Tuesday 28 June, 2005

New gallery

I noticed recently that Gallery 1.5 was out, and decided to update my gallery installation today. It was very simple and fast - not counting the backing up the old version as our internet connection died in the middle of it - and I'm really liking the new version. Some cool subtile additions have been made like statistics: most viewed, latest additions and latest comments. Interface is slightly prettier with optional icons, and there's also an option to show at root level the entire folder tree which I really appreciate. I'm sure there are loads of other nice features, but those jumped up from playing with it for half an hour.

My sudden interest came from two sources - firstly I was chatting with Henri about cameras this morning, and then I saw Woja's new gallery. Or actually, it's all Jaana-Mari's fault who put an idea of a new camera in my head. Before, I was quite happy with my little Ixus 500 - hey, it takes sharp photos of objects close to the lense, what else can one want. Then she pointed out a way to improve the photos, and after that I'm not happy with them anymore.

As she if of course right, being nowadays a semi-professional photographer after selling some of her photos. Take a look at these photos for example - this is the kind of stuff I'd like to be able to do. So right now I'm trying very hard to tell myself that I can't afford, nor do I really need a new fancy camera.

So meanwhile, here's my photographic journal of the lilies that I'll keep updating once more flowers appear.

Posted by kolibri at 28 June 21:30, 2005
Comments
# 1 - Jaana-Mari (on June 29, 2005 08:59 PM):

I was going to cough and tell you that in my opinion "semi-professional" is exaggerating my glorious hobby (but thank you kindly anyways), but apparently I am in a minority here. As Henri pointed out, we both get income from our photos, thus we are partly in the professional side (no matter how measly a percentage of our income comes from photography). As you already know, this in my biggest artistic outlet these days, and if you´re tempted to follow suit, GO GET YOURSELF A GOOD CAMERA SYSTEM AND SHOOT AWAY! It is hours and hours of endless fun, the discoveries keep on surprising and bringing enjoyment.


# 2 - kolibri [TypeKey Profile Page] (on June 29, 2005 10:33 PM):

Must. Resist. Temptation.

Must. Resist.


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