A Photographers Journey from the beginning
Posts tagged design
Looking for Inspiration
Nov 9th
I’ve been looking at my blog and it depresses me. I have the generic wordpress theme (functional but not quite stylish), but feel that it needs something more. I’ve begun to think more about the look and feel of how I want to present the material.
Above is a quick image (sorry for the quality) of a starting phase of how where I want to go. Honestly, I’ve been thinking about this for a while, so this probably doesn’t capture the essence of what I have in my head. I need to keep in mind that I need both a graphically but functional site. I need to be able to showcase large images in an organized fashion. Here are a few things that I need to keep in mind:
- Needs to be simplistic.
- I will be using a light/soft colour palette scheme. (Just because I don’t tend to favour a darker screen…) I like greys and whites, and touch of red for some punch.
- I’d like to keep the graphics minimal since I don’t have time to come up with new graphics.
- I have to keep the coding extremely simple and easy. I need to work with wordpress and its capabilities
- I need to make each post distinguishable from each other. Good CSS coding is key!
- I will be designing for min. screen size of 800×600. Concerns for other screen formats will need to be placed on the back burner for now.
What Happened?
Oct 15th
Hello …
If you are repeat viewer or a new comer, you probably were expecting something else. I expect that you were looking for a portfolio with some flash and a pretty design showcasing photos that I took from various events (mainly weddings). Well, perhaps come visit me within a few months (or more…) – I will have something to display by then, but in the meantime please continue reading as I explain this project (or lack of things to showcase)
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about my career goals, aspirations, desires, and exactly what I want to do. I figured that by now (a year ++) would have given me enough time to determine my future education and career position that I want to achieve. Rather, it has done the opposite. I’ve found new avenues of interests to explore and has made these decisions even harder. In the end, I have fallen to the “too many interests-unable to decide” model.
So how does this relate to my photography? Well in many ways, photography has been a way for me to pursue my many interests through the the photo-medium. Lately, I haven’t been doing that. In short, I lost myself a bit in the past year.
Thus, I am proposing a very early “New Year’s resolution”. One that will put me back on track. This blog will chronicle my journey to revamp my whole “business”. You will see this site evolve in terms of design and content. I will share my first hand experience in re-creating my business (although I know that there are a ton of articles out there right now). And, include a few oddities and ramblings.
The concept of this project is still in its early stage. I can only see where this will take me. Wish me luck.