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22 Wonderful Russian Photogs And Their Websites

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:14:16 +0000

A few months ago we posted a collection of 25 Russian Photographers’ Websites You Should Take A Look At. With our today’s post we continue to introduce you talented photographers from Russia. Here you can discover some new names and expand your list of inspirational resources. Besides, we put the focus on the way the photogs design their personal photography portfolios. All screenshots are clickable, so you can head on over to an artist’s website and browse their works, as well as look at how the photo website is designed. Hopefully this will serve you as inspiration for your own creative projects.

Julia Skobeleva

Julia Skobeleva shoots in many genres, such as portraits, interiors, advertising and editorial photography, just to name a few. Her online photo portfolio has a simple dark-colored look and puts the main accent on the large photos.

Juri Treskoff

Impressive black-and-white photography of Yuri Treskoff is well highlighted by the clean minimalist photo website design.

Maxim Selin

Andrey Razoomovsky

Andrey Razoomovsky is well-known both in his homeland and worldwide. He has developed a quite distinct shooting and retouching style and you might have seen his famous “Milk” series on the Web.

Denis Melenin

Andrey Solomentsev

Photo portfolio of Moscow-based photographer Andrey Solomentsev shows a good use of white space and light effects.

Alena Nikoforova

Alena Nikiforova creates original and stylish photography, mainly shooting fashion and glamour. Neat photo thumbnail grid stands out well against the black background on this photography website. Sketchy logo is a nice touch.

Doberman Studio

Doberman Studio is a combo of two talented photographers Alexandra Zaharova and Ilya Plotnikov. Their portfolio features a number of inventive and beautiful photo projects.

Alexander Ovchinnikov

Not For Sale is a portfolio of Alexander Ovchinnikov containing his personal projects only. Website features a minimalist yet attractive design with a beautiful illustration on the home page and nice graphic elements.

Natalia Pokrovskaya

Photographs of Natalia Pokrovskaya are insightful and emotional. Definitely worth your attention! The photo website features an original navigation.

Nick Sushkevich

The website of Nick Sushkevich is a picture of minimalism. Horizontally scrolling line of pictures is everything you can find there. You can navigate by dragging the name of the photographer as well. Interesting approach, however this photo web design lacks descriptiveness - there is no contact information available, so all you can do is look at the photos.

Kirill Morozov

Alexander Korobov

Alexander Korobov has been into photography for 13 years already, this is almost a half of his life. He mainly shoots fashion, beauty and advertising. Design of his photography site combines a clean classical layout and a nice looking color scheme.

Maya Shelkovnikova

Maya Shelkovnikova has a passion for fashion photography and she does pretty well in this field. The overall website design has a contemporary and stylish look featuring a rather unusual square layout.

Alexey Nikishin

Dramatic and sincere portraits of Alexey Nikishin won’t leave you cold. When it comes to his photography website design, we can single out a nice Flash effect used to display Portrait category.

Eugene Zhulkov

In the portfolio of Eugene Zhulkov you can find strong portraits, beautiful landscapes and surreal genre photographs. The website design features a stylish grey-scale color scheme and quite usable navigation.

Andrew Polushkin

Andrew Polushkin is an award-winning photographer whose avant-garde technique represents a mix of photography and traditional art.

Yana Bondareva

Here you can find some really amazing pictures of flowers. Yana Bondareva does a great job capturing delicate and subtle beauty of nature.

Lena Vazhenina

Photography of Lena Vazhenina is vibrant, provocative and hot. The website is done the way to concentrate the viewer’s attention on the photos that don’t need any additional decoration or framing.

Peter Karasev

Photojournalist wedding photography is always interesting, so most probably you will have a quite absorbing pastime browsing the personal photo gallery of Peter Karasev.

Yulia Borodina

Katastrofa

Zhenya Katastrofa specializes mainly in music and event photography. However, you can find lots of lively portraits and genre photos in her portfolio as well. Her flash photo album design conveys the photographer’s personal identity very well.

