My friends have jokingly told me several times that I should start this sort of blog or that sort of blog. It’s always been a laugh, and not much has come of it (though they certainly planted a seed, I now realize).
Yesterday I had a disgustingly long wait for the bus, and decided that instead of stand around doing nothing and getting frustrated I’d wander around the stop and photograph things. I jokingly told myself I’d make a “things I see at the bus stop” blog. I got a lot of shots, and enjoyed the process of trying to improve my photos.
During the rest of the day I took several photos, generally of whatever caught my fancy (including a clothing store window that said, “Introducing THE LAUNDERED SHIRT”), when it occurred to me that I’d love to do an actual photo blog. A place where I can put up my photos and write about them, and a place where my family and friends can go and see what’s going on in my life - especially since I’m halfway across the country from most of them. And if random strangers want to read, they’d be welcome to as well, but I wouldn’t expect it.
I’ve been thinking about this since last night, and I would like some opinions on the places people blog. I’ve currently had some experience with LiveJournal and with Vox, and they aren’t the sort of webspace I want for this. That said, perhaps I’m overlooking something great with them, and I’d be willing to consider it.
I don’t mind paying a small amount for a blog like this, since I expect posting photos usually drives costs up, but I don’t think I can afford something that’s it’s own space like bluekangaroosphotos.com. If I could, that’d be great, as it’ll be easy for my family to remember, but it seems unlikely.
So I decided to ask here. Surely we have people who blog and have opinions on the software. Ideas or tips would be appreciated as well, but this is just something I think my family would get a kick out of, and I know I’d get a kick out of sharing what’s going on in my world (to a degree) with them with all these “new-fangled” tools.