In search of inspiration for topics for my final website, I reviewed my digital photos from the last few years as I had planned. It was a great trip down memory lane, I have to say. Did it provide any useful ideas for my website? A lot of the photos were meaningful to me but wouldn't really be to other people. (As much as I think my nephew is amazing, and as much as I think you should think he's amazing too, I probably shouldn't make a website about him. Really, I don't want it to go to his head, do I?) So, many of the photos wouldn't be useful in this context.
A very helpful comment on my previous blog post suggested I look into stock photography available on the web or at Drexel. While that would solve my photography problem, it wouldn't solve my expertise problem -- where I really am just struggling to think of an area where I have anything original to say. It would be great to have free photos, but if I don't have a unique theme to tie them together, then I still have work to do.
I'm thinking a compromise might be for me to do something like an "Alaska Photo Journal." I have great pictures of Alaska from my 2006 trip there, but I was nervous about using them in a website because I'm by no means an Alaska expert. I thought I'd have to go looking up secondary information to include in the site, which really wasn't in the scope of our assignment. But, now I'm wondering if I do have enough knowledge to make Alaska work as a topic. I could include the pictures, and my original text could include what's in the picture, where the picture was taken, other interesting things about the photographed places -- all based on my experience. I'll have to think on this for a bit, but it's the best solution I've come up with so far.
2 comments:
I think Alaska would be a fabulous idea. I agree that since you own beautiful pictures and full copyright to them, it would be an ideal opportunity to incorporate them into your website. The toughest part of this project seems to be thinking about the images and making sure that we don't violate any rules, laws or steal other people's property. It is quite a difficult task, hence the reason that I wanted to dedicate a website shine to my niece.
I am glad that I am not the only person obsessed with their niece/nephew, too! I have to say that I am totally obsessed with her--her first teeth, first words, first ANYTHING are totally newsworthy events, well, at least to me. I guess I will have to settle for her picture on my blog profile. (sigh)
I look forward to seeing your Alaskan adventure!
yeah, finding good photos that don't infringe on copyright laws is a concern. the good part is that if you have content that is under someone else's copyright, you can still get permission use it - which means you can still get permission if you really like that content.
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