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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:03:00 GMT--><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Blog</title><link>http://www.heller-photo.com/blog/</link><description></description><lastBuildDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:01:58 +0000</lastBuildDate><copyright></copyright><language>en-US</language><generator>Squarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</generator><item><title>Famous WWII sites...</title><category>400 f/2.8</category><category>berlin</category><category>bussels</category><category>canon</category><category>europe</category><category>historical site</category><category>normandy</category><category>world war 2</category><category>wwii</category><dc:creator>Adam Heller</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:07:23 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.heller-photo.com/blog/2009/9/1/famous-wwii-sites.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">419562:4626302:5055324</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>I'll be embarking on a rediculous journey from the 4th till the 18th of September.&nbsp; Me and Jon are off to visit just about every major world war 2 historical site in Europe.&nbsp; From Berlin, to Brussels and Normandy.&nbsp; It's going to awesome.&nbsp; I'm really looking forward to the opportunity to photograph it, as well as actually go and visit.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>I bought a Canon 400mm f/2.8 L lens, so hopefully that will be in by the time we leave.&nbsp; If not, no major loss.&nbsp; This lens should be my workhorse for the upcoming high school sports seasons.</p>
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<p>-Adam</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.heller-photo.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-5055324.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Business promotion and social networks in 2009</title><category>chris corradino</category><category>danny munson</category><category>exposuremanager</category><category>rant</category><category>sportsshooter</category><category>squarespace</category><dc:creator>Adam Heller</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:47:20 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.heller-photo.com/blog/2009/8/27/business-promotion-and-social-networks-in-2009.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">419562:4626302:5020398</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>I remember once upon a time, before facebook, before technoratti, when building websites was easier.&nbsp; There was none of this "Digging up" websites, or making tweets about every small detail in your life.&nbsp; It was simple, the more money you dumped into advertising or just spamming your website every where imagineable; the better returns you would see.&nbsp; Now there seems to have been some paradigm shift.&nbsp; Im' not quite sure when, but I'd be willing to venture a guess at around 2005-2006...Right as I joined the military and got out of web development.&nbsp;</p>
<p>It's difficult now.&nbsp; You have to ensure that your site is XML compliant, your meta data is right.&nbsp; Can people subscribe to my RSS feed?&nbsp; Does that Digg button work?&nbsp; Did I code that right for posting this as a facebook link?&nbsp; If you ask me, it's all too much....</p>
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<p>Which, well, I'll give them a shameless plug here, but <a class="offsite-link-inline" href="http://www.squarespace.com/?associateTag=heller-photo" target="_blank">Squarespace.com</a> provides an AWESOME and outstanding service.&nbsp; Granted yes, this blog is just basicallly a nice version of wordpress, but&nbsp; I think it pulls it off.&nbsp; Quite well.</p>
<p>For people like me, who have a tiny bit of knowlege of Web 2.0 design, but not nearly enough to maintain (well at least) a site with wordpress...I think <a class="offsite-link-inline" href="http://www.squarespace.com/?associateTag=heller-photo" target="_blank">squarespace.com</a> really got it right.&nbsp;</p>
<p>I'd like to thank 2 fellow <a class="offsite-link-inline" href="http://www.sportsshooter.com" target="_blank">sportsshooter.com</a> members, <a class="offsite-link-inline" href="http://www.christography.com/" target="_blank">Chris Corradino</a> and <span id="aonmaroon" class="aon24b"><a class="offsite-link-inline" href="http://www.dmunsonphoto.com" target="_blank">Danny Munson</a> </span>for introducing me to the wonders of squarespace.</p>
<p>More specifically I'd also like to credit <span id="aonmaroon" class="aon24b"><a class="offsite-link-inline" href="http://www.dmunsonphoto.com/" target="_blank">Danny Munson</a> with introducing me to <a class="offsite-link-inline" href="http://www.exposuremanager.com/aff/hellerphoto" target="_blank">Exposuremanager.com</a>&nbsp; It is an excellent alternative to smugmug or one of it's clones.<br /></span></p>
<p>So why would I say that you ask? Well, one <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>HUGE</strong></span> selling point for me was that untill a customer purchases an image, I am not required to upload a print ready version.&nbsp; Which also means, I'm able to save a ton of time by not fully post processing photos untill they are sold.</p>
<p><br />For quite a few of my friends, who are part time webdevelopers, these sites probably come as bad news.&nbsp; Sorry guys.</p>
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<p>-Adam</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.heller-photo.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-5020398.xml</wfw:commentRss></item></channel></rss>