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Failed at creating my own theme

Angeline — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:44:19 +0000

So it is clear: I failed at creating my own theme in time for my big trip to China. Oh well, I did manage to finish editing one wedding and I am waiting to hear back from the other one. I suppose I can start an early New Year’s resolution: work on this site! I really do have a site in the works, but I will keep it hush hush until the New Year.

For now, I will be blogging about my experiences in China. Stay tuned.

Oops – I am already off track.

Angeline — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:40:51 +0000

Its been 9 days since I’ve blogged…oops. Things have been busy. For me, the lack of time (0r enough hours in the day) is the number one foe for any ambitious, driven person. (Or in reality: someone that likes to procrasinate!)

I have developed some tangible goals for the month of November:

1.End of November: Finish post-processing two weddings (also meet with clients, etc.)

2. Brainstorm, implement, new design blog

I guess I should mention that I will be taking a significant trip in December. This blog will most likely change to reflect my travels, but I hope that I will be able to draw design inspiration for the next year.

I hope to post my logo soon – I’ve been working on it for over 6 months and I think I am finally happy with the way it turned out.

Design work

Angeline — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:00:21 +0000

Aside from all this wonderful thinking, I should start working on some design sketches. Mainly the “branding and design” aspect of the site. It actually is difficult to start processing this part of the site when I haven’t figured out how I want to orient this hobby of mine. I don’t want to limit the site to showcase solely weddings, engagements, family, portraits etc. I want to acknowledge the artist in me. Those aspects are just a very small portion of what I do. In the meantime I have a flickr site that I will attempt to start using more.

As for the site – I will divide the site into three. One for clients that are interested in the wedding/engagement/family/portrait work. Another site that will showcase the “other” … which will enable more creative freedom. Finally, a site that will be this blog. I will then use the flickr as a means to gauge feedback from other photographers to help improve my work.

Some foreseeable challenges are:

Creating a cohesive theme amongst all three sites, but each with a distinct look and feel.
Finding an easy back end product that will allow maximize workflow and ease for updates
Creating something and not being terribly self critical of my work