Marching Forth

March is here. I hope March is better than February. March is the only month that has a day that is also a pun. Do you know which day that is? I've always liked that March has the day that is not only a date, but a command, because that day is also my birthday. This year I will be 50.

Today in class our assignment was to find one website we didn't like (or wasn't designed very well) and one we liked. Here is my list (yeah, I had more than one link:)

This one is bad: http://www.oceanside-ca.com/

I like this one better: http://www.ci.oceanside.ca.us/

I don't like the logo: https://www.facebook.com/pages/AR-Photography/235008546555325

Too cluttered; http://www.thecouturebaby.com/

I liked this, until I scrolled down--you can't read the text. Then I clicked to entered the website and the slide show is too slow: http://www.jenniepyfferoen.com/

I think what works for one type of website doesn't necessarily work for other types. The one that stands out most is Google.com. It does all that it needs to do, but is possibly one of the simplest websites. We compared it to Yahoo.com, which is OK, but had a lot of stuff. Both are search engines, both have other services, but they have completely different looks. My interest is in sites that are similar to the sites I want to create. I like clean simple lines, not to bright or too dull. I spend a lot of time looking at what other photographers do and I see a lot of photographers using a cluttery scrapbooking look. I feel the focus on a homepage should be the photographer's work with links to their blog, etc...I like simple and elegant looks.


Along with my 50th birthday happening in March, is what would have been my 10th wedding anniversary on March 2nd.This is a bitter sweet day for me. I could mourn for something that never really worked out, or I can celebrate my independence. I'm going to smile and know that life is getting better. Today's pictures are wedding themed. i found this cake topper at a thrift store and bought it, figuring I'd have fun using it for a prop. I wonder what the history of this little couple is? What advise would the Bride & Groom have to give?
       

 

Below is the Bride & Groom on the cake ten-years ago. The groom designed the cake. I paid extra because there were suppose to be frosting roses. The lady who made the cake forgot to mention that she didn't know how to make them.... oops.

You'll notice that the Groom figurine fell face first into the cake. There is a saying that the way the wedding cake is cut and fed to each other foretells the future of the marriage and home. As a photographer I may have taken close-up pictures of this. As the Bride I found it hilarious. If only I had run and never looked back.