The Top 21 Podcasts for Photographers (Wedding / Portrait)

The Top 21 Podcasts for Photographers (Wedding / Portrait)

I have a decent podcast habit. The ability to listen to longer form discussions and content is quite refreshing in the era of 10 second Instagram reels. I wanted to put together a quick list of my favorite photography podcasts. It’s pretty incredible to live in a time where there is so much available information…

A Guide on Migrating from Flothemes to Kadence

A Guide on Migrating from Flothemes to Kadence

This past September, Flothemes dropped a bomb on their 40,000 customers. They announced that their parent company Pixieset shut down new theme sales, would be ending further development, and would be ending support of the product in 12 months. For most WordPress themes, this would not have been a massive inconvenience. Users would have some…

Should You Block AI Bots from Crawling Your Website?

Should You Block AI Bots from Crawling Your Website?

I’ve been thinking a lot about Squarespace’s new feature that lets you block AI bots from your site (Yoast recently added this as well). On the surface, it seems like a good idea to protect your content, right? But let’s pause and look at the bigger picture, especially through the lens of AI’s growing role…

2023 Black Friday Deals for Photographers

2023 Black Friday Deals for Photographers

I thought it’d be super helpful to gather all the amazing deals for photographers I’ve come across and share them with you in one handy spot. Right now is the perfect moment to give your website a fresh look, snag some web hosting deals, upgrade or replace that camera gear you’ve been thinking about, or…

The Best Paid & Free WordPress Photography Themes

The Best Paid & Free WordPress Photography Themes

My website has been based on WordPress since roughly 2009. Over that time period, I’ve seen many themes and pagebuilders come and go. The most recent major shift in the photography space was the end of Flothemes, who I used many times over the past 6 or so years. I’ve used everything from Photocrati, to…

How to Learn SEO for Photographers for 2023 (Free Guide)

How to Learn SEO for Photographers for 2023 (Free Guide)

Introduction to SEO If you’ve followed me on Twitter or Facebook for a while, you might know that I’m a major proponent of Search Engine Optimization being a major portion of the typical marketing strategy for photographers. It’s also grown into a consulting business where I help wedding photographers and companies improve their visibility in…

The Best Wedding Photographer Websites (Wordpress, Squarespace, Showit)

The Best Wedding Photographer Websites (Wordpress, Squarespace, Showit)

Cool Looking Photographer Sites? One of the hardest challenges of beginning your career as a photographer is building your website. It can be technically difficult, there are design considerations, you need to worry about user experience, and DIY web design is a tough skill to master. Hopefully this article will help your journey to a…

Google Updates Image Search [October 2018]

Google Updates Image Search [October 2018]

Google’s Birthday Announcement Google turned 20 years old last week and to celebrate they updated a bunch of their products, including one that will likely affect photographers: Image Search. Click here to read Google’s 20th birthday announcement. This is much more than a shiny new UI.The overarching theme is that they want to improve the…

Flothemes Review + How-To

Flothemes Review + How-To

This post was originally published in 2017. Flothemes has since shut down development and is only supporting their existing themes until September of 2024. If you’d like to learn how to migrate your site from Flothemes to Kadence (the theme I use), here is an article: https://dylanmhowell.com/migrating-flothemes-to-kadence/ If you’d rather pay somebody to copy your…

The 100 Best Wedding Blogs // Getting Featured

The 100 Best Wedding Blogs // Getting Featured

Updated 09-05-2020. Here is my list of the 100 best wedding blogs that you should submit to in 2020. The blogs might have a specific social media network that it is most successful on, some have more web traffic, others cater to a certain style of bride or wedding, etc. To help with this, I…