Heath OFeeAs I type this blog post I am still marveling at the miracle that is laser vision correction. I’ve worn glasses or contact lenses since I was 11 years old, and the fact that I can now wake up and go about my daily activities without needing either is really nothing short of a miracle. I’ll publish a full summary of my experiences in a week or so, but for now…on to the more exciting news: I’ve launched my new blog today!! For a long time now I’ve thought about shedding the yycofee.wordpress.com URL and moving on to a more professional photographer’s name here . com style hosting platform, but only made the plunge into getting my own domain name and hosting a couple of months ago. Since then, I’ve been working off and on trying to sift through the infinite customization options offered by my WordPress theme trying to get things looking *mostly* the way I like. The hardest part by far was trying to create a logo/header…so any feedback you have on that would be appreciated. I’m sure over the course of the coming months I’ll notice things that I want to change/add/remove, so bear with me, I just really wanted to get this thing live! On the off chance that you’re a current subscriber to my old RSS feed, you can re-subscribe to the new feed here. And if anyone still uses bookmarks and happened to have my old blog marked, don’t forget to add heathofee.com to your list!
Yesterday, I went for my first short photowalk after my eye surgery, and since my car is still parked across the city, I was limited to wherever my feet could carry me. I’ve said this before, but I live in a relatively new development, so there are still a number of large construction vehicles around almost all the time. I had walked the dog earlier in the day and saw a couple of these construction giants that I wanted to capture when I went back out with the camera…unfortunately, two of the three I wanted to shoot were in use by the time I returned. So…with only one of my locations still available, I tried to make the best of it and ended up with a few usable brackets from the one construction vehicle….the first is below:
Sweeeeeeeet new blog man, love it! Congrats on the whole deal, I’m kind of glad in a way because I hate subscribing to comments on the yourname.wordpress.com blogs, they always make you confirm through email…UGH!
Congrats on the eye surgery too…my corneas are all shaped funny, so I was never able to do it 🙁
And this photo is fantastic. I can imagine two giant arms meshed with those two tiny eyes in the middle of the machine 🙂
Oh, you need to add the Subscribe to Comments plugin 🙂
Congrats on the redesign, dude! Best of luck with it. I’m looking forward to seeing the images that you fill this theme up with.
And cheers to a speedy recovery!
Mike: Glad I could make your life easier by moving my blog to a new platform 😉 Oh, and I just installed the Subscribe to Comments plugin, so you should be in heaven now 🙂
Brian: Thanks very much! I’m super happy with it and can’t wait keep sharing with all of you guys 🙂
Congrats on both the new eyes and the new blog. I like the logo and everything looks good, but as you might already have noticed, the Usage and About Me areas are almost impossible to read with grey text on a black background.
Thanks for the blogroll inclusion – I’ve added this bog to my roll, and the comments above also prompted me to add the Subscribe to Comments plugin that I had somehow never gotten around to adding to my site until now, so that’s another plus.
And, oh yeah, cool shot! 🙂
Thanks, Mark! And that is good advice on the readability…will fix that right now! Thanks for the inclusion in your blogroll, it’s much appreciated!
You are bookmarked. Good luck and good hunting.
Thank you, sir!
The new website is great! I think the logo is really nifty. Congratulations on placing in the Buildex photo contest by the way! IMO they’re fools for not giving you first place.
Thanks Chelsey, you’re too kind!
Love the picture and the blog looks great. Glad the eye surgery went well. Something I would like to do in the next couple of years.
Thanks, John! The eye surgery was fantastic…definitely worth it. Waking up and not having to put glasses on is a great feeling!