What does your blog need (and what can it live without?)
Essential blog design This is part 3 of my ‘How I Set Up My New Food Blog’ series. In the first 2 parts I described how I chose what I would blog about, and why I picked SquareSpace over WordPress to...
View ArticleA remarkable 2015 – are you in?
Planning for a remarkable 2015 What will you do in 2015 that is remarkable? Do you want to learn how to capture it with your own photographic style? Join #remarkable2015 and take a creative and...
View ArticleBlogging predictions 2015
Blog trends for 2015 Mobile Your blog has to be responsive. If it’s not, you’ve almost missed the boat. 2014 was the year more people started reading blogs on their phones – they won’t stay and read...
View ArticleHow to make your blog stand out
Do the same as everyone else. Have an inoffensive design, a bland social media presence and content that can be found on 100 other blogs. Would be how not to make your blog stand out. Doing the...
View ArticleHow to use photography to get more followers at blog conferences
Just 2 years ago at blog conferences, you would hand out your blogger cards and stay in touch with people you met using email. Not any more. Networking* at blog conferences in 2015 means 1 thing:...
View Article7 photography habits of super-organised bloggers
Shoot with options in mind Take 3 or 4 photos of the same thing so you can have a square crop for Instagram, a long thin shot for Pinterest, a landscape aspect for your featured image and maybe...
View ArticleThe future of blogging 2015
Gambling my life savings on the future of digital In the year 2000 I took my life savings to a tiny camera shop under the arches at London Bridge station and bought the first digital SLR that Canon...
View ArticleFood photography for bloggers
Beginner’s food photography I recently went on Aspire Photography Training’s Fine Art Food Photography workshop. I teach photography online, and think it is the perfect low-cost, convenient way to...
View ArticleWhy bloggers should be on Pinterest (and not just for more traffic)
10 reasons to be on Pinterest that don’t involve traffic: 1. Keep track of links you want to read 2. Build your brand 3. Get ideas for photo shoots 4. Keep your recipes in one place 5. Find tutorials...
View ArticleHow to make a collage in Lightroom
Making customised photo collages in Lightroom is incredibly straightforward, once you know where to start. 1. Navigate to the Print panel 2. Set your collage size Under the ‘Page Setup…’ menu...
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