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Why you should Definitely have a website to promote your Photography?
Once you’ve started to take some great photographs you will have a natural desire to share them with other people. Creating a good web presence is one of the most important ways that you can do so, not only bringing new audiences to your work, but also giving you the opportunity to sell prints, photography books of your work and even to help land you exhibitions.
Planning and Creating a Perfect Photography Website.
- At the very outset you are going to need to decide what kind of photography website you want to build. Are you going to do landscape photography, sunsets, city scenes, portraits or a whole mix of genres? There is no right answer, but knowing this from the beginning will help you to choose the right themes, design and gallery formats to best display your work.
- Are you building a website for Hobby Photography or are you going to be selling your work? Using a website you can really make a nice income selling your photography, whether that’s in the form of calendars, books, prints or by arrangement with galleries and individuals. E Commerce is a powerful way to boost your income and find new clients.
- Link your website to your social media profiles, and if you don’t have one, you should certainly consider creating one that reflects your work and your ambitions. Using social media is a fantastic way to reach new audiences all over the world as well as meet like minded photographers that you can learn from.
It can seem like a daunting task at first to set up a great website, but with online platforms such as WordPress, that job is made a whole lot easier! You don’t need to learn coding and with dozens of great free themes and plugins to choose from you’ll be able to build a site that both suits your work, is compatible with all devices and also looks great.
Don’t worry either if you’re completely new to building a website, WordPress has excellent free tutorials. Once you have your basic website set up and ready to go, you can add a wide range of free plugins to manage your photo galleries and other content. They are easy to use, and again require no knowledge of coding!
Top 3 WordPress Plugins for Photographers.
Envira Gallery: This easy to use plugin has fantastic interfaces, is compatible with all devices and will resize your images to fit different size screens. The plugin allows you to build some lovely galleries and it’s easy to import your images from other sources to upload directly to your website’s galleries.
Soliloquy: This is one of the best made plugins for photographers that are using WordPress, with a great selection of sliding galleries, animations and premade themes. You can also easily import your photography from other locations such as Tumblr or Instagram to add to your online portfolio.
Easy Watermark: This is a great plugin that you can use to watermark your photography so that it cannot be used without your permission. This is especially important if you are engaged in e commerce and are selling your photography.
There’s also a lot of other great, easy to use plugins that WordPress offers for free; but these three are a fantastic starting point when you’re building your website.
New Photography Website Inspirations – A Quick List of Niches to get your Imagination Flowing.
- Landscapes and the Natural world.
- Cityscapes and skylines, parks and harbors.
- Close up photography. Give your audience a new perspective on the world around them.
- Portraiture. This can be wedding photography, individual portraits or parlor photography.
- Water – oceans, rivers and fountains.
- Cultures – explore the bright colors, scenes and people of different cultures through photography.
- Animals and Pets. You can choose to focus on dogs, cats or birds! Exotic animals or the animals that we live with in our daily lives.
- City center nightlife, people and places.
- Street performers and other people who work on the streets, such as street vendors.
- Political movements, protests, actions and events.
- Abstract photography.
- Travel photography.
- Architecture and Buildings.
- Fashion photography.
- Black and White or Sepia Photography.
- Lifestyle photography.
Of course you don’t need to specialize down to a particular niche, although it can help if you’re setting out to make an income from your photography. The most important thing is that you express yourself and create unique content!
WordPress – The First Choice for Photography Websites.
When you are setting up your website, spend the time to choose a theme that really compliments your photography. WordPress is a fantastic platform, which offers free packages as well as upgraded packages, to start your journey. WordPress offers great, easy to follow tutorials and free plugins to add functionality to your website. It’s easy to upload your photos and once you have you can easily promote them using social media, google search algorithms and smart Search Engine Optimization (SEO) of your site.
Setting up a website is your gateway to sharing your photography with the wider world.
Getting your photography online allows you to make new connections with fellow photographers as well as expanding your audience all over the world. There are many ways that you can monetize your website if you want to build up an independent income, but many people just do it for fun and as a way to share their passion for photography and art with others.
There’s something for everybody, but whoever you are, as a photographer you will benefit massively from setting up a solid online presence.
Do you have a website to showcase your photography?
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