I think I have it!

A design and layout I can live with for a while. OK, a late New Year’s Resolution…DO NOT change this website for at least one year.

In my years as a photographer I have always loved the simple black & white image. That is where I began in photography, shooting black & white. In fact it has been my overall characteristic through the years. Black and white. No middle of the road.

If you think about it even Jesus suggested it in the Bible. The Book of Matthew 5:37.

“But let your communication be, Yes, yes; No, no: for whatever is more than these comes of evil.“

So I have used the look of black & white to glaze over my site as much as possible except for the colored photos. There are times when we need a splash of color and it happens to be the way I shoot most of the time.

I have removed what I think to be distracting items and any advertising except when recommending a product of mine or that of a friend. Even some items I think worthy to mention I will write about. For now I am leaving the comments section but I can’t promise it will remain. It is not that I do not value each persons imput but I am thinking the conversation needs to be kept on my Facebook Fan Page.

If you haven’t figured out why I am doing all of this re-arranging, it is simple. I want simplicity as much as possible in my life and with the continued release of new gadgets and new widgets and new this and that, I am exhausted trying to keep up with all of it, and I am in the business of web development. Things are changing so rapidly it makes it impossible to continue staying up to date. I am to the point of throwing up my hands and run the other way.  Until I get quite with  myself, usually that means grabbing my camera and head for the woods and come away with images such as above, to clear my head and begin again.

Its really simple, stick to the basics and keep it easy for readers to move around my site.