I’ve never cried for a camera…until today

Rosa — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 02:39:54 +0000

I was out and about taking pictures of this epic snow day in the south with my camera on the tripod. At the end of the day, as I ran inside from the cold, I put the tripod down and didn’t balance the legs out properly. It tipped over and…

It’s a sad sad day.

My 35mm prime lens was also mounted on and damaged. It won’t auto-focus anymore. I may sell it on eBay as a damaged lens and hopefully get something for it to invest in a new one.

The good news is the camera appears to be working fine. Seems to be mostly external damage. I’ll be sending it in for repair. Next time, I’ll probably insure my SLR.

A New Year, a New Rosa

Rosa — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 23:12:07 +0000

Ringing in the new year with lots of positivity and many great memories.

May everyone’s 2011 be full of new reasons to smile.

It’s alive! It’s alive! IT’S ALIVE!

Rosa — Tue, 25 May 2010 07:34:55 +0000

The pieces have come together and my website has FINALLY come to life. As expected, I already want to redesign it. HA!

I am still fine-tuning some details, but I’m so excited to finally have my very own place to ramble and ‘hang up’ my work.

What on earth will you be blogging about?

Well, mostly anything that interests me, such as: design, development, photography, technology, art, fashion, beauty, etc. I may write reviews related to products and services in my field and possibly even show the process behind some of my work. You may also see occasional posts on personal life events. Consider my blog a haven and outlet of my thoughts and inspirations.

If there is something you’d like to see me write about, just let me know.

How did you make your site?

My site is powered by WordPress. I have to say, this was my first time using this platform and there was a huge learning curve and mounds of research and reading involved, but in the end it was more than worth it and I am ready to keep utilizing it in future projects. The portfolio area is so easy to update now and everything is dynamic and stored in a database. This was HUGE for me, because inefficiency is an INTJ no-no!

Here are some of the technologies I used to help put together my little Frankenstein:

WordPress – open-source publishing platform built on PHP and MySQL
MAMP (for Mac) – creates a local web server environment to work in
Dreamweaver – used for most of the development
jQuery – e.g. used for Twitter feed on homepage and pop-up windows
CSS3 – e.g. rounded corners and button shadows (not supported in IE)
FeedBurner – RSS feed management tool
Firebug – Firefox extension for debugging (a MUST!)
YSlow – Firefox extension for analyzing site performance and speed

Who’s interviewing you?