Darker Skies

Phase One

darkerskies — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:23:12 +0000

The last couple of weeks have seen me move my attention to the design of my main photography website. Overall I’m pleased with the look and design of the site, but certain areas need a lot of work to bring them up to a completed stage. I’ve lost count of number of versions my website design has gone through. I believe this current site is around design version 6… but I could be wrong.

I’ve never been happy with my online portfolio page. I doubt i ever will be. I often use the term ‘work in progress’ regarding my website and that is true. I don’t thing it will ever stop being tweaked and improved. Websites are never finished, just abandoned. I definitely believe that to be true. We just move onto the new design and the process starts anew.

The remainder of this year will see me try to sort out a number of online projects I need to complete. The portfolio needs a major update, though that is in hand. The other issue is e-commerce which is divided between artprint websites (redbubble, imagekind), online store (cafepress) and the final sales system FOTOMOTO which is used in the printshop area of my website. Only Redbubble has been updated to where I’d like it to be… the rest need to be developed further.

Moor Road

darkerskies — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:28:46 +0000

Portrait?

darkerskies — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:13:27 +0000

Sun Down

darkerskies — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:49:47 +0000

End of the pier

darkerskies — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:42:00 +0000

Next Year…

darkerskies — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:35:20 +0000

Looking back towards Blakeney – Norfolk, UK

I’ve already started to formulate some plans for next year. After all, a year seems like a long time, but it soon goes, so I’m just thinking about where to take things next year. 2011, I think, will be a year in which I want to push my multimedia ideas to the next level - video, audio and photography. Heck yeah, that sounds like fun and a challenge too. I’ve started experimenting around with video recently, shooting and editing material I’ve done via my iPhone, however I really want to move to a much higher standard of work by this time next year. I think that the return to shooting in Norfolk next year will be a great place for developing a large-scale piece of multimedia work.

A couple of items needed to help me along. First is a compact digital HD camcorder, and second is software to produce professional photography slide shows with audio…. with the addition of video too. The camcorder will also be used for video podcasting, something I want to commence doing later this year. My only worry is the potential pitfalls of shooting video and still images at the same time. It rarely works well – both need different mindsets. I always remember a Larry Burrows (one of my photo heroes) remark that he would shoot black & white OR colour…. but NEVER both at the same time.

Ways of looking, ways of seeing and the visual interpretation of a scene – it depend to some degree on the medium you use and sometimes it’s just better to focus on one, than try to do several at the same time.

The Letter B

darkerskies — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:46:20 +0000

The Birds

darkerskies — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:58:13 +0000

Wet Whitby

darkerskies — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:28:09 +0000

Blakeney Boat

darkerskies — Mon, 31 May 2010 14:15:28 +0000

A ‘work in progress’ houseboat at Blakeney in Norfolk, UK