I had the devil of a time keeping this photography website under wraps while I was working on it. Leslie’s work is simply stunning, and I am so excited to share it with you now that we’ve gone “live.” Here’s a screenshot showing a single photo, but do visit the site to see the whole show.

Developing the site was a blast. Leslie is a lovely person and a joy to work with. And she’s a Photoshop expert. She knew exactly how she wanted the site to look, right down to the specific rgb formulas for the image borders and text. She resized and optimized all the images herself, too. All I had to do was write the code. :)

The biggest issue we chewed over during the development phase was whether to give the site a fixed-width layout or keep it liquid. Our main concern was the home (gallery) page that shows thumbnails of all the photos. With a liquid layout and a wider screen you might be able to see four or five images in a row. Nice to use up all the available screen space. And nice to know that there would never be a horizontal scrollbar. On the other hand, with a fixed-width layout we could precisely regulate the order of the images. It would be a shame, for example, if Before and After didn’t end up side by side:

We did finally decide to go with the liquid layout, but it was a close call. This is what I love hate love hate love about the web. There are never any answers. It’s all a giant balancing act.

I will be rolling out a couple more new projects very soon, so stay tuned. And meanwhile (gotta plug it again), I hope you’ll pay a visit to leslieford.net.