{"id":1402,"date":"2014-01-16T19:20:03","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T19:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/?p=1402"},"modified":"2017-01-12T03:56:33","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T03:56:33","slug":"changes-afoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/changes-afoot\/","title":{"rendered":"<b>Changes Afoot&#8230;<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Keeping Up With Life<\/h2>\n<p>In an obvious &#8220;<strong>New Year, New Focus<\/strong>&#8221; type move, I&#8217;ve put some thought into how this website and blog has been used recently. It&#8217;s definitely a personal labour of love and a place to share my experiences. It&#8217;s also a staging post for the <a title=\"The #12x100 Monthly Cycling Challenge page on this site.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/monthly-cycling-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\">#12&#215;100 Monthly Cycling Challenge<\/a>. Those things are not in dispute.<\/p>\n<p>But, recently I&#8217;ve been putting a lot more time into my Photography work. As a result, I&#8217;m rejigging the site to reflect this change. When you land on the main site, you&#8217;ll see the Photography page first from now on. Over time, the layout will change to a more &#8220;galleryesque&#8221; (<em>that&#8217;s a real word: I invented it<\/em>) view to showcase some of the things I&#8217;ve been doing.<\/p>\n<p>You might also notice that I&#8217;m asking for enquiries about Photographic work. I&#8217;m serious: if you want photos taken, I just might be your man. I&#8217;m very reasonable and sometimes quite talented. Other people have said so.<\/p>\n<p>So stick with me. I&#8217;m not going to force my photography down your throat. That would be uncomfortable and time-consuming for us both. Many things around here will stay the same. Cycling, camping, the outdoors, gadgets and diabetes will all still be discussed here. Hopefully the imagery will add to the site, not take away from it.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re curious, <strong>have a quick look at my images on <a title=\"Phill's Flickr Portfolio\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/68048086@N04\/\" target=\"_blank\">Flickr<\/a> or <a title=\"Phill's 500px portolfio\" href=\"http:\/\/500px.com\/PhillConnell\" target=\"_blank\">500px<\/a><\/strong>. Let me know what you think of them. Indeed, let me know how they could be better! Every day&#8217;s a school day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5024_edited-1-Moody.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"1403\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/changes-afoot\/img_5024_edited-1-moody\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5024_edited-1-Moody-e1389891665159.jpg?fit=500%2C292&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,292\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 650D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1374945137&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;22&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Loch Lomond Rain\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Loch Lomond 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The sites I use are specifically for photography - Flickr and 500px. My profiles can be found on: Flickr -\u00a0http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/68048086@N04\/ 500px\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photography&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1271,"url":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/camera-gear-review-case-logic-dslr-bag\/","url_meta":{"origin":1402,"position":1},"title":"Camera Gear Review &#8211; Case Logic DSLR Bag","date":"23 February 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"No Place For Old Bags I'm undergoing a\u00a0renaissance\u00a0in my photography at the moment, motivated by some projects I have underway for the Spring & Summer. Photography has always been a love of mine, so the chance to enjoy it again is one I've grabbed with\u00a0both\u00a0hands. 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