As I comb through various forums on architecture or landscape photography, a recurring question keeps popping up: "Is it technically bad to use HDR?". The reason this question exists in the first place is that over time a certain stigma has gotten attached to HDR because of people recklessly abusing it. Photography sites are absolutely littered with over processed, un[...]
Monthly archives: September 2012
Wordpress on Amazon Web Services Part 1
Now that we've discussed why I chose to go with a Wordpress driven site, let's look at how one would go about hosting it on the web. If your goal is simply to host a blog then you can do so by just setting up an account on worpress.com and have it running on their servers. If however you are planning on launching a portfolio website and having full control over it[...]
Building a Portfolio Website
I think it's fitting that the first post for the Vibrant Shot Blog be about building your own portfolio website, so that's exactly where we will begin. For many photographers the world of web design and development is a far removed and scary one. I have the luxury of a background in computer science and strong familiarity with a gamut of web technologies. You may be t[...]