Carbon Photography

About: Carbon Photography specializes in outdoor events with a focus in motorsports such as drag racing, hill climbs, automotive and motorcycle rallies, land speed racing, car shows, cruises, and individual car shoots.

My role in the project: Although I could have built the site entirely from scratch, my client had a limited budget so I opted to build the foundation of the site from tutorial files I reviewed on Lynda.com by Paul Trani. I modified the ActionScript to meet the needs of the project, and I also refined the design to fit the client's target audience.

Functionality Highlights

• Flickr RSS feed: The client had a limited budget as mentioned above, and I was able to implement his Flickr account RSS feed into the flash gallery so that he could make updates to the site himself. This also allows him to upload photos straight from his mobile phone to his Flickr account, which will then instantly load into his web portfolio. With the RSS feed, I was able to pull in the album information such as titles, descriptions, and images, which gives the client total control over the "recent images" section of his portfolio.
• Randomly Loading Background: The background of the site randomly updates with each visit, and alternates between a set of 12 different images. The client has the ability to change the images out new ones are collected.
• Dynamic PHP image script: Using a custom PHP script, all the client has to do to update his main portfolio is drag-and-drop new images into a specified folder on his server, and the gallery will instantly update and include any new photos in the existing gallery.

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