marvin lowe photography

This post has been long overdue. I wanted to write about how the modern day artist is able to catch on the wave of the Long Tail in Web 2.0. The artist community is probably one of the largest online apart from the Tech Geeks. For the photographers, there’s Flickr and Deviant Art for the digital artist. These portals allow the artists to interact amongst a community and function as a form of portfolio as well.

With the advent of blogs, the artist is now able to develop a new tool, the Blogfolio. That’s right, a Blog that works as a Portfolio as well. Now this really kills two birds with one stone. There’s no longer a need for complicated coding or hiring expensive website designers. They can pretty much do everything for free and by themselves. The Blogfolio idea is the one of the latest trend that has captured the minds of many web-based visual artists. This allows them to develop a simple CMS (Content Management System) without any fancy complex html or flash codings.

I believe this not only allows them to enjoy some cost saving without getting external support, it also gives them a better focus on their projects without worrying about website management. The Blogfolio concept also provides as an avenue to interact with their clients and potential clients. It’s really Web 2.0 at work. You literally build a community around the work you do. Past clients who are genuinely touched by your works will leave testimonies, share positive experiences and in some sense help to sell you. What more can you ask for?

I see Jacqueline doing that really well and perhaps, this would be the greater purpose for this blog, to display more of my works. Stay tuned, they will be coming right up.