New Home! - Updated

I have moved my blog and restyled it to match and integrate better with my website. All posts from this site have been moved and new posts are up. Find it all at http://h2meyer.com/blog

Please update your links and let me know what you think!

Up, up, and away!

As usual, time is a flying... The bad news last month was that PhotoShelter Collection was shutting down. Good news this month is that they have finally put some energy into the PhotoShelter Archive. It's almost good enough that I am contemplating moving the bulk of my site there. It's kind of half done at the moment. I put a "recent work" slideshow on my homepage, and added a link to "galleries" which takes you to my newly restyled PhotoShelter Archive where lots more work is available. Now it's time to start uploading more and more and more content!

Weddings, road trips, and more testimonials

Well, it has been a very busy summer. Been dividing my time between photography projects, weddings, rock climbing & travel, web development, and our urban homestead [which we like to call "InStead"].

It is time, however, to focus on the business, and as such I have gotten myself a mentor. Ethan Jewett, a good friend and wonderful talent has agreed to take me under his wing. This will definitely keep me busy for a while. I think I'm already booked solid for the week! I'm very excited and grateful for the tutelage.

My own website is woefully overdue for an overhaul, but in the meantime, I have updated the testimonials page to include some more recent raves, and have uploaded a few more pics to my Flickr page.

PhotoShelter Collection Widget

I thought I would throw out a bit of eye candy today in the way of slideshow of my images that are part of the PhotoShelter Collection. As posted previously, PhotoShelter is looking to shake up the world of stock photography by putting more control, and more money back into the hands of the photographers. Can't find fault with that! Now if only some national magazine with deep pockets would actually buy something... enjoy!

*hint: if you want more info on the photo, rolling your cursor over the image will bring up part of the caption. You can also click on the image to get more details, though you may have to enable pop-up windows.

Algonquin Long Table Party

My very good friends Albert & Maureen host a grand dinner party a couple times a year, each with an inspired theme. My favorite part, aside from seeing great friends and meeting new people is definitely the "party piece" performed by each guest. It can be a song, poem, reading, or some other talent that is shared with the group. While this may sound terrifying, even the shy folks put on an inspired performance. I took along my camera for the most recent party, which had a theme based on the Algonquin Round Table of Dorothy Parker fame. You can view the gallery on my PhotoShelter Archive.

Green web hosting?

Well, in my effort to think up new ways to make my business effort greener, it occurred to me today to look into finding a green web host. Much to my delight there were several to choose from, each offering various incentives like free software, access to sustainable marketing guides/libraries, planting trees for new customers, multiple/unlimited domains, etc. My favorite after reading through all the options is ThinkHost and I will now be referring anyone who asks to them. I will likewise be moving my own sites to ThinkHost as they come up for renewal. And better still, I can put them all on the same hosting account. Yay!

Perito Moreno Glacier

A massive chunk of ice calves from the face of the Perito Moreno Glacier in Patagonia. One of the few advancing glaciers in the world, the Perito Moreno creeps forward at a pace of around 2-3 meters per day.