Cornell Finch

Photoblogging Themes/Templates

In a fit of total and utter boredom I wandered over to I Talk 2 Much to have a nose through the reviews.

Scrolling on down through the reviews of the usual BS blogs I noticed Adcuz had been reviewed. If you want to read the review then go look. Many people in the comments simply said “I don’t like photoblogs”, or “it sucks”. Fair enough, we don’t all like the same thing, we all know that.

I want to pick up on one of the comments that was made about the blog:

I like photoblogs. What I don’t like are photoblogs filled with text unless its inspirational bullshit like a poem the photo inspired or a well crafted essay around said photo. I also hate more than one photo a page. That annoys me because it screams that one photo is not worth the page. So if you don’t think your photo is worth it… why should I?

This is a really good point. If you think your photography is worth displaying in its own blog then I highly recommend that you use a single post view. There are of course exceptionsDonncha for example. He writes about photography too and to have a single post view would ruin the effect of the photoblog theme. I am working on this though!, but for the most part, give your image room.

Having a single image on the main page allows you to display a decent size image. If the image is too small then you will lose detail. You need the impact that a large image will have to the casual passer by. You don’t see billboards with just content in one corner. They are big because they want impact. Do the same for your photos.

You may know that I am developing a photoblog theme for wordpress which does exactly that. I am aiming to have a couple of different versions with colour changes to suit most needs. I will release it when it’s finished.

If you have any recommendations for the themeYou can see the development here. Bear in mind it might not work properly. then please let me know! I will get a list of tasks/problems posted on a page in the devblog so you can see the progress.