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Getting Over the Blogger’s 6 Month Itch
A Guest Post by Annabel Candy – Get In the Hot Spot In marriage they talk about a seven year itch. It’s the time when people get restless and think about giving up on their relationship. For b…
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An Important Question to Ask Before Hitting Publish on Your Next Post
Here’s a question I’ve learned to ask on a daily basis at the completion of every post I write: “Would this post work better if I split it into two (or more) posts?” While the…
- November 9th, 2009
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ProBlogger.com Price Rise Coming in 1 Week – Lock in the Intro Price Today
A number of people have been asking how ProBlogger.com (the new community section of ProBlogger) has been going since we launched a month ago – so today I thought I’d give a bit of an upda…
- November 8th, 2009
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ProBlogger has posted a new entry on: Digital Photography School
Digital Photographer’s New Guide to Photoshop Plug-Ins
All too often photographers engage with Photoshop and come away over-awed, frustrated and disappointed. The blame, if there is any, can be laid at the feet of the application’s complexity. One way o…
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Master Repeating Patterns in Photoshop
In a recent post I showed you how to create a kaleidoscope using Photoshop. As one of the techniques for using a kaleidoscope, I suggested you could create a repeating pattern from it. One reader pose…
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Do you Write Outlines for Your Blog Posts?
Do you plan your posts or do you just write them free flow as they come? This is a question that one of our members at ProBlogger.com (Mark Dykeman) started off a conversation with in the last week. M…
- November 7th, 2009
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Adventures in Photo Gift-Giving
In this post Matt Bambert shares some ideas on usig your photos as gifts – his post is based upon his book 101 Quick and Easy Secrets for Using Your Photographs. If you’ve got thousands of…
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Blogging is Rocket Science
Today’s post is by Kevin Sanders of Strong and Fit. Do you ever have those moments when seemingly random, unrelated thoughts kind of merge together in your mind? This happened to me a couple of…
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This Week in the Digital Photography School Forums (1-7 Nov ‘09)
Weekly Assignment We wanted people to look at the less looked at things around them with our assignment on Architectural Detail. We got to see some very interesting parts of buildings that we wouldn&#…
- November 6th, 2009
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Zoo Photography
Photo michah I recently took a trip to my cities zoo to do a test on a camera that I was reviewing and thought I’d share a few tips that I put into practice along the way. Zoos are great locatio…
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PETS: Weekend Photography Challenge
Image by Buntekuh As a follow up to our Dogs Image Collection earlier in the week I thought it might be fun to run a weekend photography challenge that revolves around our pets. This might exclude a f…
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Six Ways To Make More Money As An Affiliate
By Johnny B. Truant I’m going to go out on a limb and say that affiliate marketing is the easiest way to make money online. You don’t have to create a product or develop a service, you don…
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The Paint By Numbers Guide To Artful Blogging
A Guest Post by Greg Hayes from Live Fit Blog. Do you subscribe to the idea that blogging is an art form? I do. Britannica Online defines art as “The use of skill and imagination in the creation of…
- November 5th, 2009
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Do You Print Your Digital Images? POLL
Time for another poll – do you print your digital images? If so, approximately how many of them? Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this pos…
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How to Create Your Own Textures
Here at DPS, we’ve already covered how to use textures in your photos to give them a completely different look and feel, but now it’s time to get inspired and create your own textures R…
- November 4th, 2009
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The Type of Photography Our Readers Do…. [POLL RESULTS]
Last month we asked DPS readers about the types of photography that they do. We chose 9 categories based upon a previous survey (we could have added a lot more but had to draw the line somewhere) and…
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How to Prepare for an African Photo Safari
For many, going to Africa is a once in a lifetime occurrence—a chance to see wild animals in their natural habitat, to experience new cultures and unique environments—and your opportunity to captu…
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14 Types of Stories You Can Tell On Your Blog
Yesterday we explored WHY stories can be such a powerful communication tool on your blog. Today we’ll look at 14 types of stories that you might like to try on your blog. 14 Types of stories can…
- November 3rd, 2009
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Wedding Photography: Be Imaginative
The world of wedding photography is becoming more and more competitive as time goes on. New techniques are discovered. New shots are developed. The envelope continues to be pushed. As a result, itR…
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Why Stories are an Effective Communication Tool for Your Blog
As I write this it is the first Tuesday morning of a new month and I’m sitting in a local coffee shop going through my ‘start of the month routine‘. It involves a large lattè (ever…
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How to Find and Use Scripts in Gimp
When I first started using Gimp to edit my photos (because I couldn’t afford Photoshop), I remember getting jealous when Photoshop users would talk about the Actions they used to edit their phot…
- November 2nd, 2009
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Canon Powershot D10 – Review
It was a touch too cold to dunk this camera — and its operator! — in the surf, so I resorted to a dip in the pool. And, to my surprise, I found that not only did the camera perform successfully bu…
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25 Inspirational Dog Portrait Photographs
Dogs Dogs Dogs. Earlier today a friend asked me for some ideas on how to photograph her Dog. I did point her to our How to Photograph Pets tutorial but also thought it might be useful to pull togeth…
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Thesis Theme for WordPress Upgrades to Version 1.6
One of my favorite WordPress themes – Thesis – has in the last week released an update with some pretty cool features. My strategy with blog design is like this. I generally aim towards a…
- November 1st, 2009
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A Beginner’s Guide to Flickr
Flickr changed my life. True story. I am a relatively new Flickr convert and a full fledged Flickr evangelist and my number one message to the masses: Flickr isn’t a dumping ground for ‘pi…
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How I Shot It – Kazumura Cave
