steve tout - seattle, washington
Consultant, writer, Most recently a dad, husband, consultant, writer and photographer.
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MP3: My PhotoTalkRadio.com Interview

Hey you all, I have a bunch of cool stuff to blog about right now, but hardly the time.  I have a couple of weddings to blog about, a sweet blog template that makes custom blog websites with all the latest features even more affordable, and will get to that hopefully in the next couple [...]

I will be a guest on Photo Talk Radio on Sept. 6 at 8:00am

I am going to be a guest on the the Photo Talk Radio show, and will be talking about Build vs. Buy and Online Portfolios for Photographers.  So if you have read my Rangefinder column and have been dying to ask me questions but haven’t done so, this is your chance to call in and ask away. [...]

Bremerton Wedding, Chris & Jennifer

No sooner do I get moved up to the Seattle area that I’m off to shoot a Coffeehouse Photography wedding with my sister-in-law Courtnee one weekend later.  Jennifer is one of the Stevenson Quints volunteers.  The wedding is going to at the beautiful Bremerton Harborside this Saturday, and should be one of the nicest days all [...]

Photo Cart by PicturesPro rocks!

I just wrapped up another article for Rangefinder which I think will help photographers decide on the best sales solution for selling images online.  If you already have a selling system in place, I think it will provide some food for thought. After completing my article I asked Tim from PicturesPro if I could evaluate Photo Cart.  [...]

Quintuplet Photo Shoot

 A few weekends ago I enjoyed taking time out from work and writing for a photo shoot with my nieces and nephew.  My sister-in-law was approached by a producer in L.A. about making her or the quints the subject of a reality t.v. show.  So I did my part by helping out with an updated portfolio [...]

Quick tips for Landing Page Design

Here are some quick, if not obvious (to me) strategies to help improve the quality and effectiveness of your website.  I just browsed several photog websites, so please bear with me while I think out loud.  Feel free to comment and let me know your thoughts. Instead of Googling for “10 tips on Landing Page [...]

What is your website saying about your business?

One thing that strikes me is the sheer number of photography websites that look like someone threw them up over a weekend.  Missing or incomplete photo galleries, bio pages that read like a wishlist of a wanna be photographer rather than a description of industry accomplishments, inconsistency in typography, poor or excessively edited images and a host of [...]

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