Tweet this! Spectacular Bird Photos

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:52:21 +0000

From all animals birds seem to excite the most admiring envy in humans - ability to fly allows birds to look down upon us in all senses. This natural superiority, along with beauty and amazing features of these creatures, made birds an important part of people’s vision of the world and a human in it. We associate love and piece with white pigeons, we are amazed by the unshakable loyalty of swans and black crow is a symbol of sorrow and loneliness. Even one of the major symbols of digital era Twitter owes it’s name and concept to a bird. Very often bird is a strong association with human’s soul, maybe because it’s the only “part” of a man that can freely live in the clouds.

Our today’s post is about birds. Just look at how huge and divers this feathered community is! Another striking evidence of nature’s beauty and wisdom. Enjoy a wonderful photo collection below!

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Promoting A Photoblog: Tips and Resources

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:51:02 +0000

Photoblog is a great way for a photographer to express themselves on the Web: it allows visual creatives to speak by means of things they do best of all - pictures. While “regular” bloggers have to spend countless hours searching for the right words that will bring them to top lists of the blogosphere, photobloggers can take advantage of a visual language, using minimum of text message. What once started as a journal of daily photo submissions, now has turned into a powerful way of online self-promotion and even money making. A fair potential of photoblog as a web medium was quickly caught up by the evolving technology, thus wide distribution of inexpensive digital cameras, global adoption of broadband Internet connections and the advent of mobile devices with in-built cameras led to the fantastic popularity of photoblog activity.

Let’s take a closer look at why you might need a photoblog and how you could make it get noticed in the field which is pretty much crowded today (one of the major photoblog directories Photoblogs.org lists over 32,000 photoblogs!).

Why photoblog?

It’s an easy way to share your art with others.
Running a photoblog you can track your progress at ease.
It will keep you in tone. Photoblog is a way to challenge yourself as in order to keep visitors you have to post photos regularly and thus, shoot regularly. Besides, nothing can motivate better than admiring response of your readers.
It’s a place for feedback and testimonials.
It’s a platform for your own community: photoblog is a great way to build strong relationships with your fans, potential clients and fellow photographers.

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How to promote a photoblog

Each promotion step should be based on a careful analysis. First of all, you need to set some goals that will determine the further strategy. Decide whether you want to use your photoblog as a tool for an indirect promotion of your photography services, or you gonna make it a direct profit source, selling prints, commissions, cards etc. right from the blog site. Once you decided how you want to use your photoblog, analyze numbers: look at traffic rates of some photoblogging titans. Compare the rates with those of your own blog and don’t worry if the gap is too big - this will help you realize your goals and develop a plan of their fulfillment. When the tasks are set and you are ready for action, go on and put some effort into making your photo website a popular online resource. Here are some tips and suggestions you might consider while promoting your photoblog.

1. Quality, quality and quality.

The rule “Content is the king” is true for all kinds of web mediums, and photoblog is not an exception. Always pay attention to the quality of the images you post. You may put thousands of dollars in advertising, but if you post low-res images you taken at uncle John’s birthday, neither will anybody buy them, nor become a fan of your art.

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2. Be an active member of the community

Connect with other bloggers, exchange links, comment on other blogs leaving links to your site and don’t forget about submitting your blog to photoblog directories, like coolphotoblogs.com , photoblogdirectory.net , photobloggies, photoblogs.org and others. Try to put your site in front of as many eyeballs as possible. And of course, don’t forget to share the love back, linking to other blogs and photographers.

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3. Remember about SEO

Making your photoblog appealing to search engines is quite important. Do a keyword research as picking the right keywords is one of the most important parts of your SEO plan. Be sure, all the pages of your website have titles, same goes for the images. Write fair descriptions, because if there is no text on your website, users will have a hard time finding you. Try not to put one post into several categories in order to avoid content duplication. Don’t forget about image tags: once each image has ALT and TITLE tags, it will be easier for people to find you. And the last, but not least, get an analytics program for your site so that you could monitor the statistics and make necessary changes in time.

