
define('DISABLE_WP_CRON', true);{"id":490,"date":"2003-09-30T15:25:15","date_gmt":"2003-09-30T04:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/?p=490"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T13:00:00","slug":"ch-ch-ch-changessss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/490\/","title":{"rendered":"ch-ch-ch-changessss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spacecowgirl.nu\/traceysnaps\/sony_smallreflection_sq.jpg\" align=\"right\">not exactly change.. but as close to it as i can get these days<\/p>\n<p>the past few months, and the next few months to come, have been and will be life changing for me. i&#8217;ve moved out of home, i&#8217;m getting married and now, i&#8217;m thinking of changing jobs (and careers). <\/p>\n<p>at 22, i&#8217;ve already worked full time for 3 years as a webdeveloper. i still love it, and i want to keep going full time with it for at least another 6-8 months. however, i think that Regan and i have this chance to start things afresh if we need too. <\/p>\n<p>so, as part of my whole &#8216;growing&#8217; process, i&#8217;ve enrolled back into college to study for my diploma in freelance photography! i&#8217;ve been putting it off for a good full year now because things are just so hectic but i figure that if i wanted to change jobs, or go part time with something &#8211; photography would be it. the coolest part of the course is that when i graduate, i will be part of the australian media and would have more access to events (concerts, sports etc.) and it will help me expand my skills and portfolio. <\/p>\n<p>if you know me, i&#8217;m pretty darn excited about the whole thing! photography is something that i love, just like web and graphic design &#8211; so i think getting to work in the field would be amazing. i already work my dream job, working 2 dream jobs would be incredible! <\/p>\n<p>apart from all the dreaminess, what i really want to do is learn.  yeah, you don&#8217;t need to take a course to &#8216;know&#8217; how to be a photographer but i think sometimes i overlook the technicalities and the reasoning behind things. i&#8217;ve taken <i>thousands<\/i> of photos in the past 2-3 years, but whether they are commercially good is another thing and whether i can improve on anything is something that i want to find out. <\/p>\n<p>in another photography news, this past week my brother has taken the digital camera, so no new photos to post up at <a href=\"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/shutterbug\" target=\"_blank\">shutterbug<\/a>. my dad called from malaysia this morning and asked whether i wanted a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canon.com.au\/products\/cameras\/digital_slr\/eos_10d.html\" target=\"_blank\">canon 10D<\/a>. my answer? <i>hell yes.<\/i> muahahahhaaa<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toycamera.com\" target=\"_blank\">World Toy Camera Day<\/a> is October 25. <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/connect8\" target=\"_blank\">Connect 8<\/a> finishes tommorrow! I managed to complete 3<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.camerastore.com\/cat_003_hoya\/003-hoyacats.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hoya Filters Catalogue<\/a> has been keeping me visually entertained<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisisamagazine.com\" target=\"_blank\">This is a Magazine<\/a> is quite cool too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>not exactly change.. but as close to it as i can get these days the past few months, and the next few months to come, have been and will be life changing for me. i&#8217;ve moved out of home, i&#8217;m getting married and now, i&#8217;m thinking of changing jobs (and careers). at 22, i&#8217;ve already [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anything-everything"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}