Adjusting

I haven't felt much like blogging this week. Seems by the time I get home from work I am too tired to do much of anything. My office just moved and I am now twice as far (in miles) from my home to office. The morning drive is not so bad, but the evening commute is maddeningly insane(I had forgotten what LA and SF traffic is like, not having lived in them for awhile now). Being nominally aware that this would be the case, I had investigated taking public transportation.

The first three days, I drove due to various reasons. On Thursday I took the bus. Having used public transport before; I allowed extra time to get to work. Coming home was not such a big deal as I had no time commitments to meet. Friday, I found the bus connections I am likely to stick with, as I was almost late on Thursday (and by my usual arrival time, I was late, but I digress).

This new routine is going to take a little getting used to, but I am sure in a week or two, I won't feel so tired all the time. Having adjusted before, I will again.

I am also adjusting my focus. Outside of my daily job, I am trying to find a subject. Just one subject, that interests me enough to want to photograph it again and again. I have tried this before, but found a few flaws in my original choices of subject. This is hard to do.

I am also researching places with on-demand printing (like Cafe Press and LuLu) to do calendars. I want to but I get concerned about the quality of the printing and the quality of the paper/inks used to print the photos. These sites seem like a great way to address the production cost of calendars, etc. I just get worried about the end product. I don't want to put my photos and my name on something that isn't decent quality. Yes I know it's a calendar and meant to be thrown away, but I also know some people who have framed prints from calendars because they were beautiful. I want to put out something that is frameable. Not one of the photos from a calendar of my stuff may ever end up in a frame, but I would like it to be an option.

Anyway, so I am adjusting to lots of different things. I am however not yet making the one adjustment I want which is having my hubby home. Oh well, patience is not my virtue, but I have always known how to endure.