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Archive for August, 2007

Why File Size Still Matters on the Web

Friday, August 31st, 2007

An interesting conversation this week sparked me to justify to one of my students why file sizes still matter now that ‘most people’ have broadband access or at least the opportunity to get it. After all, he was developing a portfolio site for his graphic design and illustration and not an information page on a news portal. The argument in his head revolved squarely on the idea that large images with high file sizes are an integral part of what he does – optimising for the Web somehow steals from that ideal. Which I strongly disagree with by the way. Unfortunately the question is actually quite common so I thought the answer might belong on this weblog.

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My name is Steven Clark (aka nortypig) and my passions are business, web development, photography and writing. My current CV [PDF 775KB] is available for download. Currently I'm completing my 2 final units of a post-graduate university degree of MBA (Journalism and Media Studies) at the University of Tasmania.

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Light Science and Magic by Hunter, Biver and Fuqua - cover

The time has come for me to get more involved in upping my technical photography skills if I hope to embark on a Master of Fine Art and Design (Photography) next year. To that end my first book is the highly recommended Light Science & Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting (Third Edition) by Fil Hunter, Steven Biver and Paul Fuqua. What really differentiates this book is the comprehensive set of exercises and the detailed explanation of the underlying science of light in the real world that encompasses the reader's journey.