Whew, what a long journey that was. Several weeks ago I booted up my computer to find just my wallpaper, no icons, no start tab, nothing. Apparently it was a nasty virus. At first I valiantly tried to recover it. The first step was to completely wipe it out and reload the operating system. Unfortunately I was never able to connect to the internet and with seven year old software it quickly became a losing battle. So I took the plunge and got a new computer. I also took the opportunity to get the newest Photoshop. And I got a three year subscription to anti-virus software .
With the computer purchase I became what one of my friends calls an “early adopter”. I don’t like being an early adopter. Not only did I need to reload everything but I had to figure out the new Photoshop and Windows 7. I must report though, that Windows 7 is a dream and going to the new Photoshop was basically painless except for some remaining issues with it working on my large monitor. Thankfully I keep good backups. In the end I only lost the emails that were in my inbox, one software program that was easily replaced (costing money of course), and one authorization key for a software where the company is out of business. The last one may be a lost cause.
The weeks it took to wait for the computer and then set it up added to the fact that I had just done six shows in a row left me with over 3000 photographs to go through. I’m not done yet but I have some new ones up on the website and on my Facebook page. I’m back to busily redesigning the booth for spring.
I NEED your comments. In the past I have hung photographs that I thought were great only to have them fall as flat as a drunk after a frat party. And there have been the ones that I hung just because I needed something for a spot that have turned out to be award winners and best sellers. I only have a 10’ x 10’ spot and that isn’t a lot of room. PLEASE, tell me what you like, what you don’t like, what you’d like to see more of.
The newest photographs can be seen at http://www.serenityscenes.com/New.html. You can leave comments on my Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb#/group.php?gid=134560219083
or email me at AlisonT@SerenityScenes.com. Please note that for some reason I have been unable to upload any vertical panoramas to Facebook so you won’t be able to see any of those on my group page.
Thank you to all of you who have already given me comments.
