Shots from the 2008 All South in St Augustine, FL, have been added to the site. There are a couple hundred more to go but I’ve gotten the hang of the Coppermine process and should be able to finish in the next day or so.
Followup #1: Another 100 shots up. Only 111 to go, should be able to finish those tomorrow.
Followup #2: Only got 50 in tonight. 61 to go.
Followup #3 All shots up.
I’ve moved the Stock photos into Coppermine so they’ll be searchable and somewhat easier to navigate. I’m not done tweaking the theme yet but it’s getting there.
I’m also close to wrapping up the 2008 All South show; this (and all future) shows will also be in Coppermine. Enjoy.
I’ve added the shows I plan to shoot in 2009 to the site. There are six, all close to home and well-lit venues.
“But,” I hear you cry, “what about the 2009 Nationals? In Hollywood, Florida?”
Probably I’ll go.
I wish that I had more time to devote to what has become a delightful but costly pastime. I expect next year to be better.
Apparently it was circulated via email about a week ago; Ian forwarded me a copy and I parsed it into the database and updated the query page.
It’s messy data from a programmer’s standpoint, but I’d written an interface some time ago that not only eliminates most of the typing but enforces some consistency among things such as telephone numbers and bodybuilding class orders.
The smart thing to do to make this all a lot easier would be to have the promoters _themselves_ update their show information through a similar interface, as well as keeping their contact information and the list of venues current.
Once the data is clean, publishing via print/Web/PDF/whatever becomes cake.
So while my version is a little cleaner and, as mentioned before, *searchable*, it still must not be mistaken for the officially published schedule available on the NPC Florida Web site.
Yes, it’s an actual factual site update! Real new photos and everything!
The 2008 Armed Forces show is now up on the site.
Well you know how busy I’ve been, with the wedding coming up, the job situation, and everything else seemingly falling more and more behind.
But there’s hope yet. I’ve been sneaking in work on the site whenever I can fit it, and happy that I managed to finish a section that can be published. I’m not delighted with the quality of my work in this show– the auditorium has excellent lighting, but the banners tended to muck up the white balance, and as I recall the show was paced far faster than one that size needed to be. But there are a few nice shots in there.
Speaking of, word on the street is that the 2009 Florida NPC schedule is just days away from release. Afterward of course it’ll take me a bit to incorporate it into the LP database (thereby making it searchable).
All South is the last show I have for 2008, and no promises as to when it’ll be ready but it hopefully won’t take as long as this last one. I’ve also got updates for Toni‘s page, some new stock photos, a new page (shh! a secret for now), an update to Adrienne Ann Smith‘s page, and probably a half dozen more I don’t remember right now.
In addition, I’ve got a *ton* of cool stuff waiting to update the Six Flags Atlantis Memorial, so sometime very soon I’ve got to get that done.
So stay tuned, and thanks for your patience.
Just because I was in a mood, I skimmed some of the recent (and not-so-recent) shots I’d been meaning to add to the Stock page and picked a few nice ones.
It also entailed making the navigation button smart enough to handle two digits– which took less that a minute to figure out and implement. Sometimes I think I’m getting the hang of this programming thing– though of course now I would (hopefully) never presume the single-digit restriction of scale in the first place. :)
Shots from the 2008 Greater Gainesville are up on the site.
I can’t thank promoter Brian Elliot enough for the amazing job he’s done resurrecting bodybuilding here in my hometown. Probably 90 percent of the competitors were going on stage for their first competition, and that’s always a promising sign. The show was amazingly well-lit, and ran as smoothly as any I’ve seen.
Everyone had an enjoyable time and I’m already looking forward to the show next year.
Next shows to go up: the 2008 All Forces and the 2008 All South.
(BTW, carelessly erasing the flurry of “Vote for Me!” ads from the latest political carnival, I accidentally deleted a phone call from one of the competitors asking about shots from the Gainesville. Please shoot me an email, thanks.)