Photo Blogging 101 | Kelvinonian Ideas 2.0

While preparing for my speaking engagement for Blog World Philippines 2010, I managed to create some do’s and don’ts in photo blogging. I created this to remind newbie bloggers who are about to enter the photo blogging world that there are blogging etiquettes that they need to follow. And these reminders are focused on our blog’s reader convenience.

So, here are the Do’s and Don’ts in Photo Blogging:

Do’s…

1. Take pictures frequently – of course, pictures are your main content of your blog. It is the basic ingredient to build a photo blog. It is the most important of all because it is the essence of a blog being called a “photo blog”. So, you need to take pictures frequently so you’ll have something to post.
2. Add watermark on every photo - the world wide web is a huge place, meaning, there are lots of people who may visit your blog. And some of your visitors may have some evil minds, grabbing your photos without any permissions, and worst, use it for commercial use. So one of the best thing you can do to prevent the stealing of your precious pictures is to put watermarks on it. Watermark is your name or trademark or brand name that is written in your photos. Like mine, I put © Kelvin Servigon | Photography in my pictures before publishing them online.

Don’ts…

1. Do not add too much photos in a single post - because some of your readers may still have slow internet speeds. So if you put (for example) 10 pictures in a single post, and the reader has a dial-up connection only, then the reader needs almost 5 minutes just to see your pictures. 3-5 pictures in a post is recommended.
2. Do not post photos in a very high-resolution quality – so you obeyed the first “don’ts”. You put only 3 photos in a single post, but then, the size of every photo was so huge because you didn’t compress it at all! Like what I said, some of our readers have still slow internet speeds so we need to consider them. And the nice thing that we can do about it is to compress our photos into smallest possible size before posting it on our blogs.

You got more do’s and don’ts in photo blogging? Share it with us by posting it in the comment section.

Some of my readers here are bloggers, too. They may also have a photoblog, like this one. And, I like to share some of the web’s best Wordpress themes for Photoblogs. Here:

1. Sharpfolio

Sharpfolio

2. Bueltge Photo Blog Theme

Bueltge Photo Blog Theme

3. iQ2 Wordpress Photo Blog Theme

iQ2 Wordpress Photo Blog Theme

4. Video, Game and Photo Blog Theme

Video, Game and Photo Blog Theme

5. BOB Photo Blog

BOB Photo Blog

6. Nishita

Nishita

7. Photo WP

Photo WP

8. Nautilus

Nautilus

9. Ocular Professor

Ocular Professor

10. Reflection

Reflection

11. Photo Blog Free Wordpress Theme

Photo Blog Free Wordpress Theme

12. ShutterThemes Free Photo Gallery Theme

ShutterThemes Free Photo Gallery Theme

13. Monotone

Monotone

14. AutoFocus

AutoFocus

15. Unstandard

Unstandard

I was so happy when I got an invitation to be one of the resource speakers for an upcoming bloggers’ event, the Blog World Philippines 2010. First, I was hesitant to accept the invitation because I don’t know if I can speak well in that kind of event. But when I realized that this opportunity is another big step forward for being a better person, or simply being a better blogger, I changed my mind. This is another huge achievement for me. So, I replied to Sir Leo Fuentes of Asian Institute of E-Commerce and accepted the invitation.

So, the big day comes. The event took place at Crossroad 77, in Quezon City, Philippines.  The venue was huge and there were a lot of audiences – mostly youth people. And when I addressed my speech, there was a little problem but I think that was just OK. After my talk, I received a plaque of recognition and some (very nice) gifts. I was so happy and thankful. I also love the Question and Answer part where me with Ms. Janette Toral, Mr. Julius Cesar Mamaril and Ms. Cristina Manimbo-Gascon answer questions from the audience about blogging. In this part, I was able to express my insights in blogging.

After the event, we had a little picture taking time with the other resource speakers and some girls. I also met so many people having big names in the e-commerce industry.

Here are some pictures of Blog World Philippines 2010:

To Mr. Leo Fuentes of Asian Institute of E-Commerce, thank you so much for inviting me. And to all of my co-speakers, you’re so great! And for the audience who gave me a warm appreciation, thank you very much!

We just got home from Manila because my grandmother was brought to the hospital. There was a problem in her stomach, which I think not just a simple stomachache. When we knew about it, we rushed to Manila right away. As of now, the doctors said that my grandmother is OK and she’ll be having a test tomorrow.

Tomorrow and the next day will be busy days for me again because I’ll be practicing my speech for the upcoming Blog World Philippines 2010. I’ll be there as one of the speakers. I will discuss about photo blogging, and hopefully I’ll finish the speech nicely.

So right now, this will just be a short post. Goodnight people (it’s 10:36 p.m. here as I write this). Have a great day tomorrow.

Social bookmarks are every blogger’s friend. It helps us to build wider readership community through submitting our links to these sites (like Digg, Delicious, Reddit, Mixx, etc.). And we all know that having links to these social bookmarking sites below every post is important. So I made this post to help you find the best and the most creative social bookmark icon sets around the web.

