Stock photography, image maps and image optimization

Learn about the screwed-up family I created for this assignment on stock photography, image maps and image optimization. I enjoy creating stories and characters.

I was glad to explore using Getty Images, though I don't think I'd ever buy photos from the site for my personal purposes. I like taking photos on my own -- so maybe someday my photos will be on Getty Images for others to use!!

The lessons on image maps and image optimization were really helpful. When I updated my online portfolio last month I did not explore image optimization, and as a result the text in my images is a little "muddy." I now know that I should have used the GIF file format rather than JPEG for the images with text. I definitely plan on redoing that layout in the near future to clean up those "muddy" images. I'm also likely to use the image mapping feature in Dreamweaver, which is MUCH quicker than slicing up an image map in Photoshop/Fireworks. Good lesson!!