June 2008
1 post
New digs.
After a few fits and starts, I’ve got the blog in a new location on my site. I jumped from Tumblr to MovableType, so that’s what’ll be doing the heavy lifting from now on. (:
May 2008
2 posts
Final Scratch (shot by Jeff Croft) Perhaps Tuesdays and Thursdays will be photos that have caught my eye. Hmm.
Two great tastes that taste great together!
I speak, of course, of transparency and clipping! Weeks ago it seems, I promised a CSS-focused entry. I may be tardy (or anyway, slow to deliver), but here we are! What we have here is some relatively simple transparency-making and image clipping achieved via CSS, although without using the actual clipping attribute (mostly because it was a right pain to do, very confusing). What you see here is:...
April 2008
5 posts
TiltViewer →
From the kids who brought us SimpleViewer, there’s a new game in town: TiltViewer: a 3D image viewer. Their demo pulls photos from Flickr and it’s pretty cool! Mouse gestures twist and turn the thumbnails and when you click the arrow on a photo, it flips to show you the title, photographer (poster), etc. That might be fun to play with at some point. (:
That's a keeper.
I didn’t forget! I just got distracted with the KU vs. Memphis game and then with Wii bowling (and tennis and golf). There’s a CSS technique post coming your way, but tonight, here are a few recent favourite photos from a few friends. Friendly Robot Camera by Jeff Croft Life is Beautiful by Lori Salt by Tom Watson
Renting lenses
I’m a big fan of the lens rental. My local shops (Samy’s, Calumet) have rental departments, of course, but I steer clear because they are way out of my budget. So where do I rent? Online! There are 3 places I’ve rented from online and they’ve all been great (twice leading to a purchase because I loved the lens so much). If you’re interested in new gear, I highly...
Starting at the beginning.
Here we go! CSS nerdery and photography-related geeking out to follow in heavy doses. (no foolin’!) (: