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Out of Hiatus!

They're Closer

Okay, so this is the official re-launch of rasmusrasmussen.com, even though I’m not technically re-launching anything. Taking the blog out of hiatus, is what I’m doing. Here is the post, where I explain why it died down in the first place, and what you can expect from the future.

First up, I have been posting regularly over on zoom-in.com, which has been great (and still is). As much fun as that is though, some of the photography related posts that might have ended up here, have been posted there. And while this was all still very new, I was also in the process finishing up a novel in Danish. Needless to say, that’s a lot of work.

I am not going to bore you too much with the distractions of my life. Except to say, that a recent roadtrip from Seattle to Jacksonville and back (image above), has served to revitalize and inspire. And that is something I will be bringing here.

The Microstock Photographer’s Guide has two more articles to go, before the planned series is complete, and I am very open to questions and suggestions (hint) that go beyond these articles. I have some ideas on how to flesh it out and tie it together, to better fit the book form, I eventually want is to take. Adding a few how-to examples and using other sources and material is part of that. But for now, the final two articles are waiting for be posted here and will be, within the next few weeks.

Don’t expect a daily posts here, though. One or two a week is more my style. Also, I may drift away from the topic of photography from time to time. There have been several occasions, where I’ve been wanting to post about other things, though most other topics are still related in some way, at least to creativity, productivity and culture.

I am excited to be back, and hope new readers will consider subscribing to the RSS feed or drop back in some time.

Returning in July

The last two chapters in the Microstock Photographer’s Guide are written, but have yet to be posted on the site. What gives? I am holding them back, until I am ready to pick up this blog as a whole, rather than just post sporadic bits and pieces, such as this one.

With all my other projects, this blog was put on the back burner. Most of my activities have been focused on Zoom-In Online (notice: new blog url there!), finishing my latest novel (which was finally sent off to a publisher in May) and various other things. To make a long story short, I’ll properly return to this blog and update it on a more frequent basis on July 14th.

In the meantime, here’s a few newer posts from Zoom-In, that you might find useful:

I’m hoping to also find a new and better theme to slap on the blog, partly to signify the return of it, but also to better be able to use it to show photos. Any theme recommendations are welcome.

See you in July.

Meanwhile, Elsewhere

This blog is now officially on hiatus, while I finish a bunch of other projects that are keeping me away from posting here anyway. The Microstock Guide is one of these projects and upcoming chapters will be posted here, as I get around to writing them. In the meantime, my life as a photographer is on display on my blog at Zoom In Online, so hop on over and check that out.

To get you started, here are some of my favorite posts so far:

If you subscribe to blogs using a feed-reader, you can access my Zoom-In blog using the RSS feed. If you’d like to comment on my posts, you will need to sign up for a free account, which I would highly recommend doing anyway. Zoom-In Online has tons of great stuff for all sorts of creative people from blogs like mine to reviews, podcasts and more. See you there!

Zoom-in and the New Blog

It’s been a while, since I’ve posted anything here. There are a couple of reasons for this, one being that I was finishing the first draft of a new novel (followed by Christmas and all the stress that comes with that), and the other reason has to do with a brand new blogging project.

Through iStockphoto, I was asked to start a blog on zoom-in.com, a website featuring loads of resources for creative professionals. While we were ironing out the details, I sort of held back on blogging here, until I had a clear idea of the difference between this blog and the new one. And this is it:

This blog will continue to have longer posts, specifically geared towards my Microstock Guide. There might be the occasional stray (such as this post), but the guide remains the main focus here. On zoom-in, you will be able to follow a much more day-to-day style of blogging, with shorter posts and a mix of links, tips and personal stories from the life of a photographer. I hope you will join me.

The new blog just went live with this introduction.