Photography and Construction of Identity by Blogging

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Photography and construction of identity by blogging
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Photography is a great way to spending time and capturing moments. This involves the
practice of capturing still images from a specific background using high definition equipment
made only for that purpose. For choosing a perfect shot, a photographer needs to choose the
appropriate lens and film and then frame it according to the perfect shot required. In addition, the
photographer can also use filters and lights for achieving enhancement features in the picture.
This blog will present various photography materials, which will be used to share with friends
and familiar persons. In addition, this blog will also be used to undertake various online identity-
based measures for safe blogging.
Construction of an online identity
Identity is a way people recognize us and interact with us. Social identity is a method for
online identification, which is used to make a name in the online community. The construction of
online identities in the social world is a great way to increase awareness (Best, Manktelow and
Taylor 2014 p. 28). The basic sites used for this are the social media sites, which quickly makes
an impression in front of the minds of the users. The main concept used in any social media site
is that users engage in the posts created and this, in turn, creates an impression among other
people who are engaging in that post for the first time. Using these methods, the construction of
an identity in the online world is very easy.
Aspect of online identity
I use the blog post for posting pictures related to photography because I am very
passionate about it. I mainly use Instagram for sharing my pictures. The moments that have been
captured by me are posted on my Instagram feeds (Forbes 2013 p. 107). Moreover, I also take
pictures of beautiful places whenever during my visit to different countries. This is done by

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maintaining a private profile in Instagram where only my friends and families will be able to see
my statuses. In addition to this, I also use Snapchat for sharing my daily routine pictures in it like
going to a store or posting information about the weather. For Snapchat, the audience related to
my posts is only my friends and my family as I use a private profile, which cannot be seen by
everyone (Forbes 2013 p. 107). Facebook is another platform that is very effective in making an
online identity. This platform is used by many people and this is the sole reason I use to make an
online identity. However, I only use this platform for participating in online group conversations.
This usually denotes the University group work or group assignments. I would like to use it for
sharing my photos by creating a page. Another social media platform, which I use to make a
name for myself, is the Twitter. This is a great place where people share posts, which are termed
as tweets. These tweets carry information or some regular status update. I use this platform for
sharing some facts, memes, news and quotes related to photography. However, I am trying to use
it the right way to getting maximum exposure.
Lastly, I use the Whatsapp messenger application to communicate with my friends and
family. The Whatsapp messenger is a Smartphone application, which is used to communicate via
texts or multimedia messages utilizing internet access (Kim and Ko 2012 p. 1483). As I study
abroad, I use it to keep contact with my family and friends. However, the use of this application
is basically adopted for conversing with only the people I know.
Effectiveness and limitations
The effectiveness of these adopted processes can be seen directly by the influence it
creates. A social media is an effective tool for getting users committed to the services or products
(Majchrzak et al. 2013 p. 52). This, in turn, increases the engagement of the product or the