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I recently tested out the pro features of AirTight Interactive’s SimpleViewer galleries, as well as the PHP gallery management interface, svManager. Check out the full review over at Professional Photographer, but I will say this… If you need a simple, easy-to-use gallery interface for your portfolio, you should really look into SimpleViewer… and svManager. The [...]
This week I was pleasantly surprised to see an email arrive in my inbox from my blog. It was auto-generated by the theme I’m using, ProPhotoBlogs. Hello, this is a friendly reminder from the ProPhoto theme that now would be a good time to back up your blog. We recommend doing a complete backup of [...]
I’m not one to normally drool over things like this (ok, maybe I have some denial issues!)… but the newest version of ProPhotoBlogs is out… and I am really impressed with everything. When it was still version 2.0, I recommended ProPhotoBlogs to photographers as a nice WordPress blog theme… but they’ve made so many changes [...]
I’ve been receiving a number of inquiries (like this one) as to whether I’d located the 10th edition Photography (London, Upton, Stone) Companion website. A logical question, considering that both the 8th edition and 9th edition have had companion websites. After a little digging, I discovered that yes, there is a Photography 10th edition companion [...]
Make sure to check out page 46 of the latest Professional Photographer (May 2010) issue. The cover is by Drake Busath, and yes, it’s one of the nicer covers we’ve seen in a while. Anyways, if you look on page 46, you’ll find a little article called “pURLs of Wisdom” — it’s about a new [...]
Lately, my Google Analytics reports for LearnWithBetsy.com have been a little confusing. When you look at the traffic sources overview… do you see that little yellow slice of the pie? Yes, the one that says “Other.” What exactly does that mean? The other pie slices made sense to me: Search Engines = traffic from Google, [...]
You might recall that I reported a few issues with the Photography 8e online quizzes. Well, I’ve been informed that might be more than one error on the Photography 9e online quizzes too. Ch. 9, T/F #2: The tool options bar lets you choose the tool you want to use from the top of the [...]
I recently tested out my own custom iPhone application for my studio, created by ProPhotoApps. If you’d like to take a peek, read the review on the Web Exclusives section of Professional Photographer.
Creating a fan page for your business on Facebook may seem confusing, especially with Facebook’s new layout. But, if you follow these five simple steps, you’ll be on your way to having a dynamite Fan Page in no time! Step 1: You need to find the “create a page for my business” link. This link [...]
In an apparent effort for continual improvement, Facebook has changed the layout of the site again. Here’s how Facebook explains the changes: So, what do you think? An improvement? …or just another change. I’ll have to give it a whirl before coming to any conclusions, but I am a little miffed to see the Facebook [...]
Betsy is a Michigan-based portrait photographer, and a contributing writer for Professional Photographer. In college, Betsy majored in Business Management and Studio Art, giving her a unique viewpoint of the industry.
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