Yesterday I decided to change the look of my website and I replaced the old template with a more “high-tech” one. The next step is implementation in WordPress of a powerful but easy to handle photo gallery so that I can keep all the information at hand (so far the Sand Atlas and the Sand Blog were using two different software solutions).

I feel that the new design is a bit more dynamic than the older one and also the colors look more vivid now. The big challenge however is to bring into WordPress the whole image gallery hosting 1,300 (and counting) samples. I already have found one pluggin that might do the job but I am still testing it before the final release.

Later edit (24.06.2010): I decided to not include in the Sand Atlas blog all my 1,300 scans of sands since this would take a huge amount of time and server space. I also realised that my limited free time does not allow me to keep up the scanning rythm and hold my photo gallery up to date.

On the other hand, I have just started recently to photograph sands using a new technique and a new photo camera and the results you can see at Sand Microphotograllery (just click on the photo camera on the top right of the page). This section will be periodically updated but not all sands from my collection will be represented in there.

Feel free to download any sand photo for your personal use (save it to your computer for later view) and note that reproducing the imagery on this website in any way (including further publishing on websites, electronic or printed books, etc) is also allowed BUT ONLY WITH MY AGREEMENT and with clear mentioning the author and the source (“Catalin Stefan | www.sand-atlas.com”). Please write me a short email if you are interested in using any of my imges for private or commerial purpose.