Here’s 10 Creative Social Bookmarks Icon Set for Your Blog:

1. 34 Social Bookmark Buttons – SoulVisual

34 Social Bookmark Buttons – SoulVisual

2. Aquaticus.Social – jwloh

Aquaticus.Social – jwloh

3. Social Networking Icons – AODdesign

Social Networking Icons – AODdesign

4. Free Vector Social Bookmark Icons

Free Vector Social Bookmark Icons

5. Social Icons Made of Wood – webtoolkit4.me

Social Icons Made of Wood – webtoolkit4.me

6. Social Media Mini Iconpack – Komodo Media

Social Media Mini Iconpack – Komodo Media

7. Socialize Icon Set – DryIcons

Socialize Icon Set – DryIcons

8. Social Media Bookmark Icon + – nouveller

Social Media Bookmark Icon +

9. Free Hand Drawn Doodle Icon Set for Bloggers – spoongraphics

Free Hand Drawn Doodle Icon Set for Bloggers - spoongraphics

10. Matte Black Social Media – webtreats

Matte Black Social Media - webtreats

There are many emerging design trends and concepts in the graphic design world. And these trends help us graphic designers to create more competitive and better designs. My favorite concepts are the Letter Press and Huge Typography designs. These two concepts were widely used by different graphic designers for creating logos, posters, and even in magazines.

Letter Press | Design Concepts Using Typography

The Letter Press design concept, one of the most widely used design concepts all over the web. It has been very popular because of its professional look, especially when used in business cards, posters and book covers. I also use this concept in my new designs especially in business cards.

Here are some Letter Press Photoshop Tutorials from the web:

• Ps Letterpress emboss text effect
• Photoshop CS3+ Letterpress Tutorial
• Photoshop Tutorial: The Letterpress Effect

Huge Typography | Design Concepts Using Typography

The Huge Typography is very remarkable because of its elegant and simple style. Huge Typography style is also used in the new Windows Phone 7 Series UI, which was said to be a great innovative design. This design is my favorite style whenever I am creating posters.

Here are some Huge Typography Photoshop Tutorials from the web:

• Create a Trendy Typographic Poster Design
• Creating a Typographic Wallpaper

How about you? What’s your favorite design concept?

I now, I am already 18 years old. But, when I saw this action figure at a mall, I was like, turned in to a kid! I bought it right away! LOL. Bumblebee action figure from Transformers movie is the name. I bought it because I want it. I am a fan of Transformers and of course, my favorite Autobot is Bumblebee.

I took some photos of my new Bumblebee Action Figure using my Canon EOS 1000D.

Bumblebee Action Figure 1 | Photo by Kelvin Servigon

Bumblebee Action Figure 3 | Photo by Kelvin Servigon

Bumblebee Action Figure 2 | Photo by Kelvin Servigon

This Bumblebee action figure is so cool. Unfortunately, I can’t transform it into a Camaro. Haha, even the toy has its own instructions, I can’t still make it.

Philippine Revolution, EDSA Revolution, People Power Revolution – three names but only one glorious event in the Philippine History. It was the day that The Marcos dictatorship ended by a nonviolent and prayerful mass revolution of Filipinos. It was indeed a great event for the Philippines which also inspired different countries around the world to fight against the unreasonable governance.

And as a tribute to our People Power Revolution, I created wallpapers. You can download it and set as your desktop wallpaper.

Wallpaper Monday: Philippine Revolution

People Power - Wallpaper Monday: Philippine Revolution | Created by Kelvinonian.com

EDSA - Wallpaper Monday: Philippine Revolution | Created by Kelvinonian.com

Philippine Revolution - Wallpaper Monday: Philippine Revolution | Created by Kelvinonian.com

I hope you like this week’s set of Wallpapers. Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!

Note: What is Wallpaper Monday? Wallpaper Monday is a series of posts by Kelvinonian.com that features different set of Wallpapers every other Monday. You can now subscribe to our RSS Feed for more Wallpapers.

Phew, I never thought that this weekend will be a very busy weekend. Last night, we had partied all the night, with my cousins and the rest of the family. That party was so good. But after that, the consequence started. I got a headache that made my day terrible – but luckily I got over it because of some rest that I had. Then, after “recovering” from the hang-over hours, I decided to make a nice thing. I brought my business card layout to the printing shop and got it printed. I have now 100 pieces of business cards and it’s awesome.

Then, I also finished some stuffs that needs to be done this weekend. Hopefully, all of them are doing great right now (I passed some of the stuffs I did to a “critic” – something like a contest).

This is a very short post just to update you what’s going on with me. Just one more thing, enjoy life!

These past months, our family and some of my friends celebrated their birthdays. While some bloggers created new blogs. And some people really like doing hard stuffs. Just like me, I’ve been into many tasks these past few weeks. I got a lot of graphic design jobs, like birthday invitations, tarpaulins, logos and others. But fortunately, some of these tasks gave me some funds (after finishing it) to look over and over again at my Paypal account. And I also received a plain but very sweet “Thank you” as I accepted their requests – which is really nice, too.

As of February 2010, here’s some of the things that I created filed under the graphic design jobs category:

I really enjoy doing stuffs like these, especially when I know someone will be very happy because of it.

Want me to hire? Email me at: kelvinonian [at] gmail [dot] com.