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Mary Jane
Amy Nave
Tim Halberg
Carlos Hernandez
Greg Coates
Nathan and Amber Holritz
Floyd Palitang
Jenifer Melody
Alisha Clark
Michelle Grace Ross
Blaine Franger
Peter and Megan Begley
Dane Sanders
Gregorio Bumatay
Brody Dezember
Tricia
Andrew Van Gundy
Michelle Allen
Karl Deleon
Skylar DeJohn
Alison Bynum
Jefferson Todd
Becker [b]
Gary Fong
Thomas Alan
Dan Watkins
Garrett and Joy Nudd
Zack Arias
Monica Pinedo
GinoL
TJ Cameron
Mark Collins
John Lyons
Jessica Claire
John Andrews
Christopher Grisanti
K.C. Ferrill
Christy Bonifacio
Chris Uglanica
Liana Lehman
Cameron
Katherine Tolentino (KK)
Sarah Barlow
Tamalyn Lee
Erik Dungan
Brady Dillsworth
David Hessemer
Neil Cowley
Eric Hegwer
Pam Bredenkamp
Mark Lydell
Kerri Lydell
Adam Squier
Kristin Renee
Colleen Donovan
Matt & Sarah Antonino
Gregg Hicks
Jason Groupp
Alexis Jasmine
Nam Nguyen
Phil & Mindy Thornton
Anne Ruthmann
Eric Cotter
Justin Bisher
Josh Newton
Krista Norman
Davide Greene
Matt Dunmore
Craig Molway
Jessica Strickland
Ginger Moseley
Davina (business blog)
Davina (photo blog)
Mike Colon
Kevin Meyers
Kate Jervis
Frank Dimeo
Jeff East
Weddings By Doyle
Cary Pennington
Mike Solis
Cory Paris
Mark Newman
Susan Hanagraphie
Robin Pesa
Jamie Weiss
Jason & Stacy Tench
Kim Koluch
Jen Bebb
Oscar & Kartika
Chris & Lynn Jaska
Sophia Negron
Laura Kelley
Adam Nollmeyer
Eddie Scheffer
Ana Gabriela
Mark Eric
Jenna Walker
Bill Cawley
Angela Fitzgibbons
Charles Bordner
Kenneth Soong
Staja
Amy Squires
Crystal Goss
Jasmine Star
Tim Skrastins
Jules Bianchi
Louis Palos
Rob Larson
Debra Weisheit
Nicole Green
Ramiro
Amy DeYoung
Nate & Amanda Reynolds
Erwin Darmali
Melissa Jill
Erwin Wijanto
Masen Larsen
Erin Browne

Amy Jett
Oleksandr Havrylyuk
steve bélinge
Eric Lagstein
Jennifer Grigg
Debbie Lund
Rebecca Waurio
Brad Knapp
Gene Higa
John and Lovina Arcara
Jason Angelini
Paul & Laura Eaton
matt + angie sloan
Gulnara Samoilova
Jason Lee
Abby Rosenbaum
Dejah Quinn
Lindsay Mast
Mark Christensen
Julie Ambos
Jasen Master
Josiah W. Kennedy
Fred Egan
mac mitchell
Jose Villa
Kelly Moore Clark
Andrew M. John
Amber Schmidt
Amos
Susan M. Nunn
Jen Stewart
Jerry Tomko
Diana Nash
Jacob Oldenkamp
Trevor Meeks
Brian Khang
Mark Edgington
Renee Reedy
Shannon Leith
Jennifer McNulty
Brent Williamson
Elaine + Kenneth
Nouna Andersson
Joy Moody
Alyssa Lang
Tracy Mewmaw
Steve Chesler
Duane Franklin
Eddie Bojorquez
Kevin Swan
Rita Wiebner
Steve Slate
David McClain
Steve DePino
Bobbi Sheridan
Autumn Thomes
Kristin Greenlee
Ross Knight
kristy r behrs
Phil Mantas
Noel Kleinman
Sarah Quiara
Gabriel Boone
Richard McDowell
Brian Fox
John Griffin
Rob & Lauren Simpson
Kim Hawthorn
Laura Wootan
jeff newsom
Jennifer Cavagna
Kara Singleton
Abby Smith
Alvin Catacutan
Crystal D.
Scott Neumyer
Lauri Baker
Jennifer Bowen
Lauren Hillary
Keith Czechanski
Mike Larson
Ken Vigil
Kelly Park
Bob & Dawn Davis ~ la Storia foto

Thanks to Scott Neumyer for RE-compiling the list!

