The last blog I followed was san francisco daily photography, a blog from a photographer who takes his pictures around San Francisco.
As you may have guessed by now, I have a huge interest in photography, and this blog has some beautiful, inspiring, moving photographs which tell the story of daily life in one city.
As the title suggests, the blog updates every day, which will give me something to talk about on a daily basis. Admittedly, some of the photos are not to my tastes, but most of them are well done and can inspire a blog-worthy response from me.
Much like the [daily dose of imagery] blog, this blog's focus is on the photographs. Links are around the photographs and very little comment is made.
The one thing i do dislike is the 'previous' and 'next' link buttons which are found on mouseover of the photographs. They don't particularly fit in with any colour schemes or themes on the blog, and they obstruct the photographs slightly.
This blog is definitely the most inspiring and moving blog on my list, and is always the first one I check upon signing into Blogger. Expect a lot of inspirational talk if I come to blog about a photograph from here.
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Monday, 6 December 2010
Why I Followed: Kuriositas
The next blog I followed was Kuriositas. Kuriositas has a bit of everything - art, animation, photography, science and architecture.
My main reason for following, however, was because Kuriositas is the first blog I have discovered which posts short films and animations found around the web. As someone with a growing interest in film, I am over the moon to find a blog based around short films, as opposed to a lot of the 'movie review' blogs I came across before that only reviewed the big Hollywood blockbusters.
Short films, animations and music videos are my main interests as a growing filmmaker myself, and checking out Kuriositas will definitely inspire me for future projects of my own.
The blog is laid out in a column style, using white, orange and blacks/greys for the colour scheme. The blog also includes a header, and there are links to the various 'topics' used in the blog (There is, for instance, an Animation link and a Short Films link, both of which i will probably use a lot!)
Out of the few column stye blogs I've seen, this one probably inspired me the most with my own design as I used the basic white/black/grey scheme, my own header and a hint of colour (in my case, blue).
Out of all the blogs I have followed, this and NOTCOT.ORG will probably be the ones I blog about the most, based on the quality and frequency of the content.
My main reason for following, however, was because Kuriositas is the first blog I have discovered which posts short films and animations found around the web. As someone with a growing interest in film, I am over the moon to find a blog based around short films, as opposed to a lot of the 'movie review' blogs I came across before that only reviewed the big Hollywood blockbusters.
Short films, animations and music videos are my main interests as a growing filmmaker myself, and checking out Kuriositas will definitely inspire me for future projects of my own.
The blog is laid out in a column style, using white, orange and blacks/greys for the colour scheme. The blog also includes a header, and there are links to the various 'topics' used in the blog (There is, for instance, an Animation link and a Short Films link, both of which i will probably use a lot!)
Out of the few column stye blogs I've seen, this one probably inspired me the most with my own design as I used the basic white/black/grey scheme, my own header and a hint of colour (in my case, blue).
Out of all the blogs I have followed, this and NOTCOT.ORG will probably be the ones I blog about the most, based on the quality and frequency of the content.
Why I Followed: Sketches and Doodles by Edwin Rhemrev
The third blog on my list is Sketches and Doodles by Edwin Rhemrev - a blog written by a concept artist who posts sketches and drawings. I like his work because of the style - almost like a children's book - an the variety of media he uses for his work (some are in pen, some are in Photoshop, etc).
The blog's layout is very basic- black and white in the same column style as my own blog.
As with the [daily dose of imagery] blog, the focus is on the content and a simple layout assists that concept nicely.
The whole blog is lit up by the colourful, creative drawings it features and this compliments the simplicity of the blog nicely.
I find Edwin's drawings inspiring and enchanting, and I hope to blog about them in the future.
The blog's layout is very basic- black and white in the same column style as my own blog.
As with the [daily dose of imagery] blog, the focus is on the content and a simple layout assists that concept nicely.
The whole blog is lit up by the colourful, creative drawings it features and this compliments the simplicity of the blog nicely.
I find Edwin's drawings inspiring and enchanting, and I hope to blog about them in the future.
Why I Followed: NOTCOT.ORG
The next blog on my list is NOTCOT.ORG - a blog described as "For your ideas, aesthetics and amusement".
The blog posts pieces of brilliant photography and a lot of product and graphic design pieces that have what I call the 'Oh That's Clever Effect'.
There is some comment made on each piece posted, with a link to the original location the piece was found. In the future I can imagine posting a lot of things I find on this blog.
The blog is laid out in a grid, with each post represented as a polaroid photograph. Previous pages are found at the bottom of the page.
Again, if I wasn't so obsessed with writing a lot, I'm sure my blog would look a lot like this!
I did take some inspiration from NOTCOT for my colour scheme, though, using cool greys, blacks and white.
The blog posts pieces of brilliant photography and a lot of product and graphic design pieces that have what I call the 'Oh That's Clever Effect'.
There is some comment made on each piece posted, with a link to the original location the piece was found. In the future I can imagine posting a lot of things I find on this blog.
The blog is laid out in a grid, with each post represented as a polaroid photograph. Previous pages are found at the bottom of the page.
Again, if I wasn't so obsessed with writing a lot, I'm sure my blog would look a lot like this!
I did take some inspiration from NOTCOT for my colour scheme, though, using cool greys, blacks and white.
Why I Followed: [daily dose of imagery]
The first blog on my Blog List is [daily dose of imagery] - a photography blog/site that posts a new photograph every day.
Admittedly, the blog lacks much 'comment' on the images posted, but the images are inspiring and well-made, and I can usually find a lot to say about the images I see there.
Layout-wise, the blog is simplistic, and puts 100% of the focus on the photographs. The actual blog lacks any real colour, but a pale colour scheme helps bring out more colours on the photographs.
There are a lot of links above and below each photograph, but they do not impose on the content.
The 'day before' and 'day after' buttons that let you switch between posts are a little bit easy to miss, but they don't get in the way of the photographs, which is a big pet peeve of mine.
As my blog is more text-based, I didn't take much layout inspiration from [daily dose of imagery], but I will probably respond to their photographs a lot in the future.
Admittedly, the blog lacks much 'comment' on the images posted, but the images are inspiring and well-made, and I can usually find a lot to say about the images I see there.
Layout-wise, the blog is simplistic, and puts 100% of the focus on the photographs. The actual blog lacks any real colour, but a pale colour scheme helps bring out more colours on the photographs.
There are a lot of links above and below each photograph, but they do not impose on the content.
The 'day before' and 'day after' buttons that let you switch between posts are a little bit easy to miss, but they don't get in the way of the photographs, which is a big pet peeve of mine.
As my blog is more text-based, I didn't take much layout inspiration from [daily dose of imagery], but I will probably respond to their photographs a lot in the future.
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