Archive for September, 2011

Mobile Website

September 22, 2011

iphone mobile smartphone website

With the help of Widedesk.com, I now have a mobile smartphone tablet friendly website. My main website uses Flash, which is not viewable on Iphones or Ipads and although Flash works on Android, it is not very mobile friendly with small links on a small screen. Having a mobile version is a lot easier to navigate around. The best part is that Widedesk is free!

How it works is once you sign up, you use a simple web interface to upload your images or clip it from your current website. You can use your own logo and have a simple email or phone button on the bottom where your clients can easily contact you with just a simple click. Text is just as easy to enter and what makes Widedesk better than any other mobile website company is that the interface is very sleek allowing you to swipe left and right for different pages as opposed to clicking on tiny links. You simply just scroll up and down for more images or text.

You can check out my mobile website from any smartphone at alexhophotography.widedesk.com or its also linked from my main www.alexhophotography.com as well. Mobile and Tablet is the wave of the future and everyone should have a mobile friendly version of their website. If you want your own mobile website, you can sign up at www.widedesk.com.

Westin Verasa Napa

September 15, 2011

Edward and Patricia came up to Napa from Southern California to have their ceremony and reception at the Westin Verasa Napa Hotel on a nice sunny summer day.

westin napa verasa wedding ceremony

wedding ceremony napa westin hotel

bride groom altar outdoor ceremony wedding napa

glare sand pouring

westin napa verasa evening outdoor patio

westin napa verasa wedding reception dinner outdoor summer

wedding reception view from top

westin hotel evening patio wedding

groom getting ready

bride bridesmaids getting ready

bride groom napa wedding

bride groom wine country wedding

hallway westin hotel napa

kiss bride groom hallway hotel napa

Sacramento Gold Rush Days

September 8, 2011

Here are some of the images I captured when I went to the annual Sacramento Gold Rush Days event on Labor Day Weekend. More than 200 tons of dirt are brought in to cover the streets of Old Sacramento to transform the historic district to resemble the 1850s. Costumed performers and personalities bring the history to life along with musicians, horses, carriages, lasso performers, canon shooting, tents, and more. Old Sac is always a fun place to check out with the neat shops and going there on Labor Day Weekend makes it even better!
old sac gold rush days labor day weekend

old sacramento

canon Sacramento Gold Rush Days

by the fire hydrant

pony express wanted sign

playing an old instrument

stagecoach old sacramento

guy on stagecoach