The whole time I have been blogging - I have had a problem finding ways to display the photos I take because I take a lot of photos.
My latest trip to Kayford Mountain brought the problem into the light once again. As I stated in a previous post - I took 133 photos the last trip and only a few of those duplicates. Since I can’t realistically write a post for every one, I had to come up with a way to show them without needing a post. These particular photos do absolutely no good sitting in my files unseen and I want to show them all right now.
A few months ago I purchased the domain wvbackwoodsdrifter.com just to have it more or less. I had considered moving to the new domain. I was reluctant to do that because this blog is becoming a familiar face in the community and I didn’t want to start from scratch. To make a long story short - I bought the domain and then parked it.
Today I put the domain online with a PHP photo gallery in a sub directory.
The BackWoods Drifter Photo Gallery
I have already uploaded 29 photos to the site from the Kayford trip. Although all of the photos on the site right now are mountaintop removal or coal related - I will be adding a ton of photos from all of my other adventures as well - past and future. This summer isn’t going to be all about mountaintop removal.
The new site is a work in progress and for a little while, photos will be uploaded regularly from past adventures. I am supposed to be doing an MTR flyover tomorrow and if that happens photos from the trip will be in the albums tomorrow night. That is something I’m finding I like already about the new site - very easy and quick to batch upload photos. It severely cuts down on the procrastination. 
In the future - photos I use on this blog or the Stop MTR blog will also be in the gallery.
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I created the gallery site because I felt rushed - by myself - to show the photos of MTR. I’m trying to brainstorm posts for photos so I can show them. I don’t want to post that way about MTR. When I look at a photo - I will either be inspired or not. In some cases I may not be inspired by a photo now but will be in the future. At any rate, the gallery allows me to show all of my photos and I can pick and choose what I want to write about with a lot less self induced pressure.
March 12th, 2008 at 4:36 am
Great idea … I am taking a copy of that link home with me. The wife will probably hollar right away for clutering up the house, but I really never leave them out long, and tape - em` on the monitor screen for future use.
Ha haaaaaaa!!!