Tips & Tricks

Quick two step technique to make your flower photography pop.

Create an overlay layer and add gausian blur to bring out the colors and add a soft focus on your photographs.

I've heard this quite a bit from web firms that have an old, ugly, outdated website showcasing their work. The message being "we are too busy making our clients' websites great that we have no time to invest in our own." Being a mechanic in an ex-life, however, I would like to put this myth to rest and take away the excuse for not enjoying your job.

When I was working as a mechanic, I saw two distinct sets of workers: those who decided on this career because they could make a paycheck, and those that truly loved cars. I also saw a very distinct way these mechanics worked.

Long before I got into this crazy world of web design and development I was an auto mechanic. Now, you won't find this anywhere on my resume, but every now and then a client will ask about my past and how I got into this field in the first place. I tell them it was because I was a mechanic, which is usually followed by blank stares or doubtful looks. But here's why I loved both:

A long time ago, when the web was still young, designers and developers were stuck with a way to showcase a thumbnail gallery with popup images. New windows were opened; people got lost and upset. Then a developer by the name of Lokesh Dhakar came up with a simple, non-obtrusive script to overlay images on top of the same page. It was sleek, it was stylish and it took the web by storm.