wrote an article with 7 tips to take maternity photographs. You can read the complete article here at my favorite photography website, http://digital-photography-school.com/tummy-time-7-tips-for-taking-great-maternity-shots

Natalie focuses on encouraging new photographers as myself to think outside the box. Don’t be afraid to take different pictures specially when you are photographing something as beautiful as a pregnancy. Going outsde to the beach, taking pictures at the comfort of their home.

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#1 Rule when designing a logo

February 3, 2009 Graphic Design

okay… so  I entered the 99designs contest for a logo. The company is called “Moobaa” they design some kind of souveneer items. They were looking for a logo to fit their brand. It needed to be hip, modern, fresh and with a speech bubble on the design. I was so excited I wanted to register right away. I closed the page and started to work on the design right away. after brainstorming for a few minutes, I started creating options, at the end, this is one of the ones I came up with.

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Photo Slideshow on DVD

February 3, 2009 Wedding

Valentines is getting close, do you know what to give  your
loved one yet? is it another store bought gift? gentlemen, let me tell
you something: us ladies LOVE gifts that come from the heart. Well, you
might not know where to start, so I’m going to help you.

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How to Add Reflection To Sunglasses Using Photoshop

January 10, 2010 Photography

As I continue with my Project365 and I learn different photo techniques and Photoshop things to do to the photos I will share them with you. Today, I took a simple photo I took with my point and shoot Canon and created an interesting photo as you can see here on the left.

Adding the reflection of clouds to sunglasses is actually a very simple and easy project to do.

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