The Big Picture Library

Time is definitely NOT on my side since I have more than a full time work on ICT-matters in my school, and a workshop in Saigon is coming up on the 16th of December...
Yet, my site has been a mess for a while, and I would like to update, even restructure and redesign it, if possible... I have recently added the two blogs (photoblog and ICT-blog) but I want a solution for the pictures. I have been looking for Flash solutions, but the problem is that I want too much... aesthetic presentation, explanation, metadata, even a shop if possible, but that can't be done in the short period that I have.
This morning, while watching BBCWorld's ClickOnline, I saw what appeared a great solution for the moment: The Big Picture Library. In a very quick and easy way, you can add pictures to a page, choose a style, and then embed it in your site...That's what I did...
You get nice, animated thumbs that zoom in when you click on them.
A few disadvantages: FOR THE MOMENT it is free..., you need an new login for each page, some thumbnails keep standing in front of the picture until you drag you cursor over it, and you cannot change the aspects of the template (frame size, background,...)
But as an interactive way of presenting pictures this is a great solution... and... I present them as they normally are arranged on my desk!! >> in a PILE!! ;-)
Just click on some of the albums!

Welcome to my photoblog

Oh, yes... Photography is a passion of mine... It has been so for many decades, but since digital photography came along, I have improved my skills in no time at all... Seeing immediately the result of your trial, adjusting and trying again... that is just a great experience!

And then the use of photoshop! The sky is the limit they say... but PS goes even beyond!!

In this blog I will add techniques, screenshots, and results of my photographic experiments. My site will be changed in the near future, showing an extended portfolio of recent and older work and I will link to the photographic results from within this blog as well.

As a first experiment, I publish a self-portrait, inspired on Andy Warhol's portrait of John Lennon, used as a cover for the Paris Exhibition, one of the greatest experiences of mine in 2006!
I call this variation "Lennon and me", but you can call it "Lennon's Fat Fan", if you want to... ;-)
I will post some more details on the PS-techniques later!