It's hard to believe sometimes, but we've been operating for three years now! It's been quite the experience so far and we're only continuing to grow and develop. Thanks to everyone who has encouraged and supported us through this journey so far!
To celebrate this milestone, we're offering a coupon code good for 30% off of any of our prints on an order of $30 or more for this week only! (excludes shipping and taxes) It's only a happy coincidence that the date of our anniversary also happens to be on Cyber Monday this year. ;-)
Simply browse the 'Prints' category here on our site to see what's currently available for purchase.. We're offering the photos in a variety of formats, including high quality paper prints, fine art paper prints, and canvas prints!
Click on any of the [Buy a Print] links underneath a photo, and you will be presented with the Fotomoto shopping cart interface for ordering it. (Fotomoto is an online photo printing and fulfillment company through whom we've recently started offering prints of our photos). If you're having any trouble with it, we've put together this quick little help page about it.
When you proceed to the checkout, enter this code into the Discount field: 820A67
Thanks again and enjoy!
As with many photographers, I've been playing around with 500px in recent weeks and have liked what I've seen so far (check out my profile here) . The sheer quality of the photos over there are so amazing that it's been really easy to lose hours just browsing photos.
Then I came across the Firefox extension, Stylish, which allows you to restyle websites in your browser. Basically, this amounts to writing some CSS that overrides what the website is coded with.
I've always been a fan of darker-themed websites because I find them less straining on the eyes, so after installing a few styles and tinkering a bit, I thought about what other websites would be good to restyle. I figured 500px would be a good candidate, since it is mostly white. I didn't find an existing style, so I went ahead and experimented with Stylish myself to see what I could come up with.
Here are a few screenshots…
Main Page
Login Page
Profile Page
Photo Page
If you're interested in using this, you'll need to install Stylish first. Then you can download/install 'Dark 500px' directly from userstyles.org. Feedback welcome and appreciated.. Enjoy!
I've been experimenting with adding a lightbox to the photos you find on our site. For those that don't know, lightboxes are those pseudo pop-up boxes that typically allow you to view a larger version of a given image or thumbnail. Of course, these have been abused in other ways (e.g. ads, surveys, and the like) and so may be a turn-off to some folks.
You can take a look at what I've done by checking out our last two photo posts here and here. Click on the links below the images to see what they do.
To get some feedback, I thought I would put together a quick Facebook Poll using their fancy new Questions feature. Please take a moment and add your thoughts. Here's a direct link to the poll. Thanks!
Thanks so much to everyone who stopped by my table this weekend at the Alberta Synchro Provincials at the Talisman Centre. It was great meeting so many of you and we appreciate your support!
Photos will be available to order online soon. You will be able to find them in our Gallery at this URL:
http://blargmedia.ca/gallery/v/photos/events/
Note that you will need to Register an Account and then login in order to place orders. Once logged in, you'll also be able to see a slightly larger version of the photo. If you're having any trouble with the site, we also have a quick help guide available.
Update: All events are now available for viewing and ordering.. Enjoy!
After a long holiday hiatus we're slowly getting back into the swing of things for this fine, though chilly, new year!
First up is a shoot we did in Edmonton covering the Calgary Aquabelles at the Provincial Qualifier synchronized swimming competition in January. These photos are now available from our Online Gallery Store here:
http://blargmedia.ca/gallery/v/photos/events/201101_provqual/
To place photo orders, please Register an Account and then login to use the shopping cart. Larger previews of the photos will also be visible once you login.
You can add individual photos to your cart, or if you would like to order a complete routine, you can add that routine's album to the cart. The payment checkout service is provided by PayPal, and you do not need to have a PayPal account to complete your order.
Enjoy!
