Yesterday I spent a good part of the day taking photos of my printed portfolio pieces. It was quite a tedious task as I had to use whatever light was coming in from the outside. I took several shots of each piece, usually a wide low angle, paired with a few close-ups. By the way, I was using my semi-new Nikon D80 with a 50mm 1.8 lens. This lens is great for achieving the depth of field you want, whether it’s super shallow where only a small range is in sharp focus, or a deep DOF, where everything is in focus. Also it’s really fast lens so it’s excellent under low light.

After I finished taking all the photos I needed, I imported them into Photoshop as RAW images, and slightly tweaked them to improve colors and contrast. Then I had to re-size them, one for the full screen preview, and one for the regular smaller preview. Next I optimized them for web and linked them to their corresponding html pages. Also I continued to flesh out the page so that now there’s a shortcut navigation sidebar on the left.

Keep checking back as I will continue to update this blog frequently about the process of creating my website as well as other design related topics. Leave a comment too so I can get to know you and get some feedback.