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	<title>Shawn Takes Fotos &#187; shut up</title>
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		<title>&#8220;Shut Up and Make Better Pictures&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shawn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can across an article the other day that couldn&#8217;t have spoken more truely.  Browsing through the blog of Tim Tadder (one of my favorites), one of his entries entitled &#8220;Shut Up and Make Better Pictures&#8220;.  Briefly, he goes onto saying that photographers, as visual communicators, need to spend less time focusing on updating our [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can across an article the other day that couldn&#8217;t have spoken more truely.  Browsing through the blog of <a href="http://www.timtadder.com" target="_blank">Tim Tadder</a> (one of my favorites), one of his entries entitled &#8220;<a href="http://www.lightgangster.com/?p=255" target="_blank">Shut Up and Make Better Pictures</a>&#8220;.  Briefly, he goes onto saying that photographers, as visual communicators, need to spend less time focusing on updating our twitter accounts or changing out facebook status, and concentrate our efforts on creating top-notch images.  This can&#8217;t be put into plainer english.  Although, I have to admit, I&#8217;m guilty as well.  As an up-and-coming photographer, I&#8217;m still trying to find my way.  Social networking is an attempt to direct more traffic to my work.  Not to be cynical, but whats a portfolio site if nobody but myself sees it.  Either way, his quote was a wake up call, big smack in the face.  Since coming across it, my focus has been nothing but editing, editing, maybe a coffee break here and there.  Its funny how something so simple, yet direct can reignite that flame.  Not that it was withering away, but I do feel social networking was re-directing my attention.</p>
<p>Lets just say, there will be new work coming very shortly, as well as a new website.  Although there is no exact date for the officlal launch, it is within site.  To sum it all up, I personally don&#8217;t find that there is anything wrong with social networking; it&#8217;s a great way to create conversations with peers and perspective clients, just don&#8217;t go overboard.  Don&#8217;t set aside your work in order to let people know what you had for lunch.  That&#8217;s a big no no.  Remember the reason you first got into photography, it wasn&#8217;t to rant online, it was to go out and create some kick butt images.  To finish off, I want your two cents on the matter.  What are your opinions about social media and photography?</p>
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