Site updates

Screen Resolution

For a while I was thinking about increasing the website resolution (website width). While it seems a simple decision, I was not sure what are the most widely used monitors today and whether such increment will be problematic to some of the visitors.

This is where Google analytics came in to play. One of the many parameters that analytics monitors is the screen resolution. The following graph shows the screen resolutions of the blog visitors from the last month:

The above information shows that ~90% of the users are using wide screen and/or high resolution monitors and only 10% are still using 1024×768. Following this input I’ve decided to increased site width. Visitors with low resolution monitors can use browser zoom functionality to overcome this limit.

So, what’s new?

Ok, so what is new in the updated site design:

• Wider resolution, photographs are much bigger now!
• Updated Portfolio design, sleeker & faster than previous one. I’m currently test-driving the zoom/pan functionality, would highly appreciate your input.
• Updated ‘Web Recommendation’ Sidebar (bottom right menu)
• New image enlargement script, click on the analytics screenshot above to see.

Would be great to hear your feedback…

Ben, my cousin, is getting married next week and few days ago he & his future wife had a Henna ceremony. While the event had a dedicated photographer I joined from time to time (mostly in video). The photo above was captured while the families were dressing up for the ritual.

Photograph was taken last Saturday in Meah Shearim. Meah Shearim is a famous orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem (more info in Wikipedia). It’s quiet amazing how in a walk few meters from streets you know you see totally different life. This is how the kids spend their Saturday …

LrSaver 0.96.4 Release

We’re proud to announce the release of LrSaver 0.96.4. The new release includes:

• Support for multiple monitors (in several customizable configurations)
• Customizable presenting order (time-line or random)

As usual, would be great to hear your comments…

Thank You

We would like to thank all the web-sites (Special great thanks goes to Imaging Source, Lightroom Blog, Lightroom News, Photography Blog, Photography Review) & the users who helped make LrSaver launch a great success.

We were highly impressed by the community response to LrSaver, not only we received great feedback but also some great ideas for the upcoming releases.

Thank you all, your engagement is highly appreciated!

2nd portrait (1st is here) captured in Jerusalem old city street market.

The 3 photographs above were taken in the same spot in Jerusalem old city. I found the photographs to be much stronger as a series than any of the photos alone. I believe that together they tell the story of the place. What do you think?

On a different topic, we just got back from a vacation in London. Lots of new photographs. Starting to post-process now and I expect to publish first outcomes early next week… keep watching…

This man portrait was captured in Jerusalem Muslim market. His eyes had contacted the camera exactly on the right time and for me this is what made it.

This photograph together with several others that will be posted in the coming days were captured while street walking in Jerusalem last week. This lady found her relaxing spot on one of the sides of Mamilla pedestrian mall.

I’m currently in London for a family vacation… as usual, new photographs will published after our return…