Right now I’m sizing my pictures 650 pixels wide and what I would like to do is to make them a bit smaller to fit various sized screens and then use a Lightbox to make it bigger. I’ve looked at a couple of WordPress plugins that I could use but wanted to find out if anyone had suggestions/recommendations prior to trying those out.

This appears to be the popular choice and the basis for most plugins.

In what feels like forever since I last posted a image I’ve had some down time to think about what I want to do with this blog. I’ve had a bit of a creative funk as of late and didn’t pick up a camera for the better part of a couple of weeks. During that time, I also didn’t have any work on the real estate side so was a bit bummed out about that as well (which only added to the lack of interest in picking up a camera). No blog updates, little activity with Facebook or Twitter and I basically just sat around.

So what changed? Reading this post by Chase Jarvis. Following his advice, I went and did all the little things I’ve neglected (backups of hard drives, reorganizing camera bag, making a list of equipment I need for the real estate business, and oh yeah, just walking outside with a camera with no plan and shooting.) Not just rattling off frames for no reason and hoping one maybe turned out but actually taking the time to be inspired by what was available and taking the care and time to compose the shot and get it right in the camera rather than hoping that Lightroom can bail me out.

With that, I’m going to run things a bit differently from here on out. I’ll probably post more and link to articles/blogs/cool images I see elsewhere as well as provide some thoughts on photography in general. I will also put up an image but it will be probably no more than one per week. I tried putting up 5/week and looking back through the archives there were a lot of images that were more suited for the Delete button rather than for posting. Instead, the image I’ll be post will be what I would consider from the small pile of images I would consider my best. Only from getting feedback from those images will I get better.

There has been nothing new as far as images go as of late and that should change next week. I’ve been able to get and shoot during my travels and will share some of those images (as well as some older ones). As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve had an opportunity to try my hand at real estate photography and have secured my first client who should be able to provide with several homes/month to photograph. Depending on how things go with them I will probably at some point make this a business site and run a blog tab or something along that line. I have a few ideas but nothing concrete yet.

I don’t know if this real estate gig will turn out or if I’ll get more work because of it. While doing research, it appears to be a pretty good field to get into (and judging by what I see on the MLS, you’re work doesn’t have to be stellar ) and would allow me to upgrade/add equipment while getting more practice time in behind the lens (and Lightroom 2 as well).

Stay tuned.

No new images for today or tomorrow as I’m swamped at work plus I took on a potential commercial project doing photography for real estate agents. I don’t know if will turn into anything but I’m pretty excited to try it out.

Yes, it has been a great deal of time since my last post. Having two kiddos under the age of two doesn’t leave one with a bunch of free time and I was at one point, pretty certain of shutting the blog down. After some thought however, I felt that I was being lazy and have more than ample time to partake in a hobby that I greatly enjoy. So with that, the blog has been dusted off and will be back up running on July 6th with new images (I know you’re tired of the moose picture, Erik! ) and I’m making more time to get out and actually shoot.