Any craft blogger will tell you what a great feeling it is when one of their …posts goes viral. And all of a sudden, there's an influx of …traffic, a huge spike in your statistics, and a lot of comments just on one …specific blog post or craft project that you've put together. …So, when that happens, it can be chance, it can be luck, it can be that you just …happen to put together a very well written and poignant blog post with …lovely photographs. But there can be more to it as well. …You can encourage this chain of events, this influx of traffic, by optimizing …your craft photos for search engines. And search engine optimization might …sound like a scary term that makes you just want to zone out a little bit, but …it's really as simple as this. If you were having a dinner party, and …you wanted all of your friends to come over to that party, wouldn't you want to …tell them that your were hosting a dinner party? …Wouldn't you send out invitations and let them know? …If you just thought in your mind, I want to have a dinner party and then hoped your …
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9/26/2011- Getting familiar with the camera
- Basic composition and staging tips
- Making and buying helpful tools
- Image editing with Photoshop
- Compressing images
- Using the cloud for image storage
- Tagging images for search engine optimization
- Uploading images for blogging, selling, and printing
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome2m 26s
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1. Getting Familiar with the Camera
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What is shutter speed?4m 29s
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What is ISO?1m 57s
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Using depth of field5m 10s
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2. Basic Composition and Staging Tips
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The power of negative space4m 31s
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The benefits of using models4m 47s
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3. Equipment List: Making and Buying Helpful Tools
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4. Image Editing with Photoshop
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Cropping and rotating images5m 30s
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Correcting color balance4m 22s
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Giving brightness a boost7m 39s
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5. Compressing and Uploading
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Compressing images8m 19s
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6. Uploading Images for Blogging, Selling, and Printing
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Selling your crafts6m 17s
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Selling your shots5m 33s
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Images for blogging6m 33s
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Images for exposure websites11m 1s
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Images for print4m 42s
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