iShootYouLive Photography

Truth be told, it's been tough for a while to stay in a daily or at least weekly rhythm of shooting and uploading, and then if I do upload, figuring out where to put the shot.  I could put them at the iShootYouLive.com website, which is hosted via SmugMug, or on Flickr, or Tumblr, or here on Posterous, or Facebook, or ... just dumped to my Macbook Pro's hard drive and left there (which has become the default option).

I don't really miss the massive amount of time I used to spend exploring Flickr groups or on casual contacts' flickr streams making comments and trying to get return comments and views and whatever else.

But I do miss the inspiration from seeing others' work and the fun finds.

I think part of why I let the Flickr stream wither is that it's hard to figure out what to post to SmugMug (which has become my "shots I'll sell, and portfolio to drum up work" site), and the other systems.  A fantastic shot that I want to sell prints of... should it go everywhere?  Just to SmugMug with links everywhere else?  It's a tough call sometimes.

I'm going to try these changes:

• Stuff I want to sell or highlight goes to http://www.iShootYouLive.com (SmugMug)
• Restart the regular Flickr uploads to http://www.flickr.com/photos/patl, and maybe or maybe not add stuff to groups.  However I'll be radically stripping down the number of groups to which that account is attached. (Flickr)
• Words and highlighting others' work goes to the iShootYouLive blog at http://blog.iShootYouLive.com/ (Posterous).
• Social network stuff goes to https://www.facebook.com/iShootYouLive (Facebook)
• I probably won't use the Tumblr or Twitter accounts for much, but that may change.  Tumblr's pretty darned fun though.

I'm sure this will all change, but it's helpful for me to think through what I want to do and where.