WordPress dangled a new blog theme in front of me that proved a little too pretty to resist. Clever folk that they are, they decided to construct a photoblog theme that would do what other themes simple couldn’t. The blog would expand and contract to fit the photo size, it would display a bit like a slide show - both in archives and in posts, and - this is the kicker - it would change the blog color to match with the colors in the photo.
The result is a really clean design that displays the picture in a strikingly attractive way. It has a few bugs to work out still. It’s not compatible with flickr. But it’s darned pretty.
So of course I started a photoblog using it.
I’m not sure how the photoblog will fit in with this blog as I don’t intend to give up posting - I just enjoy that too much. But I think I’ll use the photoblog to try and highlight some of my favorite shots - a sort of food porn magnifying glass. The theme doesn’t suit this blog well in format since I usually post multiple shots in some posts. It seems to be more of a window.
Right now, it has no real drive behind it other than to be pretty. I might make it more of a food tutorial/encyclopedia at some point (shot of lime beans + info + recipe). But right now she’s just a whole lotta face.
