I went to Wolves tonight to meet up with a bunch of bloggers.  It was awesome, and I’ve put some more photos on my photoblog, but I have to add something here.

Firstly, I have to say that I LOVED that there were so many bloggers there that I didn’t know.  I LOVE that there’s a resurgence in blogging locally, and that people want to tell their stories.

But it was also quite an eye-opener for me, and I love that after all these years of blogging and going to tweet-ups etc that I had to explain who I was again.

Let me explain.

The focus of my blogging in the last few years has been my photography, and not my personal blog. My personal blog has been for me mostly, and for my friends to follow what I do.  It’s less about ego than what my photography blog has become. This blog is about my story.

Normally, when I get to meetups, I’m introduced as Jeanette or Jenty the photographer, and everyone knows my photography blog, or has heard about it, or wants to hear about it.

Tonight was different.  When I got there, my name tag had this blog on it… and I quite like that!

Obviously more people read this blog than I realise.  A few months ago I contemplated shutting it down because I couldn’t think of more to write.  But I’m glad I didn’t… mostly because this is where my story is.  I don’t really punt this blog, I don’t get half as much traffic on it as I do on the other blog… and I’m OK with that.

But my ego was stoked tonight when I realised that people do actually read this, and not just my friends who’ve followed me online for years.

So… anyhoo… I can’t wait to visit some of the blogs of the bloggers I didn’t know about before tonight and adding them to my ever expanding reader