Even if you are not a reporter, as a modern photographer you very likely consider yourself an “independent publisher/producer,” and so the flowchart posted yesterday on 10,000 Words will be of interest.
According to this chart, if you don’t want to spend nights crying over your keyboard, you should not learn programming. On the other hand, if you want to build Web sites, you should learn HTML and CSS. This seems about right to me, and it points to the fact that, these days:
1. The act of building Web sites can be as simple as lightly customizing a blog template (theme), which can seriously help photographers in self-publishing images, photo stories and multimedia projects.
2. Most people do not consider basic HTML and CSS serious programming.
Few photographers will want to or will need to learn Continue reading “Should Photographers Learn HTML and CSS?”
Tags: 10000 Words, Blogging Strategies, Coding, CSS, Geeta Dayal, HTML, Programming, Should journalists learn programming skills?: A Flowchart, Web Design, Web Presense
Photographers love Flash-driven websites, editors do not. This is what Scott Mc Kiernan, photojournalist and head of ZUMA Press agency, recently told me. His comment was geared to photojournalists and the editors in the realm of editorial photography, but Mc Kiernan’s point is an interesting one for all photographers to be aware of.
Mc Kiernan made it clear that he has nothing against Flash, and actually loves the beauty of this visually delivery method. However, he said, the downside of Flash is that if there is the slightest incompatibility issue, editors cannot see images, and they are much more likely to move on before upgrading their Flash or working out compatibility issues. Continue reading “The Perils of Flash Web Sites?”
Tags: Flash, In Motion, Marketing Strategies, Promotion Strategies, Scott Mc Kiernan, Web Design, ZUMA Press
