http://www.ianhillmedia.com Journalist, Editor, Online Content Producer Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:54:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.ianhillmedia.com/what-ive-been-up-to-lately-sept-2/ http://www.ianhillmedia.com/209vibe-on-npr/ http://www.ianhillmedia.com/what-ive-been-up-to-lately-june-27/ http://www.ianhillmedia.com/if-my-redesign-looked-something-like-this/ http://www.ianhillmedia.com/what-ive-been-up-to-lately-may-23/ WordPress theme. It actually will be the second custom theme I've built; the first was for a proposed project that never came to pass. My goal is to create a site that best reflects me as a Web content producer, an aspiring developer and designer and an amateur photographer. Consider it a site for the modern journalist.]]> http://www.ianhillmedia.com/redesign/ Fresh Edibles farm in French Camp, California, above, where I was picking up vegetables. I took more than 400 shots; what I believe to be the best 20 or so are in the slideshow below. The experience provided a great opportunity to practice working with my camera in different lighting situations. Unlike musicians, whom I typically photograph, flowers obviously don't move around that much, making it easier to take several different shots of the same subject with different settings on my camera.]]> http://www.ianhillmedia.com/photos-spring-wildflowers-in-french-camp-california/ already mention how much I love Processing? Because I really, really love Processing. Here's my latest project, which was created using this tutorial. Watch the objects for a bit and you'll notice that their speed remains constant. If this project were created in Flash using Actionscript, everything would slow down over time and eventually move like sludge.]]> http://www.ianhillmedia.com/processing-project-no-2-objects/ blog post by Adam Westbrook titled "How to achieve the new look in Video Journalism." In the post, Westbrook notes that some have debated whether or not the video should be considered journalism at all. The music in particular seems designed more to tug at the viewer's heart than to tell an impartial story.]]> http://www.ianhillmedia.com/video-inspiration-haiti-earthquake-aftermath-montage-by-khalid-mohtaseb/ my day job, while flowers are abundant in our landlord's garden. As it's Easter Sunday, I thought it'd be appropriate to share some of the flower photos I've shot so far this spring in our garden and yesterday on a trip to Electra Road along the Mokelumne River, where the wildflowers are just beginning to bloom. You can see more of my photos on my photo-a-day page at ianhillmedia.tumblr.com. ]]> http://www.ianhillmedia.com/photos-spring-flowers-2010/