Optimizing photos for search engines gives you another chance to gain exposure – Getting your site ranked in Search Engines is awesome and good for any photographer’s business, but getting ranked for your photos is another way to get yourself out there. You may have even hired an SEO Company to help you optimize your site.
Well have you ever thought about optimizing your photos for search?
Image optimization can be a huge source of traffic! Professional Photographers listen up; having good, clear, medium-sized photos of yours getting indexed in the Image Searches of Google, Yahoo, and Bing is a good move for getting more clients or sales. Here are a few tips for doing just that.
- Save AS! Save AS! Save AS! When you’re saving your photo inside Photoshop don’t ever “save for web”. Why? Cause it strips meta data. So useing “Save As” in Photoshop is the first step.
- Meta-data: JPGs have the ability to store meta-data that is keywords, description, and the rest of the EXIF meta data from your camera.
- When Saving (save as), your file name needs to be descriptive with keywords that you’re looking to get indexed for in the image search of the major search engines.
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When I first found Rekha Garton Flickr Account, I seriously went page by page excited to see what was next and all the while having a hard time moving of the current page. Her Images have this complete feel to them that’s very hard to explain. But here it goes; I’ve been looking seriously at photographs for almost 9 years now. With each photograph I look at I always see something that I would change or do a little differently, not on purpose but because I’m a photographer myself. I’m almost never happy with my own results and always chasing perfection. However with Rekhan and her photos, I don’t. This is where the complete feeling comes from. Her photos have a perfection to them that I can’t see anything I would change. I’m pleased to bring you my interview with Rekha Garton. Continue reading »
My friend Amy (amelia) who works for Ritz Camera, well Ritz is closing and they are having an everything must go sale. She sent me a text when the price of the $689 Canon 30d body dropped to $550. I replied and told her to hold it since they only had 2.
After I got off work I rushed up there and picked it up and this is one of the first photos I took with it. My Friend Amy, names her cameras. So I thought about it and decided to name my new camera after her cause with out her telling me about it, I wouldn’t have gotten it. Continue reading »
The first interview of 2009! Is with a very poetic photographer named Ari Winkle. I don’t quite remember how we met online. But we’ve been friends for over a year or so. The one thing I can tell you about Ari is with each photo & poem you get to know her a little bit more each time. However, like every great woman it will take a lifetime to truly get to know them. With that here is my interview with Ari Winkle. Enjoy.
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Well It’s Valentines Day. I found this photo on Flickr’s Explore and It’s been a few months since anything has been posted here and I wanted to share this photo with everyone. The photographer is named Mike Stimpson and he likes taking photographs of Lego Figures.
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So the first interview in months is a good one with a wonderful film photographer with a long history on the web. I had a lot of fun during our few chat sessions putting together this interview. So I’m please to bring you an interview with Photographer Nic Nichols. Enjoy!
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Yes, Yes, I know nothing has been posted all of last month. After Vegas, Life got crazy for me and my contributors for Photograview. I shot a Wedding, got a Girlfriend, and a new Job. Also, in a month I’ll be moving to my new place. So these past few Months; I’ve been all over the place.
- “To the Photograview Readers & Subscribers I am deeply sorry for no new content.”
I’m working on sorting out my life and time to get interviews done. Along with the Video Podcast show with Mr. DJsteen.
On to Today’s Photo… I call it the Intense Stare. I shot it at my friend’s Crazy House. The Guy is the one who did all the art on the walls & the girl is his love, muse, friend & creative partner. Continue reading »