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twenty ten…time to begin?

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happy new year
Today is the day we typically start something. Maybe this will be the year you start a blog?

Photographer friends often comment that it must take lots of time to keep it up. In the beginning, yes it did. First I had to get used to the blog process and then I had to remember to take a photo. It didn’t take long, though, for it to become a habit I truly enjoy. Potential photo ops are always on my mind so photography continues to be fun every day even if I’m just shooting out of a window.

The content of the photo isn’t the most important thing to me. It’s the process. When you always carry a camera, you’re presented with many more photo ops than if you planned an outing. You’ll encounter challenging situations like low light, extreme light or quickly moving subjects, more often. You’ll make exposure mistakes but because you’re trying to shoot every day, you’re more likely to remember the solutions. Before long, you’ll find yourself setting up your camera for any given situation with lightening speed and almost automatically. Really!

So, for me, the pros of keeping a blog have far outweighed the cons.

Besides, most people would really enjoy seeing what you’re shooting and a blog is an easy way to share. It doesn’t have to be a daily blog. You could post a photo once a week. SO…if you’ve been thinking about it, I hope you’ll give it a try!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

thank you aol

digital imaging group website

Click the above image to go to the Digital Imaging Group’s (DIG) new website. We’ve migrated from TextPattern to Word Press so I’ve spent the last several days customizing a Word Press template to work for us. Click here to see original. The layout was perfect but the red text had to go. Do I know what I’m doing? Not really! I know just enough to change colors, images and a little layout.

I have AOL to thank for my bravery in editing the CSS (stylesheet) of this blog. Like many my age, AOL was my web connection during my formative years 🙂

They had great user forums and help desks so after much trial and error, I learned just enough html to be comfortable. That was 14 years ago so I’ve obviously had lots of practice since then but it all still boils down to those first tips from AOL.

The point I’m trying to make is that I can totally relate to how nervous people are when thinking about starting a website or blog. Don’t be scared! It’s so much easier than you think. Really! Taking the first step is the hardest part.