zoeblue photography

 

I finally set up my “official” website for my photography!  The photo.net and redbubble.com galleries are still active but I also wanted a website in which people can purchase my photographs and maybe even hire me.  The website is http://www.zoebluephotography.com/

 

It is definitely a work in progress as I know next to nothing about coding a website using HTML, CSS, Javascript, etc.  There is a steep learning curve involved, but I love a challenge. 

 

I’m slowly uploading my photographs onto the website.  I wish I could upload everything ASAP, but there is the small detail of editing the thousands of photos that I’ve taken.  And that’s only using the digital camera in the last three years!  I’ve got thousands more from my film days that need to be scanned.  Hmmmmmm.  That almost sounds like I was in the movies or something.

 

I’ve been reading books on designing websites, including learning all that web coding language.  I’m also looking into taking computer classes at the local community college, Crafton Hills College, here in Yucaipa.  I’ve already applied to the school, and now I’m just waiting for the go-ahead to register online.  The school even has a webmaster certificate that I think will help me gain the skills I need to set my website exactly how I want.

 

I stopped by Barnes and Noble today (like that’s a surprise) and bought a book on starting a small business in California.  I want to do my photography business the right way. Too bad it also involves making sure that I pay taxes on any sales I make of my photographs.  I hate taxes!  But on the bright side, once I file the proper paperwork, I can start deducting my photo-related expenses.  Ooooooohhhhhh…maybe I’l invest in the top-of-the-line Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III.  Yeah right, that camera is so heavy that I’ll probably need a crane just to carry it around!  

Christmas Eve 2007

 

It’s 9:45pm, Christmas Eve, and I’m listening to my Gabe and Landon playlist on the iPod.  The list includes:

 

• “Baby, Baby” – Amy Grant
• “Le Loup, La Biche Et Le Chevalier” – Celine  Dion
• “Beautiful Boy” – Celine Dion
• “Better Together” – Jack Johnson
• “Upside Down” – Jack Johnson
• “Banana Pancakes” – Jack Johnson
• “The Sharing Song” – Jack Johnson
• “Talk of the Town” – Jack Johnson
• “Simple Things” – Amy Grant
• “Good for Me” – Amy Grant
• “Baby You’re Mine” – Basia

 

Sometimes, when I’m just watching the twins play, laugh, and talk, I shake my head in utter amazement that they have become such a large part of my life.  It was truly love at first sight when I held them for the first time almost two years ago and felt their little hearts beating rapidly next to mine.