Chapter 12
Working with Photos
IN THIS CHAPTER
Getting set up with a digital camera and editing software
Making or collecting images to use on your blog
Using Google Photos to edit your photos
It's a fact: People love photos! In this image-driven online world, including photos and graphics within your written content is quite nearly a requirement. You can increase your readership and decrease your writing time by including photos in your blog posts. Many bloggers have discovered that including a photo in a blog post, even if the photo is only tangentially related to the post, ensures that more people read the post than read entries without photos. Most importantly, including images and graphics within your posts makes them more shareable on social media, especially platforms such as Instagram and Pinterest, where photos are king!
Keeping It Simple
If you own a smartphone, then you already own an at-worst decent, at-best top-notch digital camera. And since you have access to the Internet, you’re set with photo-editing software! Chances are that without ever picking up a traditional camera or purchasing a single editing program, you already have the tools at hand to start putting ...
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