Posts Tagged: Photography
Stella Marie | 5.26.2013
What a sleepy bundle of joy! Stella Marie was born on May 26 to one of my coworkers (at my real job), and we had the awesome opportunity to hang out with their family and take pictures of their newest little girl. She fell asleep right near the beginning of the session and thankfully stayed asleep throughout a few different poses. Good lighting and a sleepy baby always makes for a good newborn session! Just add a few pink accessories, and there you have it! Stella is a beautiful little girl – the previews of these pictures on my camera during the photo shoot brought her grandmother to tears. Hopefully you enjoy them too!
Pure Joy
I’ve been looking through my old photography to find some of my older pictures that may have gotten overlooked and never posted. During the summer of 2008 in the lone photography class I’ve taken, I was given an assignment to capture an image that expressed the emotion of “joy.” I didn’t really know where to start at first, but soon realized that our golden retriever, Rusty, was the perfect depiction of joy when you gave him tennis balls. I’m glad I didn’t end up with slobber on my lens – even though it looks like he’s just staring at them, this picture was taken in between bites and gnawing and constant attacks on the tennis balls. Most tennis balls we gave him didn’t last more than a week or two, but he loved every second of tearing them apart and chasing them down when we would throw them across the yard. Rusty died last year after almost 10 years with our family. He brought us lots of joy, but probably not as much pure joy as those tennis balls brought him. This is still one of my favorite pictures that I’ve ever taken – I hope you enjoy it too!
Pure Joy
The Blog, Redesigned
Welcome to the new Fourth Photography blog layout! After a few years with the old, graphically-focused theme, it was time for an update. Hopefully this new design is more reader-friendly, easier to navigate, and functional! Even though I loved the look of the previous layout, one of the largest complaints was the inability to scroll thru multiple posts from the homepage. This has been addressed with the new theme, along with some other items.
In my opinion, the blog header is one of the most important areas. If you can’t get where you want to go or easily find what you need to find from the header, just forget it. Several improvements have been made to the Fourth Photographer header, as shown below. My logo has been enlarged & centered, the menu bar has been improved (and also centered), and the search function is now located right there! Not only are these changes aesthetically pleasing, but hopefully they will also help make the blog much more navigable for you, the reader!
Additionally, the blog footer is a useful area that was completely missing from my previous layout, and this new theme allowed for easy customization of this space. I moved the “Archives” feature to the footer (from the header menu) and have added a “Tag Cloud,” which aggregates the words I use to tag my posts and creates a list where the size of each word is based on how frequently it is used. The irony of “Recent Posts” being located in the new footer is that my entire homepage on my previous design was basically a graphical representation of my recent posts. Now this function is just a footnote, which is fine because you can just scroll thru recent posts. Awesome! Finally, a link to my Facebook Page has also been added to the footer – LIKE ME!
When I started this blog, its purpose was to provide an outlet for my photography hobby, and it continues to serve that purpose. I’m excited about this new design, and all the new images that will be hosted here. Keep coming back and checking for new stuff! Feel free to leave comments, suggestions about the redesign, suggestions for new posts, or any questions below. Thanks!