DJ,
I've subscribed to all Xangan sites listed.

i made one and posted a lot of the pictures ive taken....

http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=socopasetic

Sweet! I added you to the list! Nice pics too!

I have one!
http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=Lily_Photography

Hey Alisha! I'm glad you found us! I added your site to the list and I just read that you had 8 weddings this month!!! WOW! Your work is awesome and I love this shot your asst. snapped of you!

I just got home from my 3rd wedding this weekend. You know how freaking happy I am the month of May is OVER!!!!! *happy dance, happy dance*

WOW! ...when you recover (in a week or two) show us some pictures! I'd love to see some of your shots!

Sleep well...

Ya right, you say that to all the girls.....

No I don't darling!

That's not what Dane's mom said. uh burn.
LMAO, j/k, love you uncle rico.

Low blow!!!

... She's hot though!

I'm still waiting for some of you to subscribe to my blog, don't think I have'nt noticed. LOL;)

I have Livejournal. What's up with everybody on Xanga?

http://www.livejournal.com/users/undergracephoto/

Just curious of you bloggers have found that this particular form of exposure has actually helped business. Seems like they might be very interesting to fellow photogprahers but what about brides?

Yes, very much so. I have booked weddings because of my blog. My brides LOVE IT! I have heard the same from my friend Brody as well.
~Alisha

Do the blogs have to be photography-related? If not, mine is up at the following:

Whoops! Scratch that! I've moved things around a little--new address follows...
http://www.credoadvisors.com/blog/index.php

I just started getting into the whole blog thing a few weeks ago and am totally addicted. Since I'm a total computer geek, for me that means a lot of looking around the internet at what else is out there. I saw that a lot of people use xanga and I thought it might be helpful to post the various resources out there in case people like to fiddle.

- Movable Type
- Blogger
- Xanga
- boastMachine
- b2
- ecto
- MarsEdit
- Nucleus
- TypePad
- WordPress

Some of the above are hosted services, like Xanga and Blogger, and others are systems you can install and tweak on your own server. I use boastMachine on my blog, and love it to death, but it probably isn't suitable for someone who doesn't like to tweak code. I think it works great right from the get go, but since it is a system you host yourself, I figure you pretty much want to tweak it to look like your site in general. So I'd recommend what I've got, but only to those who might want to customize their site and delve into the code a little. Otherwise, I think most of the other ones listed above are great!

I've made a blogring for those of us on Xanga. Not thinking, I put our category under 'Hobbies'

*dark cloud*

I should be fired as blog ring leader for that.

I feel it the love ... I wanted to let you know that I spoke with my mom and she forgives you .

PS ... Just to join in the fun, you can check out Uncle Rico's blog here if you'd like.

"Myspace.com" is another one to add.

I love my blog. It gets major traffic from my site. I post almost everything I have done on it through out the week. Since I started it, I have booked more weddings from it then any advertising I have done. It works very well. I think its a great way for potential clients to get to know you with out meeting you. Plus all of my past brides always seem to call me and say that they loved something that I have done and put on there.

My xanga site

Thank you all for inspiring me - I finally spent some time creating a blog.
http://bumataystudio.blogspot.com/

I'm thinking about linking this to my website so clients can view what's going on with my photography. It's also a great way to get some feedback.

It looks great!! Good job! Very Classy!

my blog is at http://fotogra.blogspot.com

Thanks Kim, yours looks awesome - I love the shot on the bridge.


Karl,
I love your blog too, makes me want to vacation to Palawan. My wife has never gone to PI, and I just might show her your pics to convince her to go!

*For the Blogger users:* I've secretly been jonesing for some type of data feed from your sites (RSS or Atom) so I can keep up with what you guys are posting daily. I didn't think Blogger offered one (and was a bit befuddled by that) but I did a bit of digging and found out that they do! So here's the link to the instructions. And here's a alink to other Blogger "Add-Ons".

