I’m baaaaaaaack! … Let’s get this Blogging Started!!

Just when you thought I was off social media … (cue Jaws music – or Psycho – or BOTH)!

For those of you that follow my personal Facebook page, you know about my year-long photo project in 2016.

If you’re just going us … the idea was to take at least 1 photo, every day, of something important/positive in my day or life.   I was not able to repeat the subject throughout the year and it needed to explain how/why it impacted me.  The result, 366 unique photos (2016 was a leap year!) and sometimes long winded explanations.  Although those usually involved my complicated and multi-faceted “family stew” connections!  Topics included events, all kinds of sports, family, friends, landscape, and an overabundance of wildlife!

Nap Time – Yoho National Park

There were days where I struggled to find one positive spin for a photo subject, while other days I had trouble narrowing it down to just one!  It SHOULD be easier now without those crazy restrictions I put on myself last year.  One way to find out!

Labour Day Snow Storm means I have the campground in Lewis & Clark National Forrest ALL to myself – LITERALLY

A few technical and logistical challenges arose with Facebook as a platform but I persisted and saw the project through to completion.  Honestly, I don’t even want to think about that would have happened to me if I had stopped considering how vocal some of you were about my not continuing into 2017!!   I DID hint that I would look at posting and sharing in some way, on another platform, hopefully with fewer challenges.

It took some time, some help, and a LOT of hair pulling and caffeine sustained late nights (for a few people!), but I think it’s finally ready – almost!  THIS is going to be that platform, for better or worse!  Hopefully you’ll all bear with me while the blog – and WordPress skill set – grows!

I will ALSO likely have a few more people along with me for the adventures – every now and again – so you won’t have to just see me finding new and fun ways for selfies of me and/or my car with landscapes!

Don’t expect to see posts daily – at least, not EVERY day – but there will be certain times throughout the year – and going forward, that you can expect to see a daily recap along with photos – especially if I do some travelling – and really, what are the chances of that NOT happening?!

Alberta Badlands – Summer Heat

I’m going to leave the comments for posts open.  It is usually the participation from all of you that turned an “OK” photo and post into an emotional roller coaster of tears and laughter and, of course, the obligatory “death threat” from subjects who didn’t want to be photographed!  I would love to see that interaction continue here!

So, how do you follow along?   Nothing to subscribe to for notification on a new blog post – YET .  For now, you can “Like” the “Photo By EGO” Facebook page.  I WILL be sharing all the blog posts there.  The adventures will still appear in your feed, but hosting the posts here will cut down on clutter and folks helping themselves to photos, in theory!

Pretty much anything and everything is fair game!   If I have a photo session for sports and public events, you can expect to see images from that in a blog post.  For the private events and lifestyle sessions, you may not, if I have been specifically requested NOT to feature the images on social media.

Of course if there’s something you want me to cover, or go to nearby, while I’m travelling, post a comment … here’s hoping I don’t go broke with data surcharges while travelling!

Who’s Ready?  Please feel free to use the SHARE buttons to invite other friends and family along for the adventure.  Hopefully everyone from my personal Facebook page makes the transition with a few more hopping about my Crazy Train … the more the merrier!

Let’s get this blogging started …