Client:
David McClister
URL:
www.davidmcclister.com
Date Launched:
February 18, 2009
Technologies Employed:
- (X)HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- AJAX
David McClister is a well known, highly regarded photographer and video director in Nashville, TN who specializes in the music business. David's photographs have graced the pages of such publications as Rolling Stone, Time, Newsweek, Entertainment Weekly, US Weekly and Billboard. His clients include Sony/BMG, Warner Bros., Universal Music Group, Lost Highway Records, Rounder Records, Bloodshot Records and Sugar Hill Records, among many others.
David wanted a site to display his photographs and videos that was simple and direct, yet elegant and graceful. He wanted the focus to be squarely on the images and videos themselves, not on the "design" of the site. David supplied us with the basic ideas for the layout and we built the site for him using JavaScript and AJAX to display the images. The black background and grey navigation elements really alow the photographs and videos to standout on the pages.
The site is divided into four sections (or "books") for still photos and one for videos. On the still photo sections a simple line of thumbnail images can be quickly scrolled through. Clicking on any thumbnail displays the full image on the page. Users can also click on the right side of any large image to move to the next full image or on the left side to move to the previous one.
The videos are provided in high quality Flash .flv format for the most consistent user experience across various platforms and browsers.
