Thanks folks.
@ascotta: The "scrabble" effect is deliberate, but may get out of hand once I've got a lot more images posted. I'll cross that bridge when I get to it...
@roshaoar: Yeah, I'm still finding the right balance between writing too much and not writing enough. Right now I've been concentrating on building the site and getting the pictures uploaded, more text will come.
@foamcow: Good point - I'll try toning down the menu bar a bit.
The nav buttons are rather oversize, but I wanted to explore building a site where
everything conformed to a rigid grid of squares. I think the buttons would really stick out if they were smaller. Changing the layout for portrait/landscape pictures is, well,
quirky - but I think that's allowed on an arty site. Note that the "next image" button stays in the same place for both image styles, so you can flick through the whole album without moving the mouse.
Kit-wise, the older pictures were taken with a Canon G3 compact, newer ones with a 30D SLR. I've just bought myself a 40D, but not uploaded any pictures from it yet. The camera used was one bit of metadata that I'd entered but wasn't displaying - I've changed that, so it's now shown.
Regarding EXIF data, it'd probably be simpler to manually transcribe aperture and exposure information (is there anything else in the EXIF that you'd like to see?) for each image. I could also come up with a geoposition for most of them too. I just don't want to add too much geeky information to distract the viewer from the picture.
I'm waiting now for Photobox.co.uk to update their "Pro Galleries" feature, so I can sell a few prints from the site.
-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
Extra Connections Ltd
