Antonio Wells. Web & Multimedia Designer

The first interview on AntonioWells.com will start off with a colleague and good friend of mine Falaah Shabazz. Falaah is a Photographer, Graphic Designer and Marketer of Falaah Shabazz Photography. Specializing in commercial, fashion and concept photography and one hell of a graphic designer and marketing guru.

AW: Tell us a little bit about yourself?

FS:Well I was the, Son of a Share Cropper and… No, seriously, I am just a regular guy. I am a divorcee with three beautiful children and very single. Unlike a lot of individuals, I have a career that I enjoy and love. Photography allows me to be creative and provides me that much needed outlet to keep from going crazy. Being my own boss and having the ability to control all areas of business is also a plus.. I’m just big kid too, I love Nitro (gas) powered RC cars & trucks, all types of electronic gadgets and this new organic BBQ popcorn I’m eating! Ummmmm umm!

AW: Why did you want to become a photographer?

FS: In addition to being a photographer, I am a Graphic Designer. I was working on a project for a local band. The previous photographer was not available and I suggested that I shoot their photographs, for a small fee. I picked up the camera and off to the alley we went and amazingly, that is when my love affair with photography began.

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Fresh is a clean and minimalistic 3 Column BlogEngine.Net Theme suitable for resource blogs or even a company website. Built for BlogEngine.Net Version 1.4.5+ and Widget Ready.

This theme originated from a WordPress theme converted into BlogEngine.Net (an open source .NET blogging project) and I will give it away to the BlogEngine.Net blogger community. I will give away the Theme files, source PhotoShop file, and offer support for the theme. (Showin’ luv to my .Net peeps )

Features:

• 3 Columns: Left Content, Left Sidebar, Right Sidebar
• Wigdet Ready Right Sidebar
• Clean Web 2.0 minimalistic color scheme
• Ads can be placed in the Sidebars
• Photoshop PSD file included (with some custom icons).

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This article will concentrate on the full Website Design life-cycle, from ”concept-to-completion”, of a Professional website I recently completed for NAMYnot Multimedia. The goal is to give other aspiring web designers the inside tips, tricks and processes they’ve been yearning for. This will be a 3 part series:

1. Creative Direction, Sitemap & Sketches
2. Design & Development
3. Flash Animated Introduction

Project Synopsis: The anatomy I’ll be breaking down is the Plan D Real Estate website redesign. Plan D Real Estate offers professional services in Residential Sales and Buyers Representation, Residential and Commercial Interior Design Consultation, and Home Staging incorporating Green sustainable friendly materials in the Chicago Metro area. The client did not want a typical realtor website, instead desired a website that showcased the aesthetics of interior design and home staging, as well as a marketing vehicle for the real estate industry.

The scope requested a Flash animated introduction, photo gallery, blog engine, emailing list manager, and the client wanted the ability to manage the content themselves. This instinctively suggested to run the website on a Content Management System. CMS Made Simple, an open source PHP CMS software, was the CMS of choice as it offered all the capability needed natively, and the few features that were not included can be easily downloaded with 3rd party plug-ins. More about the CMS will be covered in Part 2: Design & Development. 

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