4. Give it away!

Giveaway is a powerful way of attracting people to your website. Plus, this is a good way to thank your constant readers and fans of your photography. People love gifts and occasional give-away contests conducted on your photoblog can be most rewarding for all parties involved. Don’t be afraid to trade gifts for something you need from the visitor, an e-mail address, for example. This way you can build a data base of “quality” audience and send them email updates, as well as pleasant surprises. However, email communication is something that can’t be abused, so be careful and don’t spam your readers anyway.

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5. Take the best from social networks

Today ignoring social media means being not serious about getting successful on the web. Besides some usual ways of promoting your photoblog on social networks (these are posting blog updates, sharing interesting links, connecting and communicating people), there are a few things that will help you get more from networking. For instance, you can make some special offers for your Twitter followers and Facebook fans: give discounts, conduct comment giveaways, make exclusive releases and create other cute ways to show your love to those who are with you.

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6. Combine a word of mouse with a word of mouth

Although Internet gives us unbelievable opportunities in terms of communication and sharing, offline promotion is something that you shouldn’t overlook. Going for a photographic assignment, take a stack of cards or flyers with you. It will work even better if you combine an informational value of the card with some material benefits. For instance, you can type a special URL on the backside and give a discount or free print to those who go through that URL, or register on your website, or follow you on Twitter or do whatever else to join your community. Try to submit your works to galleries, any kind of exhibitions will have a beneficial effect both on your photography branding and photoblog popularity.

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Recap: there are many reasons for a photographer to set up a photoblog. It’s a good tool for both spreading your vision and boosting your photographic career. Today promotion methods tend to concentrating on networking personal approach rather than on sear-engine optimization. It’s people whom you do all this, right? So finding and extending your audience and sharing the best with it should be your number one priority.

17 Elegant Photography Website Designs

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:19:48 +0000

It’s time for a new portion of photography website design inspiration. While searching for some beautiful and unique photo websites we felt a strong lack of fresh photography portfolios. It seems photographers tend to give up the design side of their websites and we find this tendency rather depressing. With an unbelievable growth of social networks photographers sacrifice personal web identity to fast and effortless (and plain) public photo galleries on Flickr and similar networks.

In spite of this, we believe that unique approach can be very rewarding as standing out among competitors is crucial for success. We hope that by the time of our next photo website design showcase, a bunch of new wonderful sites will appear on the Web. By the way, if you have any suggestions write them in comments to this post!

Showcase of Elegant Photography Websites

Tony D’Orio

Glucone - R

Arnaud Delrue

Tim Gasperak

Richard Arran

J. Konrad Schmidt

Ravengraphy

Pictures N Sound

Nicola Roman Walbeck

Jüergen Altmann

Iacopo Di Luigi

We are proud to let you know that this stylish website is powered with Ready Photo Site flash photo CMS.

Gustav Degerman

Francis Dreis

Erik

Maria Djelebova

Andrew Gransden

Cat & Dog Affairs

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:44:30 +0000

A dog and a cat have always been human’s favorite pets. Even though in natural conditions these are conflicting animals, long years of living under the same roof may bring cats and dogs together and very often they are best friends. Of course, occasional fights are inevitable, but look how wonderfully these guys can get on! We hope our today’s amusing photo collection will make you smile

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Let’s Have Winter Fun!

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:08:05 +0000

While over 2,600 winter athletes from 82 countries are now rocking the Olympic hills of Vancouver, the rest of the world is not missing the snow fun either. 2010 kicked off with unprecedented snowfalls and cold weather in many parts of the world. Although winter can cause considerable harm when it snows that heavily, but usually it is a period of great fun both for kids and grown-ups. In order to prove this, we prepared a collection of bright winter action photos. So get a strong energy charge looking through the following pics, support fellows at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and stay active!

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10+ Photography Videos That Are Worth Your Attention

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:25:17 +0000

There are lots of ways to learn photography today: photography courses, tutorials and books are available both online and offline. People with different perception preferences have opportunity to study at comfort. In this post we feature 10+ videos that might be interesting to aspiring photographers. In the following collection you can find professional photography tutorials and interviews with world renowned experts. Not only do you get necessary tips from pros, but you also take advantage of the time-saving video format.

