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Comment on inner eye by Beverly

Beverly — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:01:40 +0000

Great post! I’ve often experienced people saying “excuse me” or “sorry” if they happen to walk in front of my camera while I’m taking a picture of something inanimate. Or they might pull their child back out of the frame. I always tell them “it’s okay, do your thing!” I feel that people make those “still” shots so much better…capturing that spontaneity, especially if unintended, is priceless.

Comment on inner eye by charla BLUE

charla BLUE — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:49:43 +0000

Not only are you a gifted photographer, but a storyteller too! Love this post and message. And such a great reminder, as we are all cursed with being our own worst critics…

Comment on a breather by Jim Blanco

Jim Blanco — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:13:45 +0000

Love the light, beautiful face, congrats!

Comment on inner eye by leigh caraccioli

leigh caraccioli — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:16:05 +0000

Awesome, Jimmy! Let me know how your challenges goes. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

Leigh

Comment on inner eye by Jimmy Clark

Jimmy Clark — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:41:00 +0000

“My challenge to you is to refrain from over- thinking and opt for feeling in your photography or whatever you do. I don’t get too wrapped up in pursuit of the perfect photo, the money shot, the award winning photo op, “the get.” Leigh, challenge accepted; good advice…Thank You!!!

Comment on The 3 things Twitter has taught me by Fawn Thomas

Fawn Thomas — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:05:15 +0000

Wonderful post. I too am a tweetaholic and echo many of the sentiments you expressed. It is amazing how the whole world is within reach via twitter, I have made many new friends from all over the world and my world is enriched from all of the wonderful people I have met. Excited to be a new follower, looking forward to your tweets and posts!

Comment on Spelling: FAIL by Jim

Jim — Tue, 18 May 2010 03:29:13 +0000

Hahahaha….love this. I’m a Buckeye through and through…this is classic. I think it is true…you can go just about anyplace in the world, yell “OH” and in the distance will come a welcome “IO”. Of course in this case you might yell “OI” and quite possibly get back an “HO”. Great pictures…Go OIHO!!

Comment on Bang Theory: 3 Ways to Evolve with Social Media by Ricardo Bueno

Ricardo Bueno — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:29:38 +0000

Love this story about how you connected! Hey, responsiveness and reaching out to connect counts, big time. I’ve become a big time evangelist of a few brands who have connected with me and resolved my issue quickly.

Comment on Bang Theory: 3 Ways to Evolve with Social Media by Amanda Hite @sexythinker

Amanda Hite @sexythinker — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:52:16 +0000

I freaking love that salon. I haven’t been able to get as good of a haircut since… Great use of Social Media…

Comment on Bang Theory: 3 Ways to Evolve with Social Media by leigh caraccioli

leigh caraccioli — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:05:41 +0000

Hey Shelly!

I forgot to clarify the difference between the retweet (RT), the @reply or @mention and the hashtag (#) in my way:

The retweet can be used to pass on/promote/share a tweet that you valued. I share funny, informative, complimentary tweets from others which puts them in front of other people whose paths they may never have crossed. The retweet is a great compliment so I always thank people for passing on my words to others. A retweet shows up on your twitter stream for all to see.

Sample retweet:
“RT @julesbianchi: Photo 101 2night! Bay Area Moms: want 2 learn how 2 make ur camera do what you want it to? http://www.julesbianchiworkshops.com”

The @reply is a convo or response to a person/persons in particular. A singel @ reply shows up on the Twitter streams of that person and only the people follow that person unlike a RT. Be sure to keep an eye on your @mentions so you can respond to them with thanks or conversation.

Sample @mention or @reply:
@julesbianchi can’t wait for photo 101 tonight. Thanks for organizing this cool 411.

The hashtag (#) is fairly confusing but very helpful. Use a hashtag as a way to be captured as part of a conversation, event, topic, theme, industry. The #followfriday or #ff is a very popular one. When bunches of us photographers were in Vegas for WPPI 2010 you saw the hashtag #wppi or #WPPI2010 everywhere. What’s great about the hashtag is that while the event was going on, I had this search up as a Tweetdeck column. I was privy to tweets related to WPPI from people whom I didn’t necessarily follow. I gained info on happenings and met knew followers this way. Use them to include yourself locally for example for tweets related to others in your town.

Photographers use the hashtags #togs or #photogs or #photography in their tweet as a way to show up in the general photography community.

Sample uses of hashtags:

“RT @julesbianchi: Photo 101 2night! #BayArea #Moms: want 2 learn how 2 make ur camera do what you want it to? http://www.julesbianchiworkshops.com” (now anyone who uses the search BayArea and Moms will see this tweet.)

Be sure to join us at our #Vegastweetup in the MGM Centrifuge after your fun day at #wppi. (now if i was search “WPPI” I would learn about this event)

I hope that makes sense for you. Hit me up if you want more info!
Leigh