Archive for September, 2009

Integrating WordPress and PhotoShelter

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Those that have gone before.

Once upon a time, I read an article about putting the two together. I decided to put it on the to do list, but promptly lost the article. When I finally had enough time to start working on the blog, I went ahead and just did it as I couldn’t seem to find the article anywhere. But, now that I’m almost finished I’ve found it… and the similarities are shocking.

So, props to David Moore who did the same thing before me, and chose the same PhotoShelter theme to do it to. As I’m actually in the process of making WordPress into my main page I’m going to borrow a couple of his ideas, but I, personally, prefer the more common right sidebar that I used, though I’ve tried the left sidebar on a few sites.

Annual Alpha Phi Alpha Golf Tournament

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

This weekend I had the opportunity to sponsor a worthwhile organization, try out my new water bottle advertisements, and shoot some golf photos. I shot everyone at the #1 tee (through all of the trees!) and then was at the #10 for anyone who wanted to get a portrait of their group as they came back around.

Alpha Phi Alpha – Canyon Lakes Golf Tournament – 2009 – Images by John MacDonald

Frames Included on all Ilford Galerie Prints

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

The boxes of simple glass and plastic frames, in sizes 4×6 and up showed up today. This officially kicks off the new upgrade for the high grade prints that I do in-house on Ilford Gallerie Gold Fibre Silk. Frame upgrades are always available, but these are included in the unchanged prices of several print options.

Varsity Football: LCS @ Weston-McEwen

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Sports photography is new to me this year. It seems fitting that my first post of any substance is, therefore, related to sports photography.

Friday night was the second game of the season, and I drove down to Athena, OR. Lighting levels were below what I would have liked (1/320s f1.4 ISO1600), but with some creativity and fast primes I got a fair number of shots that I hope yearbooks and parents on both sides are happy with.

Weston-McEwen TigerScots Entrance
Weston-McEwen TigerScots Entrance

Patriots Slideshow – LCS at Weston-McEwen – Images by John MacDonald

Weston-McEwen TigerScots Slideshow – Images by John MacDonald

Blog.HyakPhoto.com

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Welcome to the new Hyak Photography Blog. The site layout is a bit of a work in progress as I match the WordPress theme up with the PhotoShelter theme.

I’m covering a lot of events over the next few months and wanted to find a place where I could write some bits about what I was doing, provide a bit of the what happened, and generally announce that something new was up in a format a bit less cold than simply having a new gallery on the “Recently Updated” list.

If someone stumbles across this and has any questions, I’ll try to address those, too.