P H O T O S & C O L O R S & L AY O U T S ! O H M Y !

R E S O U R C E S T O H E L P Y O U M A K E G O O D D E S I G N

@ N A N C Y T H A N K I ( . C O M ) @ M I S F I T I D E A S ( . C O M )

H I !

• I’m Nancy

• filmmaker . photographer . designer

• owned by a puppy :)

T H E R E A R E T H O U S A N D S O F B E A U T I F U L T H E M E S I N W P L A N D

So how do you choose your images?

Take your photos -vs-

Buy someone else’s

S T O C K P H O T O G R A P H Y 1 0 1

• Smashing Magazine has a fairly comprehensive list of reliable stock photography sites:

• http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/08/16/free-and-commercial-stock-photography-sites/

• Photopin is free, revel in it :)

• Also feel free to check out flickr and morgueFile

• Creative Commons and the GPL

P R O F E S S I O N A L S H AV E S H O T T H E M !

T H E Y H AV E R E A L LY A W E S O M E E Q U I P M E N T !

A N D T R A I N I N G !

A N D W H Y D O S O M E T H I N G H A L F W AY W H E N I C A N J U S T PAY S O M E O N E T O D O I T B E T T E R ?

So why do it any other way, right?

E X P O S U R E & L I G H T I N G

T O F L A S H O R N O T T O F L A S H

C H E C K O U T T H E W O R K S H O P S !• The Power of Design - Scott Fisk

• Theme Selection for Clients - Steffi Rausch

• Responsive Design (kind of) Demystified: A Starter Kit - Dan Jaworsky

• Wordpress User Experience - Josh Mallard

• Designing for Content - David Hickox

• Mind Your Media - Effective Image Management - Nick Romanos and Laurel Scherer

• Customize Your Website with CSS for Beginners - Lydia Roberts

• Designing Websites for Sales and Conversions - Sarah Benoit

• Designer’s Grab Bag Panel - Jamie King, Marisa Falcigno, Corey Bullman

• The Niche Art of Theme Customization - Zac Gordon

• WordPress Navigation and Responsive Design - Erick Arbe