Shutter Speed for Creative Photography, Part One (Guest Post)


So what is shutter speed and why should you be concerned with it? Simply put, shutter speed is the length of time the shutter inside the camera is opened, exposing the camera’s sensor to light. Knowing this is important for a number of reasons. I’ll focus on one of those reasons in this entry. Continue reading “Shutter Speed for Creative Photography, Part One (Guest Post)”

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Tag Stuffing… Who, Me?


Tag Cloud of thesovereign.wordpress.comI learned a few weeks ago about “tag stuffing.” I also learned my many tags may be hindering my page ranking instead of helping it.

Spammers will put a lot of tags into their sites (even duplicate tags), hoping to rank high in internet searches.  They will also put in tags that aren’t related to the content of their website or post. You may have noticed this in spam comments (the commenter says one thing, but has unrelated links included in his comment that promote his site or product).

I’ve put in lots of tags because I think a variety of different readers would like a particular post. That may be true, but search engines find all those links and also the links in my tag cloud (see related post) and may conclude that I’m tag stuffing. This may be hurting my page ranking on some search engines. Continue reading “Tag Stuffing… Who, Me?”

Cancer Blogger’s Last Post Goes Viral


One year ago, I read this news article: B. C. cancer blogger’s final words go viral Derek Miller,  a 41-year-old father of two, died from complications of colorectal cancer.  He had written a farewell post which a close friend published for him on his blog. Perhaps you could generate a discussion on what your last words would be that leads to the gospel. Does anybody  have a “last post” lined up? NOTES: Derek Miller’s “last post.”  Unfortunately, Derek was a committed atheist and believed he would not exist after h Meet e4e author Russ Martin and read Russ’s posts on e4e. Continue reading Cancer Blogger’s Last Post Goes Viral

The Rule of Thirds in Photography (Guest Post)


Knowing and mastering the rule of thirds is a  simple way to push your photography to a higher level. The rule of thirds is one of the basic rules of art design. It is taking our photo frame and mentally placing a tic-tac-toe screen over it. Where the lines intersect are the “sweet spots” in which to place the important elements of a photograph. We should always keep our horizon lines on or above the top third  of an image (mountain lake photo, below) or on or below the bottom third of an image (elk photo). The classic vacation sunset shot with the sun smack in the middle of the photograph is not good. Continue reading “The Rule of Thirds in Photography (Guest Post)”