When photos are in landscape format, I can click the >> to advance without having to scroll down. But when photos are in vertical format, I have to scroll down to reach >>. This might be enough to scare/frustrate some users. Thinking of my Dad here, and also imagining he would not be able to figure out that the aperture logo in the lower right hand corner was the button to close the window… most folks would look for that in upper right hand corner.
No need to worry too much about the gallery software- Stef will be using something different for the official site (which we intend to try and keep really clean and easy to get around- he also refuses to use flash). This is just the best I could do for WordPress.
I will point him in this direction for your comment though, as I was trying to explain to him exactly how user friendly the site needed to be and he seemed skeptical… I think we forget how computer literate we really are, and how lost others can get with the simplest things! The aperture logo thing btw, is actually just a coincidence! You should be able to click anywhere in the window to close it. (Which, is totally NOT apparent!)
I really like all the photos of the yellow flower and the bee! My favorite is probably the first one, just because it’s a little more zoomed out, so you can really see the difference in size between the bee and the flower. The one called “Cactus flower” is also really pretty. For some reason, I find it looks better in black and white. Also, on the second page, I really like the picture of the two birds, taken from below. I really like the angle of it, as well as the fact that there’s not too much in the frame except for the sky and the 2 birds. Just a general comment…I really like the close up shots of the various flowers that you took where the flower is in focus but the background is blurry (no clue what this is called but I’m sure it has a name! haha)!
It does indeed have a name– what you’re commenting on is called the “bokeh” of the shot. (The blur- or the aesthetic quality of the blur in the background. I don’t know if the name intentionally makes you think of a “bouquet” or not…
July 8th, 2010 at 16:34
When photos are in landscape format, I can click the >> to advance without having to scroll down. But when photos are in vertical format, I have to scroll down to reach >>. This might be enough to scare/frustrate some users. Thinking of my Dad here, and also imagining he would not be able to figure out that the aperture logo in the lower right hand corner was the button to close the window… most folks would look for that in upper right hand corner.
July 9th, 2010 at 10:07
No need to worry too much about the gallery software- Stef will be using something different for the official site (which we intend to try and keep really clean and easy to get around- he also refuses to use flash). This is just the best I could do for WordPress.
I will point him in this direction for your comment though, as I was trying to explain to him exactly how user friendly the site needed to be and he seemed skeptical… I think we forget how computer literate we really are, and how lost others can get with the simplest things! The aperture logo thing btw, is actually just a coincidence! You should be able to click anywhere in the window to close it. (Which, is totally NOT apparent!)
July 14th, 2010 at 16:12
I really like all the photos of the yellow flower and the bee! My favorite is probably the first one, just because it’s a little more zoomed out, so you can really see the difference in size between the bee and the flower. The one called “Cactus flower” is also really pretty. For some reason, I find it looks better in black and white. Also, on the second page, I really like the picture of the two birds, taken from below. I really like the angle of it, as well as the fact that there’s not too much in the frame except for the sky and the 2 birds. Just a general comment…I really like the close up shots of the various flowers that you took where the flower is in focus but the background is blurry (no clue what this is called but I’m sure it has a name! haha)!
July 15th, 2010 at 09:20
It does indeed have a name– what you’re commenting on is called the “bokeh” of the shot. (The blur- or the aesthetic quality of the blur in the background. I don’t know if the name intentionally makes you think of a “bouquet” or not…
July 17th, 2010 at 22:18
these are the ones I see being sold in a gallery. lovely!