If you aren't sure what syndication is, it's basically a really cool data feed of your blog that is automatically generated. People like me (and I'm sure you have a few clients that are similar) are a bit nerdy and like looking at hundreds of sites really quickly. So we use an RSS or Atom aggregator to subscribe to your blog as well as 100's of other ones. Each time you make a new post, the data feed will reflect the new content. I'm not sure if I'm explaining this well, but they're very cool features and I'm sure at least a few of your clients would love it if you offered such a capability. (and me too!)

...2 things:

1. We finally bit the bullet and created a photography blog for our company. (DJ: Feel free to replace the Credo one with the photo one in the main list!)

2. Scratch what I said about the RSS/Atom thing with blogger -- if you want to snag the feed, just add /atom.xml to the main address for anyone's blog site. For example, you can see Dane's by taking http://danesandersinmotion.blogspot.com/ and making it http://danesandersinmotion.blogspot.com/atom.xml

Awesome! I think I got everyone updated!

Did I miss anyone???

Here is my xanga site, not much but I plan on contributing weekly.


http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=skylardejohn1

Mine is:

www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=AlisonB

I am new to this forum and so excited to have found you from Pictage's forum.

Alison

my blog:

beckersblog.com

be sure to check it every other day!

Mine is at http://blog.trailingsilence.com

Right on Becker - I'm from OC too! Your work is so awesome.

Here's my Blog at Xanga http://www.xanga.com/private/home.aspx?user=marquezblake

Ha ha, DJ, I just noticed the 'sitting in a tree' remark next to Visions blog (which we're not by the way fellow OSPr's) Our first avatar of us holding a camera, walking together on the beach was a JOKE. Ha ha.
Anyway, we may be coming out with a new blog in the not too distant future I'll let you guys know about when it comes.

rocking, that's an awesome idea to include everyone's blog. I think it would be great to sit down and look through them all (as if any of us have the time). I am going to save it to my favorites for a slow winter day. Here is my blog...

www.xanga.com/ljwphotography

Pretty frequently updated. And in response to the person who asked if it helped with clients.... HECK YEA! No doubt about it. Without going into all the reasons why since there really is a lot, I strongly believe in creating a community feeling for people involved with me. That goes hand in hand with the "creating an experience" philosophy, I like to give clients the option of seeing recent work, getting to know me on a more personal level, keeping them excited about me, and hearing stories of other people's weddings (sometimes they email each other and become friends through their experiences with me). So in summary it helps my branding and helps me create an experience for clients... and most importantly a community feel. I will put a message board up sooner or later, but that's def in the future!

I guess I'll join the club as well. It's a start at least

http://blog.johnandrewsphotography.com


Andrew

Nice Andrew! WP is awesome isn't it? Like the look.

Here's our blog:
http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=grazierphoto

Enna

And yet another BLOG... (not much there yet, but stay tuned!)

Ours is:
garrettnudd.blogspot.com

Ohhh... just came across this. Toooo much fun...

I'm gonna want to read them all now *yikes, don't need to turn into a bigger comp-geek* hahaha.

Liana's Bananas (my ramblings)

Garrett - I keep forgetting you're in ORLANDO!! I've got a gal that is REALLY wanting to shoot with some other photogs in the area ... if you're ever in need of some free assistance let me know and I'll get you all connected.... I'm afraid I'm a bit far for her though she seems eager even to come as far as ATL to shoot/assist...

Shoot my address changed for my blog. DJ can you please update it?
Here's the new address.
http://www.jeffersontodd.com/blog

Garrett -- I LOVE the pictures of your daughter! I have 2 boys and a princess too...I don't think they know what I look like without a camera in front of my face!

Uh, or a beer in my hand. (sorry, couldn't resist...had to beat everyone to it...)

another blog... http://www.tjcameron.blogspot.com

hmmm... everyone has SO much stuff on theirs... mine is just simple..

Missed this thread earlier...guess ill add my cheesy Blog here too

Story by Photo Blog

My Blog Faith, Friends, and Fitness.

hmm i guess i'll post mine too
http://mnathanielc.blogspot.com/
be forwarned i've had this blog for over two years, if you read it you may feel like you know me.
although i havn't posted in two months, busy lately.

I just launched my new blog!

http://www.KillTheFill.com



Cheers,
Zack