Chapter 8. Your Photoblog

The iPhone camera gets a real workout, recording moments from your trip to Tahoe, your backyard barbeque, and maybe even those offbeat, random details from your morning rush to the subway. With the iPhone camera, taking photos isn’t reserved just for special occasions; it’s a daily (or almost-daily) activity. Your iPhone photos are a record of what you see, what you experience, and what compels your attention. And there’s no better way to publish them online than with a photoblog.

Photoblogs have been around for years; they’re an early offshoot of a craze that’s now crowded with cupcake blogs, sketch blogs, and blogs of every other subculture you can imagine. Like other blogs, photoblogs present their contents in a series of posts, typically organized in reverse chronological order. Sometimes the images have captions, and sometimes not; the blog form is flexible, and you can tailor it to what you would like to present. You want to dispense your photographic wisdom along with your images? No problem. You’re looking to post an image a day as an experiment in photographic discipline? Go for it. Your blog is an expression of your personality, of your creativity, and of who you are. Have fun with it.