Tableau Vivante

WordPress dangled a new blog theme in front of me that proved a little too pretty to resist.  Clever folk that they are, they decided to construct a photoblog theme that would do what other themes simple couldn’t.  The blog would expand and contract to fit the photo size, it would display a bit like a slide show - both in archives and in posts, and - this is the kicker - it would change the blog color to match with the colors in the photo.

The result is a really clean design that displays the picture in a strikingly attractive way.  It has a few bugs to work out still.  It’s not compatible with flickr.  But it’s darned pretty.

So of course I started a photoblog using it.

I’m not sure how the photoblog will fit in with this blog as I don’t intend to give up posting - I just enjoy that too much.  But I think I’ll use the photoblog to try and highlight some of my favorite shots - a sort of food porn magnifying glass.  The theme doesn’t suit this blog well in format since I usually post multiple shots in some posts.  It seems to be more of a window.

Right now, it has no real drive behind it other than to be pretty.  I might make it more of a food tutorial/encyclopedia at some point (shot of lime beans + info + recipe).  But right now she’s just a whole lotta face.