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		<description><![CDATA[A Brand New Photography Blog Lots of people seemed to enjoy reading my old photography blog, I had video tutorials, stories from my shoots, before and after images, tips and tricks, and sneak previews of new work&#8230; but the problem is I didn&#8217;t love my blog.  It didn&#8217;t look like my style, uploaded videos didn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffcc00;">A Brand New</span></h1>
<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800000;">Photography Blog</span></h2>
<p style="text-align: left;">Lots of people seemed to enjoy reading my <a href="http://www.jakegarnphotography.blogspot.com/" target="_self">old photography blog</a>, I had video tutorials, stories from my shoots, before and after images, tips and tricks, and sneak previews of new work&#8230; but the problem is <span style="text-decoration: underline;">I didn&#8217;t love my blog</span>.  It didn&#8217;t look like my style, uploaded videos didn&#8217;t look nearly as good online as they did on my computer, image size and placement couldn&#8217;t really be controlled&#8230; I finally realized that I loved creating the content but I didn&#8217;t love figuring out the blogging technology.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">That&#8217;s where my new blog and entire new website comes in!  I commissioned my long time friend Sterling Okura, a flourishing <a href="http://bizlift.com/" target="_blank">social media consultant</a>, to create a new blog for me that would be easier to use, have better technology, and would visually integrate with my website.  Well, he went above and beyond by not only creating a better blogging platform using customized <a href="http://www.wordpress.com">WordPress</a> templates but also creating an entire site template that I can edit and change with extraordinary ease!  If that wasn&#8217;t enough he also integrated my <a href="http://jakegarn.carbonmade.com/">carbonmade </a>gallery <em>into</em> my website, so now updating galleries is extraordinarily easy!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">So what does that mean for you, my loyal viewers?  Better blogs, better content, more frequently updated galleries, better everything!  My old blog will go by the wayside but I plan on reposting some of my most popular stories and tutorials here&#8230; keep in touch!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">-Jake</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">PS &#8211; If you are interested in a similar setup for YOUR website feel free to contact Sterling at <a href="http://bizlift.com/">http://bizlift.com/</a> and tell him that I sent you!  <img src='http://www.jakegarn.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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