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The 6 Best Social Platforms for Photographers

Lisa Michele Burns — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 00:19:13 +0000

Social Media for Photographers – Improve your Social Media Photography With the world relying on social media now more than ever, there are so many opportunities for photographers to have their work seen. Originally this article listed only the 6 best social media platforms however I’ve been updating and shuffling them around regularly so now it’s grown to 8 social media platforms for photographers. Marketing your own work has become a crucial element to success and ensuring your creative work is visible within the online community is one of the best ways to gain attention. Rather than posting every photo you’ve ever taken, putting together a collection of your best work and sharing it with the world online is a modern way of curating your own gallery and hosting an exhibition of sorts. Only it’s free and everyone can attend. Hooray! Social media photography has opened the door to a world of opportunity and for photographers, the visual realm of the online world is ideal for showcasing your images and you have complete control over what you publish. The obvious starting points of Facebook and Instagram are one thing but you’ll also find a handful of apps and sites that...

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The Power of Instagram – How It’s Changing The Way We Create + Travel

Lisa Michele Burns — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 03:25:16 +0000

A few thoughts and observations on the impact of social media for photographers… Designed as a tool to share visual art, Instagram is used by over 500 million people each day. From those users, up to 95 million photos are uploaded each day, 4.2 billion likes are generated and behind the screens, I’m sure millions of people are staring, wishing they were inside the photos they’re looking at rather than their current location. It’s this last part that I want to write about, the FOMO element, the way Instagram is tapping into our creative thoughts and twisting them a little. Morphing them into what we believe we should be photographing, where we NEED to travel and blending our talents into styles that we think are going to make us popular. Now, I don’t want this to be a rant. There’s always one very simple solution to the problem, don’t open the Instagram app. I actually get pretty fed up with Instagram ranters hating on the app or complaining that people are scamming the system because at the end of the day, you have the power to turn it off and move on with your life. There are plenty of traditional...

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The 6 Best Apps for Travel Photographers

Lisa Michele Burns — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 09:37:44 +0000

Photo Editing Apps + Handy Apps for Travel Photographers Planning a photoshoot, capturing the shot and publishing the results are all components of photography. Having the ability to research, photograph and then share your work all with snappy little apps on your phone is pretty darn amazing if you ask me. I’m not a huge app geek who uses an app for every single thing but…once you’ve discovered which apps work to help you achieve the results you’re after, it’s game changing. Whether you need to calculate the best settings, check if the northern lights are dancing, schedule and publish your images, there’s an app for it. Heck, there’s an app for anything and everything now but the trick is narrowing it down to those of value that will help you and your photography. So, without further ado below you’ll find a list of what I consider to be the best apps for travel photographers, if you have any other suggestions, please feel free to list them in the comments below! Also, because photography is all about showcasing your work, if you use any of the apps mentioned below including Steller, Spot, Instagram or ImageBrief, feel free to leave a...

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