the Rough Guide to Tangents, the website

The Tangents blog originally started out as my personal site – planetneil – but eventually morphed into this website which contains numerous web articles on the subject of photography. Hence the name Tangents, allowing myself the freedom to write about anything I want to. The main site is the Tangents blog itself, which is a series of somewhat unconnected articles on photography. Currently, it is a labyrinth of over 700 articles! There is a lot to explore. Below is a rough guide to what-is-where. Neil van Niekerk

navigating the Tangents site:

The front page of Tangents contains the latest 10 blog posts, with navigation at the bottom of the page to older blog posts. Each successive page of 10 blog posts then too has links to older or newer blog posts.

On the right-hand side under the section named Articles, you will find:

• the main articles on flash photography, each with links deeper into the Tangents site itself
• thematically grouped index pages, bringing some kind of structure to all the articles, including flash photography;  wedding photography and equipment reviews
• details about workshops and seminars
• a list of the gear I shoot with and gear I would recommend
• articles on basic exposure metering

• my favorite Photoshop actions
• the books: on-camera flash / off-camera flash / direction of light
• black foamie thing
• my favorite photography books
• various success stories of other photographers who were inspired by the Tangents site
• suggestions for future Tangents topics
• and a link to sponsors & affiliates, which help maintain this site

Further down the right-hand column, you’ll also find a list of the Categories. (At the bottom of each individual blog post, you’ll find the tagged keywords.)

overall site navigation:

Tangents is only a part of my main website though. Right at the top you will find the navigation menu for my neilvn website. The idea is that the navigation for clients is from left-to-right, showing my galleries and the most recent weddings and portrait sessions. There is more about my style in wedding photography, and info about my photography services. And if anyone is curious, my bio.

The overall navigation for photographers then, is from right-to-left, starting with the link to Tangents, followed by the Tangents forum with discussions on photography. Then there is the info about my workshops and seminars.

keeping in touch:

If you’d like to stay informed about new articles on Tangents, then you could subscribe to the monthly newsletter, or you could subscribe to the RSS feed. Or just have a regular look-in, since there is always something new.