What is the name of your Blog?Charlie Gilbert - Conscious Images
What is your name?
Charlie
Where are you from? (include country, state and/or city)
London
What is your current age or age range?
23
Please describe your blog
My blog comes attached with the 'conscious images' tagline. This is a reference to two things - my love of Rastafarianism and the reggae it goes hand-in-hand with, but also the nature of my photography. My images, I hope, are eye-catching for what they are, but I like to think they go a little bit deeper thanks to their contextual grounding.
Describe the main purpose of your blogging, what are you trying to accomplish?
I'm sick of my nine-to-five marketing-through-news job. It's not creative enough. My blog is an expression of my creativity - and maybe one day, hopefully, it will get me somewhere.
What blogging platform do you do and why?
Blogspot - it struck me as the easiest to use while also being remarkably comprehensive.
What do you blog the most about?
Well, I've only been doing it for five days, but all my blogs so far have related one of my images back to something 'conscious' - be that newsworthy, a point of discussion or something I regard as poignant.
What kind of blogs make you angry?
Young Conservatives (with a big C) writing about how great the UK would be if we had a Tory government.
Give five of your best blogging tips.
I'm a newbie, so I'm not sure if I'm allowed to answer this!
Did you start blogging for the purpose of making money and if so, are you making enough money?
No - although it would be nice to make contacts and establish a freelance photojournalism career.
How long have you been blogging?
All of five days.
About how many hours per day do you spend blogging?
Less than one, although about one-and-a-half on Wednesday - oh yeah!
What promotional techniques work best for you and why?
Fingers crossed this will work.
What is the url of your blog?
Charlie Gilbert - Conscious Images