I’m good at messing up stuff. I’ll admit it. Take for instance the photo above. It is the final shot I took of many while in the Kazumura Cave on the Big Island of Hawaii. And it…
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PR People Getting Pushier with Bloggers Since the Recession
A guest post by Krizia from Eat Smart Age Smart I’ve been blogging since June 2007 when I launched my beauty site . In April 2009, I launched a healthy eating site with the encouragement of my Inter…
- October 31st, 2009
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A 90 Year Old Example of Forced Perspective Photography
A few months back we published a collection of Forced Perspective images which was very popular with readers. Forced perspective is defined as ‘a technique that employs optical illusion to make…
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This Week in the Digital Photography School Forums (25-31 Oct ‘09)
Weekly Assignment Ghosts, goblins and things that go bump in the night were a common theme in our Scary or Spooky assignment. There were definitely some scary and spooky entries this week but we had a…
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How to Write a Blog Post That’s Stickier than Velcro
A Guest Post by Marelisa Fábrega. Image by drmama. Do you have a really good idea which you want to go viral? Is there a behavior you’re trying to modify in your blog readers, such as encouraging…
- October 30th, 2009
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ProBlogger has posted a new entry on: Digital Photography School
How to Create Kaleidoscope Patterns from Your Photos
If you are like me you had a kaleidoscope as a kid. You would look through one end and turn a dial and the world would be displayed as a mirrored fractured shape. Thanks to Photoshop you can create k…
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White Background Colourful Kids – Ideas for High Key Studio Photography
The white-room studio look has become really popular lately, especially for children. I love it for so many reasons: Kids are unpredictable, especially when you don’t know them. Removing the el…
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How I Use Email Newsletters to Drive Traffic and Make Money
Yesterday I shared 6 reasons that I find email newsletters to be a more effective way of driving traffic to and making money from blogs than RSS. Today I want to show you exactly how I do it. Firstly…
- October 29th, 2009
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70,000 Members!
Every now and again I have to stop and pinch myself as I think about where this site has come from since we began in April 2006. I usually do it on milestone days when we hit some new mark in terms of…
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If You Could Only Have One Lens, What Would It Be?
Creative Commons Copyright Steven Wong It’s time to open up your favorite photo gear catalog and pick a page! My question to you is this: If you could only have one lens for the rest of your d…
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Lightroom: Controlling the Before and After
One of the nice things about Lightroom is that it lets you view before and after versions of your image. Lightroom can do this so easily because it does not make permanent changes to your image as you…
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6 Reasons Why You Need to Consider Email as a Communication Strategy on Your Blog
Email is back! Earlier in the week I mentioned that one of the emerging themes in the monetization sessions at Blog World Expo was the idea of membership sites as a way to make an income from a blog.…
- October 28th, 2009
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ProBlogger has posted a new entry on: Digital Photography School
Olympus PEN E-P1 Review
We knew it was coming but it still surprised many when Olympus threw away the last vestiges of a single lens reflex camera in a digital snapper that otherwise could have been called a DSLR. Into the…
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5 Tips for Photographing Children
Photographing Children can be a lot of fun – but also presents photographer with a variety of challenges. In this guest post the team at Aliph Aur Meem share 5 tips for photographing children to…
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How I Diversify My Site and Income
In this post I want to present some visuals on how I’ve expanded one of my blogs and diversified its income streams. How do I expand my blog? How do I move beyond the basics of making money wi…
- October 27th, 2009
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3 Affordable E-books to Improve Your Photography
Today I spent a couple of hours working through 3 great new ebooks by David duChemin. The 3 e-books are only $5 (USD) each – yet they contain some really great information that I’m certain…
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The Power of Being Personal on Your Blog
Over the last few weeks I’ve been exploring principles that are evident in many successful blogs. So far we’ve looked at Listening, Trust, Usefulness and Community. Today I want to get per…
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Self Portraits – 7 Tips for Going Beyond the Basics
Image by John McNab A lot of photographers have said that while they love to hold the camera and take beautiful photos, they aren’t as fond of the idea of being on the other side of the lens. O…
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Discover How to Build Profitable Membership Site
As mentioned a few days back – the popular Membership Site Mastermind Course has just reopened its doors to new members for the last time in 2009 – for 3 days only. In short – Member…
- October 26th, 2009
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14 Tips For Cave Photography
Copyright Hidden Creek Photography Hawai’i’s Big Island is rife with photography opportunities, including those below the surface. I recently was a guest on an underground tour of the Ka…
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Reflections – Reflectors and Available Light Photography
A Novel Use for Reflectors (Image by mamma tang) Note to self: tin foil does NOT make a good reflector unless your subject is blind or wants to be. Aaaah the magical power of reflectors. Reflectors ar…
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Yes! A Great Book for Bloggers
Over the last few days I’ve been digging into a great little book called Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive. I’m only halfway through it but of the 25 or so chapters tha…
- October 25th, 2009
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Tell Me What You Thought of the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Workbook
It has been a few months since the launch of the 31 Days to build a better blog workbook and so I’m hoping that those of you who have had an opportunity to digest the 31 days of teaching and cha…
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13 Fabulous Photos of a Rainy Day
“rain” from cunyadenki The following post highlighting some great ‘rain photography was submitted by DPS reader Martin Gommel from the blog KWERFELDEIN. 13 fabulous photos with rain…
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How To Get Past The Blank Page By Creating Urgency
In this post Roman from How this Website Makes Money shares some suggestions on how to create urgency to get past bloggers block. Sunday morning. You have everything ready. Hot coffee on your righ…
