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The following are some of the most common mistake photographers make when communicating through email.

1. Poor subject lines

The subject line is the most vital part of your email. This is what will determine whether your email gets deleted or opened by photo editors. Avoid using tricks to manipulate them to open it. Don’t use unnecessary words like ‘URGENT’. Such deceptive strategies may cause your emails to be filtered as spam and will cost you your credibility. Instead of using tricks, try using descriptive words. Using keywords in subject lines is a strategy that has worked for my emails promoting thinkstock discounts coupons and istock photo discounts.

2. Irrelevant content

Before sending the email, think again. Be sure that the text and images within your email are relevant and helpful for the recipients. Therefore, it is important to have some information about the business, publication or person you are sending the email to. What topics do they cover? What are their areas of interest? What is their preferred photographic style? What would their readers be interested in? Before you send your email, make sure you have an answer for all these questions.

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The world is a big ‘ol place, we all know that, but if you’re looking to plan your holiday with photography in mind the choices are baffling. From underground to high up in the atmosphere, natural or man made, ancient or new, there is a stunning selection of photographic opportunities around the world. To begin with you’ll probably want to narrow your choices down by what kind of photography you like most, or the type of places you love, then look at your budget and go from there.

Obviously, a comprehensive guide to world photography spots would be ridiculous, so here’s my little guide to some of the most stunning photo opportunities around the world. Also, I apologise in advance if i’ve missed your favourite spot, I had a lot of trouble getting it down to this few!

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It’s been a busy week for me with the [intlink id="727" type="category"]Photo A Day[/intlink] project and some of the guest posts over made on several blogs, but never fear my series of weekly updates are here from the Blazing Minds blog where I list blog posts I’ve enjoyed reading as well as some of the stats for the week, such as the top 5 referring websites that have graciously sent me some traffic over the week.

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It’s that time again for this weeks Saturday six and this weeks theme is photography, so without further a do let’s get on with it:

1. Do you use a Digital or Film camera?
2. Do you print the photos yourself or get them printed for you?
3. Do you upload your photos to sites such as fickr or photobucket?
4. Do you photo anything and everything or does your camera only come out on special occasions such as birthdays etc.?
5. When was the last time you upgraded to a new camera?
6. If you could have any camera on the market which one would you choose and why?

Thanks for taking part. If you would like to nominate a theme for the next Saturday Six then you can Tweet me on Twitter and if you are on entrecard the winning theme will get 200 ECs in my Saturday Six Entrecard Competition.