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Ooh, I am so excited! I wanted to utilize the Sliding Door CSS theme by Wayne and incorporate it with a previous motif on the site which compared developing a site to the changing of the seasons. I’m still “unpacking the boxes” a little, so keep visiting for changes!
Earlier in the month, Jenn Mears Web Design completed work on Century Portraits, a web site for the portrait photographer Brian Corbett. This was a great site to work on since the images provided by the client were luminous black and white portraits that lent themselves nicely to a design based on the imagery of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Inspired by the classic portraiture style of George Hurrell, Century Portraits’ owner and photographer Brian Corbett has worked for over a decade and a half in the film industry. From working with such cinematographers as John Seale and Darius Khondji, he has combined his experience and love of photography into a studio that creates commissioned portraits in the style of famous Hurrell photographs of such legends as Humphrey Bogart and Jean Harlow.
To view a collection of Century Portraits’ work, go to: Centuryportraits.com/gallery.html
Web Designer Depot posted a well-written article on choosing a CMS platform that can be a good read with your afternoon coffee.
On January 20th, 2009, Barack Hussein Obama II was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States and many comparisons were made to Kennedy’s inauguration into the Oval Office. Beyond the superficial resemblances of vigorous youth and dynamic speaking skills, there is another striking resemblance to that era, President Obama’s call to Americans to work together to create a better world for all. This strongly echoes President Kennedy’s passionate support for one of his administration’s longest-lasting legacies, The Peace Corps.
Sargent Shriver, JFK and RFK’s brother-in-law, became a driving force in the creation of the Peace Corps based on his experience with The Experiment For International Living. In preparing to launch his new agency’s efforts in the area called East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), Shriver decided to ask Robert Terry Jr., a journalist who had written about rural community development in South Asia, to lead the first team of Peace Corps Volunteers into East Pakistan. Terry accepted the job and began a long and distinguished career in the field of volunteer service.
After deciding to collect his stories of early life in the Peace Corps into a book entitled “And Everyone Should Try”, Robert Terry realized that he would need a web presence to attract publishing interest and so he contracted Jenn Mears Web Design to develop a site to showcase his experience under the name; rcterry.com
Recently launched, the site’s visual design is based on the colors of the national flag of Bangladesh, Terry’s area of service. In addition to the home page which introduces the user to the site’s purpose, the site also offers a brief biography, samples and reviews of Robert Terry’s writings over the years, and also a photo gallery which reveals fascinating glimpses into the early years of both the Peace Corps and the country now known as Bangladesh.
