Don’t Worry, Be Happy; Sites Guaranteed To Make You Smile
Joe Farace, January, 2005
“The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions…”—Ellen
Glasgow
This month’s Web Profiles introduces you to photographers from Canada
and France, along with answers to a reader’s question about protecting
images displayed on the World Wide Web. You might be surprised at my answer,
but then again, if you’ve read this department for a while, maybe not.
Twin, Jumeau
Based in Bordeaux (yes that Bordeaux), France, Hervé LeFebvre’s
Studio Twin Photographie specializes in advertising work for magazines, agencies,
and clients including you-know-who—wines. His Flash-based website (www.twinphotographie.com)
is as elegant as a Dior gown yet is as beautifully functional as a Swiss Army
Knife. Navigation is dual language and fun to watch as you pick a gallery, let’s
say Wine, and see an image with small squares to the right, that when clicked,
change the photograph in the center. The quality of his imagery in Wines is
stunning, ranging from innovative product shots of bottles to wispy nostalgic
images of implements of the winemakers art.
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Hervé
LeFebvre’s Flash-based website, Studio Twin Photographie,
is as elegant as a Dior gown yet is as beautifully functional
as a Swiss Army Knife.
© 2004, Hervé LeFebvré, All Rights Reserved
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Lest you think you’ve got LeFebvre’s number by looking at these
images, go to Portraits to see the cutting edge in so many genres that it makes
it hard to pigeon hole him except to say that this man is an artist. His advertising
work is colorful and full of whimsy, showing his depth as a creative photographer
and is full of energy with fashion images that range from the subtle to the
bizarre, all of which are crafted with a Gaelic twinkle in LeFebvre’s
lens. He takes cliché shots and reinvents them in new and fun ways. There
is some high energy, athletic nude imagery in the Divers (Miscellaneous) gallery,
so don’t go there if that might offend you.
Thieves Like Us
A reader recently asked, “I’m a potential Smugmug (www.smugmug.com)
user and noticed you and other professional photographers don’t use right-click
protection nor watermarks. It would seem you’d want to protect your photos
from unauthorized use. I’m not a pro, but even I wouldn’t want someone
to grab some of my photos as their own.”
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reader asked me why I and other professional photographers who
exhibit our images on Smugmug.com don’t use right-click
protection nor watermarks. If you want to know my answer, you’re
gonna have to read this month’s Web Profiles.
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