In case you were concerned …………

Oban beach, Stewart Island

Some of my faithful readers, OH included, kindly picked up on my suggestion last post that I was stuck for a project.

Thank you to those who sent me advice. It was appreciated, and made me feel a little less alone with my dilemmas.  I had to admit to OH that I had used a bit of writer's licence, and that I was actually fine, if a little confused about the medley of randomness that is much of my collection from 'down under'.

As OH has now managed to find my blog and, worryingly, started reading it, I shall have to be very careful what I write in future.

So, just to reassure you, I have created a couple of new pages for my website, with some possible projects in the making. They are ridiculously abstract, fuzzy and really not helpful if you want to know what 'down under' actually looks like. Which is why I wanted to post some very ordinary images of the  very ordinary roads, post boxes and all the other stuff that goes to make up this wonderful place.

Just for you!


To see some new work just click here

"moonlight, but no dolphins" © caroline fraser (2am Curio Bay)

Rees River, Glenorchy © Caroline Fraser

OH = other half

making a new website - caroline fraser photography goes live

garden wall, Portugal © caroline fraser

I have been busy. Not happy with my current website host for a number of reasons I came across Weebly after looking at the beautiful hand stitched drawings of Shelley Morrow at Pure Arts Autumn Fair in Battle and later checking out her website.

I have tried Clikpic for a number of years, but find their interface difficult to use and it is very difficult to alter the look of the pages unless you are a techical wizard, which I am not. Then I tried ISendYouThis, but unfortunately they don't always answer my queries, and I am still waiting for them to get back to me about transferring my original domain name to my new site.

Weebly, by comparison is a doddle. And their follow up emails after the site goes live with instructions on SEO ( search engine optimisation) are straightforward and easy to understand. I am now an expert on purchasing my own domain, and linking it to my website, so that in future I have complete control should I wish to change again in the future to a different website host. I can hardly believe I have managed all of this in the space of a week.

I purchased my domain name from GoDaddy, and weebly conveniently have specific instructions on how to tie up your domain name at GoDaddy with your weebly site.

All good, and I am pleased with the new site.

You can take a look here

Meanwhile I have just heard that I am a finalist in the Urban Photo Fest 2013 competition. I submitted two images in two different categories. I don't yet know which of the two is a finalist, but one is the image above in the urban architecture section, and the other is the one below in the environment section. My guess would be for the lower one, as it is more unusual, but I won't find out until 7th October.

without due regard © Caroline Fraser

I would like it to be the one of the plastic bottle in the gutter, as I have a thing about litter, and it would be good to think that my efforts on expressing this had come to something worthwhile.

Greeting cards of Camber Sands on my new website

Greeting cards of Camber Sands © Caroline Fraser 2012

I am delighted to announce my new look website courtesy of isendyouthis who have been great in helping me to transfer my existing domain name to a new site, saving me the trouble of updating my business cards and other web links.

It is much easier to manage than my old one, and will allow me to promote my photographic prints and greeting cards more easily.

See the new site here.