I was going through some photos I took over a year ago, and found myself looking at the RAW files with fresh eyes. I reprocessed the photo with my current toolset and it made me happy inside, so since it was older work (pre-blog), I decided maybe you all, my faithful blog-stalkers, might like to see my old junk…Please keep in mind, these were shot with my old Nikon D70.

I will add to this intermittently, but only if you all want me to. Let me know if you would like to see more of my old work. If anything, we can share in the humiliation and I can show you how far I am hopefully coming.

The first official From the Archives photo, #001:

Carpé Diem! (latin. “seize the day”) — For a long time now, this has been on my mind…to create a blog.

After being prodded and gently nudged by some wonderful people I met last week at the AntiWorkshop: Seattle, I decided to make it happen for real…to seize this day and harness my design prowess into focusing my attention on the creation of a blog.

As with anything I do, I try to have purpose and reason involved. As such, below are listed some goals I want to accomplish with this blog. These will probably be adapted and evolve as I go along, but it’s a start. Goals are important and setting them from the get-go, as in any business venture, is vital to success and focused energy. That’s what matters to me.

Blog of Purpose

• Share sneak-previews with photography clients
• Develop friendships
• Profile/interview people I respect
• Share training, tips & tricks for design and photography
• Have fun (that’s with anything I do)
• Share some personal information
• Share exciting news & announcements
• Review products/services I dig
• Showcase my work, photos & some design
• Generate flow-through traffic to: Five Loaves Creative, Steller Photography, flickr, facebook, etc.

This blog is now alive. Help me give it some life! Please comment and shoot me suggestions. I like to share the love and reciprocate the online-affection. Subscribe to the feed, because this first week is going to be a whirlwind of catching up and getting rapid content onto these pages!

Many smiles to you all and blessings to those who stop by.

–dustin steller