Shoot and Photoshop an Unusual Self portrait

In his video tutorial photography expert David Hoey shows a portrait technique with a gimmick. It involves taking multiple images in the studio and then joining three images into one single photo in Photoshop.

Light Painting Tutorial Video

Watch this video to learn how to do some cool light painting with your camera. You can get to know what you need for this technique and see the live process of creating and post editing light painting pictures.

Stock Photography Tips from John Lund

This is an interview with an award-winning San Francisco stock photographer John Lund in which he explains his unique stock photography techniques and gives down-to-earth tips for photographers of all levels.

Learn Photography Composition

Learn the importance of seeing in photography by studying great composition cases shown in this video. Stimulating your ability to think and see the moment is a way to creating a unique and exquisite composition in the picture and therefore, taking your photography to a higher level.

Smoke Photography Made Simple

Digital photography is a great way to capture the subtle beauty of smoke. This is another tutorial by Gavin Hoey where he demonstrates a quite simple yet effective way to shoot smoke with minimum gear.

Macro Photography Tips for Beginners

In this video lesson you can learn the basics of macro photography. A few introductory tips and tricks will help you get started with this amazing genre.

How To Take Action Photography

Expert photographer Tom Sapp talks on things to consider while taking action photography. Watch the video and see what results you can achieve by experimenting with different shutter speeds and lenses.

Photography Tips and Advice by Chase Jarvis

Chase Jarvis is a well-known photographer and book author specializing mainly in commercial, advertising and lifestyle photography. In this interview for Marc Silber show Chase discusses his style and views on photography and also gives five tips for getting exceptional images.

Surf Photography Tips and Advice by Jeff Flindt

This time Marc Silber interviews Jeff Flindt, a top surf photographer who works with world surf celebrities. A great video for those who want to discover the secrets of shooting one of the most spectacular and dramatic kinds of sports.

Masters of Wedding Photography

Take a quick look into experience of the best in the wedding photography industry. Jerry Ghionis, David Oliver, Rob Heyman, Marcus Bell, Denis Reggie, Yervant, Joe Buissink and other masters of the genre reveal some secrets of their trade.

Moon Photography Tips

The mystery of the moon is celebrated in many creative pieces. If you are about to capture the moon glow on your camera but don’t know where to start, this video might come in handy.

Love Is Everywhere!

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:58:19 +0000

St. Valentine’s Day is near and people all around the world are bustling about buying gifts, booking tables in restaurants and sending valentines. Everyone wants to show their love this day. We at Ready Photo Site ♥ you and with our today’s post we want to remind you one simple yet essential truth - love is in every single day and love is all around, even though we are often so busy with our daily business that don’t notice it. So tear yourself away from the holiday run-up for a moment, look through the wonderful photos below and see that love is everywhere. Happy Valentine’s! Share your care with the beloved ones and don’t miss a single day to love.

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7 Insightful Photography Books to Help You Get The Gist of It

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:57:24 +0000

When it comes to learning from peers, photographers are divided into two camps: some of them try to isolate themselves from any influences in order to keep the vision pure and unique, while others find it quite important to learn from seasoned pros. Even though you share the views of the first group, we are pretty sure that 7 photography books written by industry movers and shakers will be interesting to you. Each of them is a colorful, sincere and extremely informative insight into professional and life experience of a renowned photographer. You may not look for professional advice, but every aspiring photographer is always in need for inspiration and motivation - all this in plenty can be found in our today’s list.

