You’re right, those images, they’re sitting in a hard drive, nobody is looking at them, how will you ever sell one of them? You won’t… Here’s a handful that are free to use for whatever you like (with a credit / link to gtvone.com if there’s space)
Better day, more coffee…
A short post to exclaim my amusement at the vast number of experts claiming the D800 is going to be rubbish and that people should simply buy a Leica M9, amongst other exotic, dreamy pieces of unaffordable kit.
Can we all just wait until the damn thing is launched and then rip it apart?
No? Didn’t think so….
I have a close friend that was recently a little concerned when someone she didn’t know commented on a photo of her little boy that she had uploaded to Facebook. This week, my Facebook privacy tip is about “How to upload your photos to Facebook so that only the people you want to see them actually see them”
I’ll just give it to you in simple, easy to follow form… We’ll start from when you’re logged in and looking at your profile.
First, you click on the photo upload button…
Once clicked, select the image you’re looking to share and pop in your text…
Once you’re happy with your description / text, click on the little drop down beside the word ‘post’ and you will see a list of options.
So you’ve selected your sharing option… Now you just upload, knowing that you have a little more control over who is looking at what.
Here’s what it looks like when you share with everyone, everywhere…
If you have any Facebook sharing / privacy questions, you’re welcome to ask in the comments below!
Should you be a part of every social network? - No.
Should you be a part of any social network at all? – Yes.
I have a good friend, he’s not very ‘social media’ friendly, I mean, he’s always busy and he’s always working and doing quite well with his photography. He has a blog that he posts on once in a blue moon (however often that actually is, in this case it’s not very often) and he tweets, but not really in a ‘selling himself’ kind of way – just a ‘this is what I’m doing today’ kind of way. He shares his work via Twitter and Instagram form time to time. He doesn’t like Facebook and we’ve not even touched on the topic of Google+ yet…
Is he doing it all wrong? Could he be getting more work? – No & Maybe
He’s currently doing what he can handle doing without bringing someone else in to assist, he’s not having to gouge out chunks of time that he doesn’t have – he’s getting his name out there. But, is he doing it wrong? Well, I personally don’t think there’s a wrong way to do social media – as different ways work for different people / companies / industries.
There are certainly ways that don’t work very well with the majority of people, but they still work with a select few. For example, the pushy, sales only type of social media approach. It’s not my thing. Consider this for a minute, you’ve finished work on a Friday afternoon and you’ve gone to the bar with your workmates, you’re there having a nice cold beverage and someone walks in, pulls up next to you and starts offering for you to buy his photographs, you don’t say anything so he says it again… “Buy my photographs, Hire me!” …this keeps happening until you leave the bar and go to another. You didn’t go to that bar to be sold at, and Facebook / Twitter etc, they’re pretty much the same – they started out as a way for friends to communicate – you have to remember that first. Social media marketing needs to be a lot more give than take by businesses.
I personally think that you have a great opportunity to reach an audience that you could generate a sale from, raise awareness in or become a valuable part of by using multiple social media channels.
Feed your audience ice cream, they may just come back for more.
Next Week : Don’t Make Your Audience Jump Through hoops for you….
Social media is not about making your audience jump through hoops..
Sime
…But, do we need it?
I’m the first person to be excited about ‘new stuff’ I love gadgets and I especially love new camera related tech, but it got me thinking earlier today, pre-launch of the new Nikon D800, Nikon D800E and the three new Canon lenses, the 24-70 f/2.8L II, the 24mm f/2.8 and the 28mm f/2.8… Really, how bad were the old versions…. Then, as if by magic, the power went off and I decided to pop out for a *6 minutes from home* look around my area for an example… I decided to go find some old ‘stuff’ that had been put out for collection, and, if possible, to see if it still worked!
Here’s what I found…
Let's get comfortable...
Two perfectly functional couches…
A House full
More couches, some luggage, a little crockery and two boxes of clothes…
A computer desk, it's old, throw it out
A computer desk in perfect working order…
Washed up?
A washing machine with one broken pipe (confirmed with the people who put it there)
A TV, it ain't no flat screen...
A TV that took up too much space (confirmed by old lady watering garden)
You're toast...
There was no confirmation on this little toaster, so I have no idea.. but there was a perfectly good cat scratch pole / mat / bed beside it (brand new?!)
So, my post is a question… despite ‘wanting’ all this new stuff and understanding that economy partly works due to the desire for new stuff, do we actually really need all this new stuff?
Let’s have a look at another aspect of all of this newness… let’s go Sandro v Laforet
Nikon D800 by Sandro
Joy Ride from Sandro on Vimeo.
Canon C300 by Vince Laforet
Mobius from Vincent Laforet on Vimeo.
Of course we need new stuff…
…And, I don’t mean that I fell in love with a cheese burger, though it is easy to do.
Hell, it may be *evil* but it's TASTY!
Recently, Maccas inserted a BigMac sized wad of paid for tweets into the Twitosphere, using a hashtag for tracking – the aim was to raise awareness about their use of fresh produce. They used two #browns.. oh, wait… HashTags… One was #MeetTheFarmers the other was #McDStories
Rather than making you read loads of my painful rhetoric, the short story is that people started using #McDStories for evil, in place of good… (on the internet, really?!) The shorter story is that their chief social media person, Rick Wion*, pulled the hashtag in question, and rolled with the one that wasn’t collecting tweets like… [These examples from Social media Today in the article by David Amerland ]
“Fingernail in my BigMac once #McDStories, McDonald’s Twitter Hashtag Promtion, Goes Horrible Wrong,” said user @capnmarrrk.
“Ordered a McDouble, something in the damn thing chipped my molar. #McDStories,” @PuppyPuncher said.
“Hospitalized for food poisoning after eating McDonalds in 1989. Never ate there again and became a Vegetarian. Should have sued #MCDStories,” @Alice_2112 said.
“Watching a classmate projectile vomit his food all over the restaurant during a 6th grade trip #McDStories,” @jfsmith23 said.
My question is this – despite pulling the tag and not responding to any of the evil tweets (which would have made sense, turn that frown around!) did this harm the brand? It had extra people talking about it for a couple of days, it’s dredged up some issues that Maccas need to fix (nobody likes a fingernail burger!) and it’s painted an important picture for others… “Watch out, some idiot could turn your well intentioned social brainchild into the devil”
In your opinion, is this a massive fail on Rick’s part? Or is it always going to be this way – the internet being evil and all. I’d say “How could he have possibly known” and “better luck next time!” ….Now, I’m off out for a BigMac…. nails and all!
Thoughts?
–Sime
*or someone that a. looks like him, b. sounds like him, c. works for him or d. all of the above.
Had an hour with my little cousin the other day, and a couple of her friends – we took a handful of photos, I’m not really a people type photographer… I mean, I love taking photos of people, but usually I don’t have to talk to them / direct them at all (think live music) but this was certainly a fun experience… I’m posting the ones that they ‘approved’ after we filtered them down… I’d like your critique on them (the photos, not my cousin and her friends)
No sugar coating, please….
–Sime
Yeah, I get tired of those tweets too…
“Take over the world by following these six amazing, never been seen before marketing steps!”
What? What a load of rubbish…. “Be a robot and take over nothing…”
Want a tip?….
TREAT PEOPLE LIKE PEOPLE.
I hope one of you finds this a little enlightening... #RandomImage
Bill Wise as Gill Webb interviews Bruce and (his daughter) Kelly..
As soon as the singing starts, you know this is a good thing (Hey, Pasky.. I said something nice about Country!)
This is actually beautiful (The music that is!)
Right.. off to self medicate
–Sime x
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