Yesterday I put up a new splash page for wedding photographer, Jules Bianchi. We worked together on the look as she had an existing site and blog that the page needed to match and she had a very specific idea of what it should look like. Here is a screen capture of the new page: And the old one: (click for a larger view) It gave me a chance to use a new technique I had read about using "CSS Sprites". I have to thank A List Apart, a site full of amazing resources and how-to's which talked about this technique. Here is a link to their great Tutorial on CSS Sprites. I will post a more technical version of how I tweaked their code to work for this situation later, but here is a quick explanation: Normally to create all the rollover buttons on the page, eight separate images would be used and the old
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New Splash Page for Jules Bianchi
October 19, 2008
Five Day DVD on WeLoveWP.com
October 3, 2008I had a nice surprise in my inbox today. Apparently Five Day DVD is a featured design on We Love WP (WeLoveWP.com) - a site that showcases custom Wordpress sites. Only a few days ago, I found the site and browsed all the amazing work on there, getting inspiration and ideas for my own designs. They had a section where you could submit your own site, let them know about it and if they like it, they would include it on their page. Well, I guess they did, because here it is: Five Day DVD was my first go at Wordpress and to have it noticed on a site like this means a lot. It took me so long to get it to look like it does! I have big plans for a new site which I plan to do all in Wordpress. Plus - I am working on my first custom theme, built from
Headshots And Reels
September 27, 2008I launched a new website in beta today - www.headshotsandreels.com. It is still a work in progress, and for now is just the single page with a simple description and a form to send an email. I will be adding some functionality to the form tonight and working on the rest of the site when I can fit it in. So, if you know any actors looking for a website - send them on over.
Five Day DVD Website
June 26, 2008After a couple major overhauls, I have settled on a look and site structure I am pretty happy with. Five Day DVD Site Five Day DVD grew out my consultant wok with the American Film Institute and several local high schools. I ended up developing a fairly comprehensive training program based on teaching beginners everything they need to complete a large DVD yearbook project over the course of a five day workshop. Five Day DVD, was created with Wordpress, a great blog system that allows some pretty complex customization.
North Hollywood High Career Day
June 18, 2008North Hollywood High School held their Career Day on June 5th and invited me to take part. I had two class periods, each about an hour long. It was just enough time to run through an accelerated version of the 'Shooting the Scene' exercise at the center of our Five Day DVD Workshop.Each class was split into two groups. We only had one camera so one group shot while the other had a brief Q&A. It was their day to ask questions about careers, so they all had lots of great questions about what it was like to work as a filmmaker, editor, director, videographer and so on. Then they switched and the second group shot and the first group asked questions. Each group had only fifteen minutes to shoot, but they all completed their scenes - some with time to spare. With the remaining time, we had a screening