Website and Pages

January 2010

A word or note.--If any of the images in the photo galleries appear unusually dark, it may be an image before I calibrated my monitor, see browser optimization for more information. I have reviewed the on-line images and think the number is small and for the time being they won't be updated and replaced at this time. If you see images that appear to be unusual, please contact me with the Web page URL and I'll look into it.

A Web site and Web pages are work, not unlike the photo. The roots, trunk and branches grows, parts die, people stop by to admire or just walk by not noticing anything interesting, and you work to keep it together. And every photographer has their professional and personal view of what their Web site should represent and present. That's the beauty of the Web, it's what you want within the framework of the Web criteria. And that's what is the consideration a photographer must give their Web site.

That consideration is the choice of designing, producing, and managing their own Web site and pages, use some of free or cheap hosting Websites with their templates, or hire a professional Web and/or graphic designer, either under their reivew or free license so long as it accomplishes their goal. Many of the professional photographers do the last two, opting to use the predesigned but user variable templates, or provide the designer their ideas and goals. Few photographers spend the time doing their own Website design, development and management.

Since I worked as a Web page and data manager for over 10 years with the USGS, I thought I would develop my own pages and learn the Web side of things to, hopefully, produce professionally looking pages. Well, as life would have it, my Web site and pages aren't there by any real measure, or that I see comparing it with the professionally produced Web sites. But there are two reasons for continuing on. One, is the feeling of producing my own Web pages. Two, learning. But it has a cost, not doing photography and producing images.

What does it all mean? Beats me, but you can see the changes to the Website and pages here. I hope you like the pages and please use the "Webmaster" link, also in the lower left corner of each page, or use the contact page to send your problems, questions, comments or suggestions.