I made a new Twitter profile specifically for Tru Shots Photography and photography tweets! The profile name is Tru Shots Photo and the handle is @trushots. Originally, I only wanted one Twitter account. (I started my original Twitter profile @thetrudz in April of 2009. This page originally had the profile name Tru Shots Photo, but I changed it to "Trudy" this month to indicate that it is the page of a full person, not only a company/brand etc.)
Since I have a portfolio, this blog, and a Facebook fan/biz page specifically for photography, I decided that I wanted a Twitter page specifically for photography as well. This account will have the following purposes:
• To share links to my professional and personal work in photography, which includes sharing photographs, photography scholarship (what I am reading/studying), and my writing about photography. I will also share my learning journey in filmmaking.
• To share anything specific to Tru Shots Photography (i.e.a local special in South Florida, sponsoring an event etc.)
• To share other photography links that include visual inspiration and education, as well as quotes/discussion points etc. These links may be from other peers or within art and cultural studies, but not specifically photography (i.e. music/painting or something that connects to art at large). (Note: I am not writing these tweets or even have this page to be anyone's sole source of photography knowledge/guru. I am not taking up that gauntlet nor should anyone try to corner me into using my page this way. Remember, follower count ≠ expert.)
• To feed all of this into Facebook. At first I did not want to do this (with the @thetrudz profile), but since this new page @trushots won't necessarily have heavy daily tweeting, and will specifically be about photography, I think it will be at an amount appropriate to share with Facebook. This way, I won't delete my Facebook fan page after all (which I have been debating for months) and remain connected with the 1000+ fans there. (Many of them are "Facebook only" users who never see my Twitter stream.)
Since I have a portfolio, this blog, and a Facebook fan/biz page specifically for photography, I decided that I wanted a Twitter page specifically for photography as well. This account will have the following purposes:
• To share links to my professional and personal work in photography, which includes sharing photographs, photography scholarship (what I am reading/studying), and my writing about photography. I will also share my learning journey in filmmaking.
• To share anything specific to Tru Shots Photography (i.e.a local special in South Florida, sponsoring an event etc.)
• To share other photography links that include visual inspiration and education, as well as quotes/discussion points etc. These links may be from other peers or within art and cultural studies, but not specifically photography (i.e. music/painting or something that connects to art at large). (Note: I am not writing these tweets or even have this page to be anyone's sole source of photography knowledge/guru. I am not taking up that gauntlet nor should anyone try to corner me into using my page this way. Remember, follower count ≠ expert.)
• To feed all of this into Facebook. At first I did not want to do this (with the @thetrudz profile), but since this new page @trushots won't necessarily have heavy daily tweeting, and will specifically be about photography, I think it will be at an amount appropriate to share with Facebook. This way, I won't delete my Facebook fan page after all (which I have been debating for months) and remain connected with the 1000+ fans there. (Many of them are "Facebook only" users who never see my Twitter stream.)
I am still keeping my primary Twitter profile, @thetrudz, where I chat about photography, art, culture, gender, race, politics, history, technology, creativity, psychology and Apple. In fact, I will retweet some of the @trushots tweets on the original @thetrudz profile. I have over 3600 followers and I enjoy chatting with and learning from people. And since this page is more about me (which naturally includes my photography work) than "just" my work, nothing will change with the @thetrudz account. I like how I use it and I like Twitter overall.
One of my Twitter buddies was concerned that I may be creating this account due to some of the bullying that I have experienced on Twitter. Unfortunately, this bullying has come from some photographers who think how they define "brand" is the only definition, ones who feel that tweets and conversations about any aspect of culture that is not specific to making images shouldn't exist and even ones who have tried to silence me in regards to my personal experiences as a human being. (Yep, photographers are human...first.) I advised my Twitter buddy that NO, I don't succumb to the will of bullies. It was my choice to make this second Twitter profile.
I don't have a Facebook personal profile (deleted it in 2010), a Model Mayhem (thank goodness I had the sense to delete this), a Google+ profile or a Google+ biz/fan page. I am in the process of deleting a lot of extraneous accounts that I don't use. Thus, I will have time for this photography-only Twitter account since my social media use is already so minimal. I think social media is about connecting with others through platforms that make sense for you, not forcing use and creating random profiles on every single network that comes into existence. Ultimately, every user has to decide how they will use social media, the frequency, the number of profiles/networks...everything. I am doing what works for me, and making/accepting changes as both social media changes and I evolve. I look forward to seeing you on the new photography Twitter profile or both profiles! :)
One of my Twitter buddies was concerned that I may be creating this account due to some of the bullying that I have experienced on Twitter. Unfortunately, this bullying has come from some photographers who think how they define "brand" is the only definition, ones who feel that tweets and conversations about any aspect of culture that is not specific to making images shouldn't exist and even ones who have tried to silence me in regards to my personal experiences as a human being. (Yep, photographers are human...first.) I advised my Twitter buddy that NO, I don't succumb to the will of bullies. It was my choice to make this second Twitter profile.
I don't have a Facebook personal profile (deleted it in 2010), a Model Mayhem (thank goodness I had the sense to delete this), a Google+ profile or a Google+ biz/fan page. I am in the process of deleting a lot of extraneous accounts that I don't use. Thus, I will have time for this photography-only Twitter account since my social media use is already so minimal. I think social media is about connecting with others through platforms that make sense for you, not forcing use and creating random profiles on every single network that comes into existence. Ultimately, every user has to decide how they will use social media, the frequency, the number of profiles/networks...everything. I am doing what works for me, and making/accepting changes as both social media changes and I evolve. I look forward to seeing you on the new photography Twitter profile or both profiles! :)
4 Comments:
Smart move and thank you for the heads up.
Followed.
Brilliant Tru!
Thanks ladies! :)
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