{"id":3838,"date":"2013-04-29T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T15:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3838"},"modified":"2013-04-29T10:02:22","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T15:02:22","slug":"the-view-from-here-my-least-favorite-part-of-blogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3838","title":{"rendered":"The View From Here: My Least Favorite Part of Blogging"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>Last week, Shayla and I talked about our favorite part of blogging, so it’s only fair to address the flip side of that question this week.<\/p>\n

Today’s question is: What Is Your Least Favorite\/Most Challenging Part of Blogging?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I can answer this in one word: photography.<\/p>\n

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(A self portrait from last summer.)<\/p><\/div>\n

I know, I can hear everyone booing in the background, but I have a definite love\/hate relationship with photography.\u00a0 On one hand, I love it, and enjoy looking at photographs and learning about the work of well-known photographers.\u00a0 I understand the need for decent photographs on my blog, and last year, I started a one-woman campaign to persuade Ryan that we really needed a DSLR to replace our old digital camera.\u00a0 My efforts were successful, we got the camera, I took a couple short classes (one from a photographer friend), and I attempt to take good (or fairly good) pictures for my blog posts.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, photography stresses me out to no end.\u00a0 I spend weekends trying to get good shots, with Ryan shouting, “Tripod!” in the background as I try to ignore his advice.\u00a0 I’ve never read my camera’s manual (so sorry, Shayla!), and to be totally honest, I have no idea what I’m doing.\u00a0 I know where to put the dials to get an okay shot, but if Ryan messes with things for his own blog, then I run to him, whining, and ask him to put things back to normal for me.<\/p>\n

I’m a photography drop-out, and I feel okay admitting this.\u00a0 You know how much I love to write, and especially on my old blog, I wrote long posts without a single picture included.\u00a0 I challenge myself to take pictures now, and I know they add some aesthetic value and readability to my blog.\u00a0 But photography just doesn’t come naturally to me.<\/p>\n

It never has, and as hard as I try (or as hard as I say I try),\u00a0 I don’t think it ever will.\u00a0 But you know that taking my own photographs for this blog is important to me, and I strive to use my own original work in each post, clearly crediting photos that are not mine.\u00a0 I hope that my desire for accuracy and originality will override my lack of photography skills, and maybe you’ll cut me a little slack, too.<\/p>\n

My heart’s in the right place, I think, and I can only get better with practice, but I don’t think I’ll ever really feel at home behind the lens of a camera.<\/p>\n

I’d love to hear your least favorite part of blogging, and feel free to be as candid as me.\u00a0 I know for certain that Shayla will have a different answer this time, since she is a trained photographer who has really encouraged me.\u00a0 Please visit her blog<\/a> to read her response.<\/p>\n

***Oh, and BIG congratulations to Shayla and her husband on their upcoming arrival<\/a> later this year!\u00a0 I’m incredibly thrilled for her!<\/p>\n

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