BARON's "From Pencils to Pixils"

 

The most common fashion blogs created are the type that focus on the daily portrayal of 'self-style'. This blogging style sends us a daily flow of selfies and allows us to follow a persons life, and more specifically there personal fashion sense, off of Facebook. Self-style blogging intentionally showcases the highlights of there lifestyle through a manipulated lens; this manipulated lens restrains the bloggers ability to 'shed light' onto their intended audience. While a picture can tell a thousand words, what kind of story does a thousand pictures tell collectively? This type of blogging gets to pick and choose what particular attributions of their own identity, unique sense of style, and interests they will disclose with there audience. This #OOTD obsessed blogging style uses a novel way to connecting there audience with there: daily errands, travels, and the stories multiple photos seem to unfold about there day to day lives and there personalities. Forgetting Facebook and twitter this type or forum, similar to a personal portfolio, can help you better advertise yourself, or what Baron pointed out as "self publication".

 

Self promotion can help set you apart from other bloggers, and help you find 'a niche audience' to connect with. When you and your audience correspond back and forth it helps to better satisfy there needs. Especially when posting daily pictures, you could also show them demonstrative videos via YouTube on how to wear your hair in a specific braid. Rather than hiring a photographer, IPhone's now have become significantly improved graphically and better equipped.

Even if you cant afford all of the different types of attachable lens' there are multiple free applications with filters. Filters again take away from natural beauty, but can be nice when used in creatively and in moderation. You don't need to by a different lenses to change the picture and lighting of a photograph anymore! Being able to take a decent photo of yourself with your cellphone takes modeling to a new business level.

 

If you get enough hype on the internet or on Lookbook it wouldn't take much for an agent to seek out your talents. Many college graduates can use the internet as a creative source to advertise and promote their abilities and showcase their talents. Now that pictures of increasingly good quality are being edited, and uploaded automatically, the 'self style' bloggers can easily post numerous pictures daily.

JENKIN's “Why Heather Can Write"

Jenkin’s makes a VERY valid point about the internet; how it has turned into a fully functioning device constantly creating a steady flow of news and information updates. Jenkin’s emphasizes the idea of “collective intelligence” – which says that thousands of people worldwide contribute to today's media, and we have confined in the internet to hold this mass amount of knowledge. The internet has allowed people to take on the role of both the audience and author interchangeably when it comes to writing, and to what extent is it censored?

When looking through blogs, you want to find someone who is “relatable” to you or who shares your point of view and interests. If you care about the persons opinion and/or lifestyle, you'll be more interested to keep reading updated posts. Jennifer Lawrence is a down to earth model who is soon to be staring in her sequel to The Hunger Games: Catching Fire which opens next month !

If the world is “sharing” information and knowledge, openly, in a common platform, how can we expect it all to be credible? The millennium’s issue in modeling – the new reliance and mastery of Photoshop. The idea that some of the most beautiful editorial models are having already amazing photos perfected and edited to fit this unrealistic image.

 

 

 

 

 

Filters and other photo editing are useful daily, but these things are often used out of context.

GROHOL’s Psychology of Blogs (Weblogs): Everything Old is New Again

It’s easier to try and find a common link or theme between bloggers, rather than figure out what exactly it is that makes any given blog, out of thousands, stand apart from the rest. The ever growing list of tech-savvy devises are all meant to serve some sort of purpose;

the purpose or goal can be delivered in many different ways,

while the same idea can be used for multiple different purposes

(i.e. entertainment, information, business, social networking, and creativity). Grohol talks about how learning our history can benefit our future, because it builds our future. Similar to blogs, which need attention to grow, so does technology. Technology can be thought as an “evolution” – similar to Darwinism – overtime the ‘strongest and fastest’ networks survive. The internet holds a mass and culturally diverse audience – bloggers can be found responding to posts made across the globe. This is how ‘good news’ literally travels fast now-a-days (and bad news) – blogs have the capability to compile and stream bits and pieces of press and news releases globally.  The internet has created the most efficient way to bond ideas, news, pictures, and videos globally in a matter of seconds.

MASS MEDIA CANVAS

Etsy – what first seemed to me like a knock off of EBay, dedicated to jewelry – has evolved into a highly profitable online business. You can make, and sell, not only jewelry, but just about anything. Etsy has generated an organized manner to recreate our Saturday morning garage sale hunts to find that perfect handmade piece – now, you can find jewelry, clothing, home décor, and just about anything handmade from artists worldwide.

Custom design has also moved past our awkwardly tall friend, who happens to wear size 11, and is trying to find shoes in Aldo? Customizing your own tee-shirts with a group of friends is also a thing of the past. Creating your own personal pair of classic Chucks or Nike ID’s – you may just think about renewing your gym membership.

The big brand’s whom always had access to shipping and handling have set room aside for upcoming designers to showcase their attire. Nasty Gal, I don’t think much else needs to be said. Which started as a “side project” allowed this influential designers business to have been deemed the “Fastest Growing Retailer” in 2012 by INC Magazine.” This article talks more about the not so nasty girl's success.