Some of you probably already use this time-saver, this most excellent blogging tool. But I was surprised to find when I was in Seattle that many photographers had never heard of it. I've been using it for over a year and let me tell you, it practically changed my life. In literally SECONDS, that's right, SECONDS, you can create beautiful images for your blog, website, even Facebook, that look like they took hours.
And what's great, is that when you group images, you're not just showing your work, you're telling a story about your session. When you put multiple images together from the same shoot, you're letting potential clients know that you can get more than just a smile out of people. It looks clean, professional and appealing.
Blogstomp is an application that lives on your computer and it's totally affordable. You can buy it just for yourself ($49 for two computers) or for your studio ($89 for five computers). Just think of the time you'll save. And we all know that as photographers, time IS money.
Happy Stomping!!
Megan Evans is the artist behind the lens at Megan Evans Photography! She's won numerous challenge's here at LPB and all over the web. And we are so lucky to have her as a regular guest contributor!
Thanks for the helpful advice!!!
ReplyDeleteHere are some thoughts on BlogStomp and search engine optimization, from my post on SEO.
ReplyDeleteAny photo processor is fine for Google as long as you save the file to computer, where you can rename it from blogstomp123.jpg to beautiful-wedding-photo.jpg before uploading to your site. Then add great alternate text and a caption if possible so that Google can read with clarity the subject matter of your images.
If you're putting multiple photos into one jpeg, like a collage, this limits your SEO. That's because Google only sees it as one image, with one filename, alternate text, and caption. It's hard to discuss what's happening in a collage with accurate description, so I recommend splitting images so that each can be "seen" by search engines and individually shared on social media.
Last consideration - make sure the file size of the Blogstomp images is not huge. You may need additional compression or quality reduction to get them down to 30 or 50kb and keep your page load time as slim as possible.