Blogging on a Budget

6 Blogs To Check Out (Who Have Incredible Photography)

To finish off a week of posts about photography, I thought I'd share the love and show you some of the blogs who give me the greatest photo envy. All are unique in their style, but keep me captivated through their down-right bloody incredible photos. These blogs have been the places I have spent far too many hours reading and gawping at when I'm on procrastinating sprees taking a coffee break, so now they can grace your computer screen too!

Blogging 101: 5 Tips To Help Boost Your Photography

Photos are, in my opinion, so vital to blogs. A good, sharp image draws you in, inviting you to read the post presented to you. It frames an argument or review, can give you just as much information about a product as words and has the ability to captivate an audience. It's true that even if your post is well-written, a dark, blurry photo can turn your reader off; it doesn't exactly ooze slick professionalism. Before you say it, I know I'm not an expert in photography. My photos are nowhere near as amazing as some bloggers' are, but I have learned a lot in the past 7 months that could help a little bit. Here are 5 tips to help boost your photography:

Why Do All Our Photos Look The Same?

One of my favourite things to do in the evenings or at the weekend is take some time out, sit down with a cuppa, read the blogs I follow and immerse myself in their beautiful writing and photography. There's something magical about a blog as an endless catalogue of thoughts; a unique place where an individual's writing illuminates their personality and their photos transport us to a place of beauty (and usually envy). But recently, I've noticed that a lot of bloggers have the same style of photography, and the props, backgrounds and lighting of these unique, individual blogs are all blurring into one.