Start Here!

Hello curious reader and welcome to Phogropathy! I want to take a moment and give you an idea of what I do here, where and how to start, and how you can benefit from becoming a regular reader of this site.

First thing’s First – Who Am I?

My name is John Davenport and I’m a part time blogger, amateur photographer, and full time lab rat for a chemistry lab in the area. I spend as much free time as I can photographing the New England landscape and sharing my thoughts on the subjects here on this site.

I’ve written a few guest posts for some high profile sites, maybe you’ve seen them, maybe you’ve even found out about me through them? But if you haven’t here they are for your reading pleasure!

These posts have helped me grow my reader base immensely and I have no intention of slowing down. I’ll continue to write for larger sites as often as I have time to write quality posts and am inspired by ideas. Are you a blogger looking for a different point of view on some topic related to photography? Contact me – I’ll see if I can write something for you!

So Where and How Should You Start?

1.) Remember Phogropathy

Sunset over Boardwalk Free Wallpaper

  • I guess, ultimately the first thing I’d like is for you to pick at least one way of remembering that you’ve been here. You can like Phogropathy on Facebook, Follow @Phogropathy on Twitter or Sign up for my Newsletter. I’m not going to push anything down your throat and you’re free to leave at any time, but the reason for this is because of how busy the internet is. I honestly believe that if you leave here today without some sort of connection back to this site the odds are greatly stacked in favor of you never returning again. So if you do like what you see, take a moment now, and choose at least one method of following me!

2.) Experience Phogropathy

  • Secondly, and really the most important, have a grand ol’ time looking around the site. I take these photographs for you, I write these posts for you, and I want you to see them – So go ahead – Look around! Over on the right side of every page is a list of the most popular posts (by times viewed), most commented posts (consider leaving one of your own!), and of course some of my favorite categories of photography. Go ahead and browse, enjoy, and hopefully be inspired by what you see!

3.) Contribute to PhogropathyOff the Beaten Path

  • Contribution is key – it lets me know that you’re out there, that I’m not just spilling out stuff that no one enjoys. So go ahead and leave a comment on a photograph you like or a post that made you think about something. Feel free to even ask something that might be on your mind, like “How’d you take that shot? Or what settings do you use most often?”. I take every comment seriously and will respond to any questions you ask, sometimes I’ll even become inspired to write a post dedicated specifically to something you asked – how cool is that!? I promise you the time won’t be wasted for either of us, after all, the comment box is their for you to communicate back to me your thoughts and I honestly hope that you’ll use it!
4.) Become Featured on Phogropathy!
  • And finally, if you want see your own photography featured on this site, I have just the thing! Submit your photographs to my Flickr Photo Share Group. It was launched in February of 2012 and has quickly become one of the most trafficked posts on my site each week. It’s great fun for me to see what everyone else is shooting and I know many people reading my site enjoy seeing these different perspectives as well.

What Else?

I suppose there’s only one more thing. Thank you for coming this far – I hope you’ll be back again to Phogropathy soon!