We had our first photo meetup tonight, and because of all the varying weather going on (yea, its Michigan) it seemed like a fun idea to use some snow, and why not throw a little fire in there? Long story … Read more…
We just wanted to share a quick snippet that we use all the time to make custom WordPress summaries inside our PHP code. Sometimes the native WordPress “excerpt” doesn’t fit your needs, so creating it on the fly is a … Read more…
This is a short photo retouch video sped up about 800%- packing about an hour of work into 5 minutes. It is a hard lighting setup with two back lights creating that arm and shoulder rim light, and then one … Read more…
It was one of those days where I had an idea for a photo, knew exactly how I wanted it to look, and only had an hour to go out and take it. Luckily I came back with a set … Read more…
It’s always fun to unwind a night with some photos. In this video I go through my thoughts on lighting a copper sculpture found in a corner of our office building/mall. I started with a fairly high shutter speed (1/160s) … Read more…
Photography and web design have to get along, because we [as humans] have a tendency to consume and invest in good looking things, and photos on a website can be an insanely effective marketing/sales tool (Apple). However, just because you … Read more…
If you develop for any type of mobile devices, you know that load times are crucial- if something takes one second to load with WiFi, it will surely take 3 or 4 on a cell network. Being that WordPress is … Read more…
Integrating any type of JavaScript or Ajax into an existing CodeIgniter application can be a bit daunting. My main goal with AutoAjax was to have access to some of the user experience benefits JavaScript+jQuery offer, like form validation without a … Read more…
If you haven’t already, setup the Autoajax Class and hooks from CodeIgniter AutoAjax Drop-in using a custom Hook: Part I. We’ll run through a simple example of validating a form using CodeIgniter first with PHP, then retro-fitting our new AutoAjax … Read more…
We just got in our Black Rapid RS-7 camera strap, and really like all the thought behind this little piece of gear. Like many, the stock Canon strap wasn’t cutting it; it wasn’t comfortable, it wasn’t natural to shoot with, … Read more…