benkiruthi.com is photography blog run by a husband and wife team. They were named the Best Photography blog in the Kenyan Blog Awards 2014. We talked to Ben Kiruthi about the blog and this is what he had to say:
We are a husband and wife team who are International & destination wedding photographers based in Kenya. Together we have photographed many weddings & we are conditioned to anticipate moments & emotions and freeze them. We are passionate about our faith as we are ambassadors & Disciples of Christ, our marriage and making the best out of our lives.
Since we are blessed to have this talent, we want to share it with the world. We are collectors of memories, keepers of time and followers of dreams and we capture them with every click of our shutter. This is what led to us setting up the blog.
1. How does it feel to have won the Best Photography blog in the Kenyan Blog Awards 2014?
We thank God for the great honour He gave us by winning this award and we are more than grateful. We are so overjoyed and happy that our fans also voted for us too and we are thankful for them too.
- What are your thoughts on the Kenyan Blog Awards?
The Kenyan Blog Awards was the best initiative started to appreciate the blogging community since blogging isn’t an easy affair since the individual has to always be on the look and find content to put up. Hence the awards give bloggers the motivation to become better by the day. Also the awards provide the opportunity of bloggers to meet up and share ideas.
- Who/what is your motivation to blog?
God and Gathoni my wife
- What should people expect from your blog in future
Much better coverage of Weddings, both in Kenya & also destination weddings. They should expect it to be more personal and we will have FAQ posts too as we attempt to educate people through out blog
- What are your top 3 Kenyan blogs and why?
a) ThisisEss.com – It has a creative view of fashion and also the fact that she shares personal stories and videos
b) ernestwamboye.blogspot.com – Ernest the writer shares a lot of insight about marriage and what it takes to remain truly married the way God intended it to be
c) Gathoni.com – She is a brilliant wedding photographer and I absolutely love the stories she tells through the images she captures
- What advice would you give to upcoming bloggers?
1. Blog at least one time a week…the more frequent you blog the more people will visit your blog
2. Develop meaningful content for your readers. Take time to read and research. Blogg a lot of material that is meaningful.
3. Share your private stories. Blogs are more of online diaries. People love reading about other peoples lives so share about your life as much as you can.