1. The Best Camera Is The One You Have With You

By Chase Jarvis

The idea of this book is perfectly laid down in its title. Well-known commercial photographer Chase Jarvis created a really encouraging and inspirational guide. Its main message is that “an image can come from any camera, even a mobile phone”. In case you’ve heard that this book is nothing but iPhone picture collection, ignore the rumors and read it! Chase Jarvis teaches you to always be on the alert for the moment and to forget all those excuses you have for not getting great photographs. Read more here

2. VisionMongers: Making a Life and a Living in Photography

By David DuChemin

If you are looking to move up photography from a hobby level to a vocational career, VisionMongers is a perfect investment of your $30. A world-renowned photographer and best-selling writer David DuChemin shares his personal experience of a full-time photographer. Besides, the book includes inspirational case studies from photographers from various directions: Ami Vitale, Joe McNally, Chase Jarvis, Kevin Clark, Gavin Gough, Zack Arias, Karl Grobl, and Dave Delnea. The book I available both in printed and eBook versions. Read more about Visionmongers on David DuChemin’s blog

3. Photographing Nature: A photo workshop from Brooks Institute’s top nature photography instructor

By Ralph A. Clevenger

In this book the author, whose images have been published in Nature’s Best and National Geographic, shares his personal photography experience and techniques he’s been teaching to photographers for the last 25 years at the elite Brooks Institute. This is a desk book for all aspiring nature photographers. Photographing Nature is illustrated with the most stunning nature shots by Ralph Clevenger. See on Google Books

4. Visual Poetry: A Creative Guide for Making Engaging Digital Photographs

By Chris Orwig

This book might be universally appealing to everyone who enjoys photographing. In Visual Poetry Chris Orwig teaches the reader to take an insight look at the subject and get the best of the creative process using simple means. Containing a wide range of useful photography techniques and spectacular pictures, this guide provides inspiration and self-confidence both to beginner photographers and seasoned pros. See on Google Books

5. A World in HDR

By @TreyRatcliff

The allrounder Trey Ratcliff added another coin to his creativity piggy-bank (which is big as it is) - back in December he released his first book A World in HDR. It takes you through the techniques of creating compelling HDR images and it is illustrated with the best works of Trey Ratcliff. The book is peppered with exciting behind-the-scene stories and a very nice sense of humor that make up an absorbing read. See details on Trey Ratcliff’s blog

6. The Moment it Clicks

By Joe McNally

A staff photographer at Life, an ongoing 23 year contributor to National Geographic, a man whose photographs covered the stories of Time, Newsweek, Fortune (just to name a few) definitely is gonna have a book that will knock your socks off. In The Moment It Clicks an internationally acclaimed photographer Joe McNally tells about the 30 years of his photographic career, shares the stories behind his most amazing images and techniques he has been using to create them. More about the book on Joe McNally’s blog

7. Terryworld

By Terry Richardson and Dian Hanson (Editor)

“Porn stars, supermodels, transsexuals, hillbillies, friends, pets, and celebrities do for photographer Terry Richardson what they do for no other because in his world, taboos are null and void, and fashion finds sex a perfect fit”. This is a really controversial book about one of the most controversial personalities in the photography industry. Read more here

Mother And Child: Beautiful Photo Portraits

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:40:36 +0000

Someone once said that to a child’s ear, “mother” is magic in any language. The following photo collection prove these words the best. Whether it’s a human or an animal, mother is always ready to protect and love her child. See the cute and touching photos below and give a call to your mom.

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22 Wonderful Russian Photogs And Their Websites

Tweet this! Spectacular Bird Photos

Promoting A Photoblog: Tips and Resources

Why photoblog?

How to promote a photoblog

1. Quality, quality and quality.

2. Be an active member of the community

3. Remember about SEO

4. Give it away!

5. Take the best from social networks

6. Combine a word of mouse with a word of mouth

Related resources and articles:

17 Elegant Photography Website Designs

Showcase of Elegant Photography Websites

Cat & Dog Affairs

Let’s Have Winter Fun!

10+ Photography Videos That Are Worth Your Attention

Love Is Everywhere!

7 Insightful Photography Books to Help You Get The Gist of It

1. The Best Camera Is The One You Have With You

2. VisionMongers: Making a Life and a Living in Photography

3. Photographing Nature: A photo workshop from Brooks Institute’s top nature photography instructor

4. Visual Poetry: A Creative Guide for Making Engaging Digital Photographs

5. A World in HDR

6. The Moment it Clicks

7. Terryworld

Mother And Child: Beautiful Photo Portraits