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Bilingual web design, translation and more from Alameda, ca
Archive for the ‘Photography’ Category
Tequila Seminar 2007 CD Cover
Author: Gwyn4 Jun
SIT 2007 is using a photo of mine from Tequila for their CD-ROM cover. It’s available at all good Mexican Academic Libraries 
Here’s the original.
Photography Portfolio Wordpress Site
Author: Gwyn19 Apr
As you’ve probably gathered I’m very much into photography. I upload most of my photos to Flickr, but I wanted a site to showcase my favourites. Presenting www.agaveweb.com/photos !
It uses a theme called Monochrome Gallery and uses custom fields to display the photos and thumbnails. Notable features for this site included:
- Making the RSS feed include those custom fields.
- The E-card section where I adapted a send-to-a-friend plugin to fit a photoblog.
- Minor tweaks here and there to the layout.
Overall, it’s a great theme which didn’t require much in the way of adaptation and I LOVE the javascript image gallery on the front page. There are also pro (paid for) versions of the theme which have lots more configuration possibilities through the admin panel.
Check it out and leave a comment if you either there or here if you want to know more about the ins and outs of photoblogging.
Tequila Shots II
Author: Gwyn5 Mar
This time for a less academic reason… I was contacted by someone who had seen my pictures of Tequila, Mexico with a view to using them on their site. As development on the site progressed, they needed someone local to take high resolution pictures of the bottles on a white background for use on the site and in marketing materials and large tracts of text translated from Spanish to English. Happily, I’m a one-stop shop for web design, photography and translation.
On their new site they’re using many of my pictures, however it’s NOT my design. I advocate against the use of Flash intros and would not have included autoplaying “traditional” music on each page… However, overall it’s a quality product. Both the site and their tequila. Just be sure to lower your speakers’ volume before visiting… Update: 3/14/08: Looks like the site is having issues with the Flash menu…
Photography: Documenting Mexican Traditions
Author: Gwyn8 Feb
My photos are free to use for non-commercial purposes. However, if you are interested in commercial use get in touch and make an offer. A series of photos I took of the peanut harvest in Jalisco, Mexico is going to be used in an upcoming book on Mexican Geography published and sold in Mexico.
You can search the tags on my almost 10,000 Flickr photos here. The vast majority of the pictures were taken in Mexico.
Signo Tequila A.C.
Author: Gwyn3 Dec
Signo Tequila is a new organization based in Guadalajara, Mexico involved in organizing conferences, producing quality assessments and many other services for the tequila industry. They wanted two logos, one for their stationery that looked like a rubber stamp and another, a wax effect that can be used to approve quality tequilas.
Their site is a portal to all kinds of information for tequila consumers and producers and includes many photos I took myself in and around Tequila, Jalisco. Using the WordPress platform means it is once again very easy to update with new information and links. Since the company is new and still developing its content many areas of the site are still not finalized. Until this happens there are Google adSense ads on the page to generate a small income to cover hosting costs in the meantime.
El Mural- Postcards of Jalisco Competition Win
Author: Gwyn5 Nov
This photo of mine was selected as one of five winners of a competition run by Guadalajara’s newspaper El Mural. It’s titled “Yo no fui” , “It wasn’t me”.
Tequila Shots (Gastronomica Journal)
Author: Gwyn2 Nov
My wife, Sita, is a Sociologist and had an article published in the new glossy table-top quarterly, Gastronomica (their site).
My photos accompanied her piece entitled Tequila Shots. Download it here as a PDF.
