{"id":2634,"date":"2014-10-28T20:59:25","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T02:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/?p=2634"},"modified":"2014-10-28T21:10:08","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T03:10:08","slug":"warm-light-mountain-marsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/2014\/10\/28\/warm-light-mountain-marsh\/","title":{"rendered":"Updates are Few and Far Between"},"content":{"rendered":"ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n<p>Why have the updates been so slow this summer and fall? There are many reasons, but one of the main ones is that I&#8217;ve taken on a large graphic design project with <a href='http:\/\/alieogames.com'>Alieo Games<\/a>, an Edmonton startup working on educational games. Specifically (at the moment), an online creative writing game for kids. And it&#8217;s been a lot of fun. I&#8217;m really happy with how it&#8217;s shaping up, and I&#8217;m working with great people!<\/p>\n<p>But even an exciting project like this can not stop my photography. It <i>has<\/i>, however, cut down on my computer time for processing pictures and blogging, and I&#8217;m not planning on doing any shows this Christmas. If you&#8217;re looking for prints, you&#8217;ll have to email me, talk to Tix on the Square, or the Daffodil Gallery. So the backlog of pictures is growing on my computer, and I&#8217;m excited to share them with you as I get to them.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll try to post when I can, and I expect things will pick up around here again next year.<\/p>\n<p>12mm, f5, 1\/500 of a second<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why have the updates been so slow this summer and fall? There are many reasons, but one of the main ones is that I&#8217;ve taken on a large graphic design project with Alieo Games, an Edmonton startup working on educational games. 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