The New Blog....

"Meet the new blog, not like the old blog, (krang!!)" - after Townsend. 

To all of you who followed the old blog, a big thank you. I was surprised by the number of people who emailed, called, and shouted from the cockpit (you know who you are) telling me they missed the blog after I took it down. It warmed my heart. Rates of Exchange may even make a re-appearance. Until that time comes, I beg your patience. 

I took the old blog down because it had become ungainly for the user.  Originally it was designed as an easy way to maintain content: mostly my photographs and the occasional written piece about whatever attracted my attention. The blog format worked, for a while. Eventually though, I wound up with a really long page that forced people to scroll forever to find the photographs that they liked. Access to collections of those photographs was not easy, and rather than continuously adjust, I decided to move to the gallery format. 

So www.shane-adams.com became more gallery-orientated but I always did feel that the blog was missed. There are few things in life that bring me as much pleasure as seeing and participating in wonderful things and taking pictures of them, only a few, mind you, and I'm not going to enumerate them here but, of those things, writing is certainly one of them. There are many ways to feel as alive, but writing is, for me, a pinnacle experience. With the blog there is also the opportunity to connect pictures and narrative in a way that a gallery presentation or pure prose cannot do in and of themselves.

So here we go. There are changes coming to the website proper as well. Mostly switching from Flash-based delivery to something that works on everybody's platforms, with faster-loading galleries and a more pleasant viewing experience. It is, after all, about getting to the images.

Speaking of images, there is some wonderful stuff in the pipeline. It'll be added bit by bit and, of course, announced here. Stay tuned.

Thanks again,

Shane