Archive for September, 2009

PhotoShelter Tutorial: Embedding a Flash Image in WordPress

Monday, September 28th, 2009

You have pictures on PhotoShelter and you have a WordPress blog. You want to insert an image in your blog that links back to the image on your PhotoShelter site where buyers (and Google) can find it. Great idea. How do you do it?

There are two basic ways to embed an image into your blog so that it links to its PhotoShelter page:

  1. Insert the image as a normal picture, and link it to the image’s display page (which I wrote about in a previous post)
  2. Embed the image as a Flash movie (which I discuss here).

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Autumn Vineyard, California

Monday, September 21st, 2009
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Autumn is coming, and often overlooked locations for great fall color are vineyards, especially in the California wine country. This photo of an autumn wine vineyard is from Sonoma County, California. (Please note that vineyards are private property. If you don’t have permission from the vineyard owner to be on their property, stick to shooting from the road.)

PhotoShelter Tutorial: Embeding an Image in WordPress

Friday, September 11th, 2009

You have pictures on PhotoShelter, and a WordPress blog to keep your fans and clients up-to-date. You want to insert an image in your blog that links back to the image on your PhotoShelter site where buyers (and Google) can find it. Great idea. How do you do it?

There are two basic ways to embed an image into your blog so that it links to its PhotoShelter page:

  1. Insert the image as a normal picture, and link it to the image’s PhotoShelter display page.
  2. Embed the image (or gallery of images, for that matter) as a Flash movie

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Photo Location: Sabino Canyon, Tucson, Arizona

Sunday, September 6th, 2009
Sabino Canyon, Coronado National Forest, Arizona

Sabino Canyon, Coronado National Forest, Arizona

Sabino Canyon Recreation Area (part of Coronado National Forest) sits on the Northeast side of Tucson, Arizona, tucked into the base of the Santa Catalina Mountains.

Surrounded on three sides by the Pusch Ridge Wilderness, the terrain ranges from relatively flat to rugged canyons and mountainsides. Miles of hiking trails and even a paved road (closed to traffic) allow easy access and provide ample photo opportunities.

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