Exposure on Fotocommunity.de
Once again, four of my pictures will be featured on the main page of fotocommunity.de. They are scheduled to appear for an hour on Wednesday, starting at noon (German time), or 6 am EST.
Last time it caused tons of fc-comments, page-views, and messages, which is a big deal for a little photographer.
Post No Bills
Taken on a cold night in New York City
An original exposure of "South Street Diner"
It's probably not a highlight in my portfolio, but I figured that I did so much editing on South-Street-Diner that it might actually be interesting to post an untouched exposure. Now don't tell me that the original looks better, that's the worst comment one can get!
OK, do it...if you think so.
South Street Diner
The symmetry is a bit off. Besides that, the lower right quarter of the image had originally a parked car in it. I tried to push it away...didn't move :) ...fixed it in Photoshop. Conclusion: I'll keep it in mind and try again one night.
More Template Talk
Okay, I calmed down a little and went from giant-size to large. Some fine tuning on the fonts and experiments with text formatting in order to have it look somewhat appealing even in this large content width. This should be a good compromise for now, until I find the perfect template.
By the way, what are your thoughts on sidebars? This current template doesn't have it and I always thought it looks more clean, lean, and mean...or in other words: elegant. But here is the catch:
A visitor who comes here through let's say Google usually ends up on one particular post. He might read it, maybe not, and surf on to somewhere else. He is not seeing any more relevant information for himself and bounces off my page. He bounces off not only because of the crap I'm writing, but also because of the lean design. There is nothing more to see that could catch his interest and make him click deeper into the page. I think it would be good to show a decent selection of images on the side and link them with the shop section.
Besides that, I should probably also add a personal profile to give this page a face.