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… ]]> http://dremer.org/2010/01/yuval-in-shower-and-site-updates/feed/ 0 http://dremer.org/2009/12/orthodox-jerusalem-lrsaver-new-release-status-update/ http://dremer.org/2009/12/orthodox-jerusalem-lrsaver-new-release-status-update/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:38:23 +0000 Nir Dremer http://dremer.org/?p=2879

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!

Today we’re pleased to announce LrSaver, an Adobe Lightroom Screensaver addon.

LrSaver is screensaver which dynamically generates a slideshow according to Lightroom meta-data information.

LrSaver key advantages:

• Flexibility – Smart grouping of your favorite photographs according to any meta-data fields
• Efficiency – Minimal resource utilization by using Lightroom cache (no need to export)
• Simplicity – Simple & intuitive user-interface

LrSaver is currently available for Windows, a 14 days trial version is available for download (link).

Mac support will be introduced in few weeks. You can subscribe on LrSaver website to receive Mac support release notification (subscribe here).

LrSaver  is currently available in a special introductory price of $9.99!

We’re thrilled to have LrSaver released and we will be happy hear your reviews, comments & anything you have on your mind. drop us an email to feedback@lrsaver.com or simply leave a comment here…

As some of you have probably noticed, I have created a facebook page for the website.
By joining the page as a fan you will receive updates to your facebook feed and also show support.
The page address is: http://www.facebook.com/NirDremerPhoto.

The photograph above was captured from a bridge on top of Seine River in Paris. In was a cloudy afternoon and it started raining few minutes before this was captured.

As you have probably noticed. the site design has been updated. The main changes are in the title & the right side bar. I would be happy to hear your inputs on the new design …

For the ones with short memory, here’s a reminder of the previous design:

Motion Photography Techniques: Panning, Smearing & Freezing

To view the full list of tutorials, reviews & tips, check out the menu option with the same name on the top right.

I will be happy to hear your opinion, feel free to drop a comment, suggestion or anything you have on your mind…

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I originally reached the video through a post on Eitan Burcat blog.

• My 2nd tutorial in the Lightroom In-Depth series is now available – Smart Collections In-Depth.
• I recently read a book called Tuned In: Uncover the Extraordinary Opportunities That Lead to Business Breakthroughs (by Craig Stull, Phil Myers, and David Meerman Scott from Pragmatic Marketing). My book review is now available.

Starting of this week, every week a new tutorial will be published in the In-Depth series, keep watching.

Reminder: All turorials, reviews & tips are available in the Tutorials, Reviews & Tips on the top of the right menu.

During the trip I succeeded having few street photography sessions, I’m starting to process the images and will start uploading soon. Here is the first photograph:

New Lightroom tutorials are still in the works. I estimate next publication will be before the weekend, stay tuned…