Multimedia II: The Importance Of Social Networking

Alas, Multimedia II is coming to a close. This class was definitely one of my favorites. I love wed design and development and I love making things work and connect through the web, and this class gave me plenty of opportunity to do so. Until this class I never really realized how important it is to twitter or blog or keep my post count up. I have gained a LOT of exposure through this class and I am still growing. I used to always say that soon I'm going to redo my portfolio site and make it live again but never had time. This class allowed me time time to get new mediums for getting my work out in the process of working on my main site. I will definitely keep posting and keep my online presence alive.

The Fashion Adventure

Today We had critique in class for our advanced portraiture final - the fashion/fantasy shoot. It went excellent, My teacher gave me the big "well done" on it (pictured above). I wanted to do a nautical theme using blue white and red in the wardrobe. so I got a guy, an assistant, a boat, a model, and my new speedlight and hit the docks. My man Tom Sawchuck took us out on his amazing sailboat. So - Day 1 was a pretty rainy day...not really any quality of light. So I did what I could with the 430 and a bounce umbrella. I wasn't very pleased with the images...

Multimedia II: Wordpress = The Best CMS

So before I took multimedia II I had only read about wordpress and never actually used it. So when I heard our assignment was to make a wordpress I was quickly intrigued. So - I began my research looking at what WP had to offer and why it was so revered. Well, unlike most blogs like blogger or tumblr wordpress can be installed onto your web server. I installed it onto my subdomain so that now I can use it as part of my portfolio site. I can customize anything I need on wordpress and make it fit my style and needs. This was my favorite part of the class. I will definitely keep the wordpress along with my tumblr. In conjunction they can be very useful.

Multimedia II: Pixelpipe

One of the most important things I learned in multimedia II was Pixelpipe. I love how you can cleanly allocate your media and posts. This thing rox and I will most definitely be using all the time. I can conveniently make one post here and it will be redirected to my other social net sites. AWESOME! Keeping all of my blogs in sync makes news about my work spread incredibly fast and efficiently. Besides..I was kinda tired of posting the same thing 100 times all over the internet.