New Web Site - Regina White Photography

Regina White Photography launched in September 2008

- Wyoming Michigan Photographer
- Specializes in Portraits, Weddings and Events Photography
- Entire Web Site Hosted via Smugmug

New Web Site - Photography Perspectives

Photography Perspectives launched in September 2008

- Denver Colorado Area Photographer
- Specializes in Sports, Nature, Animals and Stock Photography
- Entire Web Site Hosted via Smugmug

Smugmug Help : Fancy Slideshows...

As you can see through my site as well as several others I have customized, the slideshow is much different than the standard smugmug slideshow or 'Flash Slideshow' posted on the dgrin forum. The slideshow is generated via the slideshow pro application.

Slideshow Pro is an advanced slideshow application. It can be created in any size, color scheme, with or without thumbnails, transition, etc - totaly customized to fit your web site! It gives your web site a more 'flasher' look/feel to it. Once created, the application is uploaded it an internet server. The application is 'embeded' (placed) onto a smugmug page. The Slideshow Pro application can also run on non-smugmug web sites like Blogs. When the end-user views the page the smugmug page, the application runs and 'pulls' the images from a specific smugmug gallery.


So how does it work ?

- The Slideshow Pro application obtains pictures from a single gallery. The example below obtains pictures from the jR Photos and Web Design - Graduate Blog Slideshow Images gallery.
- The Slideshow Pro Application reads the images via a RSS Feed generated by the gallery. Click here to learn more about smugmugs RSS feeds.
- The images within the gallery are all the same size (750 pixels in width by 500 pixels in height).
- Images can be added, changed, or deleted anytime - the Slideshow Pro application will refresh with the changes. There is no need to re-created the application when the images within the gallery change!

If you are interested in implementing Slideshow Pro within your smugmug web site, please feel free to contact me.


Click here (jR Photos and Web Design - Animate) to see some examples in use.


The follow is a list of the variety of Slideshow Pro transitions:
(click on the link to view a demo)

Blur - Thumbnails
Crossfade - Thumbnails
Dissolve - Thumbnails
Drop - Thumbnails
Fade to Background - Thumbnails
Lens - Thumbnails
Photoflash - Thumbnails
Push - Thumbnails
Wipe - Thumbnails
Wipe to Background - Thumbnails

Blur - No Thumbnails
Crossfade - No Thumbnails
Dissolve - No Thumbnails
Drop - No Thumbnails
Fade to Background - No Thumbnails
Lens - No Thumbnails
Photoflash - No Thumbnails
Push - No Thumbnails
Wipe - No Thumbnails
Wipe to Background - No Thumbnails


Example of Slideshow Pro:

New Web Site - Matthew Lamb Photography

Matthew Lamb Photography launched in August 2008

- Seattle Washington Area Photographer
- Specializes in Portraits, Models, Music and Events Photography
- Entire Web Site Hosted via Smugmug

New Web Site - Eager Eye Photography

Eager Eye Photography launched in August 2008

- Mount Desert Maine Area Photographer
- Specializes in Portraits, Weddings and Events Photography
- Entire Web Site Hosted via Smugmug

The Class of 2009...

The class of 2009 is gearing up for its final year of high school. Of course, Senior pictures are a must! Below is a sample slideshow of recent seniors.
If you or a friend/family member is interested in senior pictures, please feel free to contact me. I offer several types of print sizes as well as on-line viewing galleries, slideshows, podcasts and the ability to purchase digital copies of the final images.




See more seniors - Graduate Slidshow and Senior Proofs

Smugmug Help : How can my site be found in the Search Engines ?

Ok - #2 question I get all of the time "Jerry - How can my site come up on the search engine results ?"

Simple - Keywords.
"Keywords" as defined by Wikipedia, is "a word or concept with special significance, in particular any word used as the key to a code or used in a reference work to link to other words or other information."

Smugmugs 'Keywords', 'Gallery Descriptions' and 'Photo Captions' are all searchable by via the search engines of the internet.


Here is an example of the Keywords, Gallery Description and Photo Caption of one
of my favorite photographs I took of the Shelby Lions Football Club.



Step #1 :
Make sure within the customization option of the gallery, you have the options of
'Hello World' and 'Hello Smuggers' set to 'Yes' (see below)



Step #2 :
Since the Gallery Description and Photo Caption is searchable, be descriptive about the gallery and/or photo. Add information regard the subject and place - big help Hint - people search the information for in specific places and events of the world. Therefore, for this gallery, I entered in the team (2007 Shelby Lions Football Club JV Team), league (OMYFA), link to the main site of the Shelby Lions Football Club and the photographers of the Shelby Lions Football Club (myself and Mark). For the picture caption, I entered in the game day, teams (Shelby Lions vs Roseville Broncos), place (Shelby Lions Home Field) and the Score (25-0). (see below)



Step #3:
Click the "Photo Tools" option below the photo and select "Edit Caption/Keywords".
This will bring to you a smugmug screen in which you can add several captions and keywords for the pictures within your gallery at the same time. (see below)



Step #4:
You can use this screen to enter in captions and keywords for several images at once. Smugmug provides detailed instructions on how to use this screen via the
help section as well as the smugmug wiki .
For this group of pictures I used the following keywords (notice, I placed words I like to group together in quotes):
"shelby lions", "shelby lions football club", lions, football, "macomb county football", "youth football", omyfa, sports, "sports photography", "football photography", "shelby township michigan sports photography", "michigan sports photography", "michigan sports photographer", "football photography"





Final note: sometimes it takes the 'search engines' a few days to log your keywords. Also, remember, 'search engine' results bring back the most popular sites first in the results page. That is, the sites with the most 'hits' are displayed in the search engine results first!