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My 365 Project has fallen down a bit

The 365 Project may be turning into the 365 Photo Project instead. Some personal issues have caused me to fall down on it.

Asides

  • Santa (Mr Maura) brought me a new wide-angle lens and a tripod for Yule. I'll get that information up as soon as I have a few minutes. #
  • I think I conquered some of the Wordpress/PHP things I wanted to change on this template. I figured out how to display information conditionally on the individual post pages using the custom-fields. This should let me add information like hardware specs, image information, book information, etc to the bottom of posts without messing up the formatting or having empty areas. YAY. #
  • I replaced this theme's stock banners with pictures I took with my little point-and-shoot and stitched together. The three I used were taken while we were on a cruise in Alaska. #
  • I'll have to see if I can figure out why the homepage thumbnail is being stretched to fit the space when it is small enough to fit within it. Maybe I can defeat it.... #
  • I just got this site up today and I'm trying to make it a little more personalized before I add a ton of content. #

Welcome to Focal Changes

I’m a writer and ex-software tester living in the Pacific Northwest. I have the interesting challenge of not having a visual memory – this means that when I close my eyes and think of something or someone, I don’t “see” any mental images. I don’t even dream in pictures, just in words. I’ve always been intimidated by visualsa arts and finally decided to give photography a try and see how I like it.

This is my attempt to document a my journey as a complete photographic beginner.