First, I must make it very clear, I am not a fully trained, fully paid up professional photographer. My passion for images came about through discovering climbing … a few years … ago! Trekking round the hills of North Wales with my Kodak Instamatic in hand, taking and wasting countless rolls of film on blurry memories of those days when you start to map out the future direction of your life.

What started out as a habit, 30 odd years ago, has become a bit of an obsession now – much to the irritation of many climbing and canoeing partners. From the habit grew a not too strong fascination with the workings and technicalities of photography and I slowly began to accumulate gear and a smattering of techniques that allowed me to capture some truly stunning scenes from angles that most photographers never ever dare tread. Some of my most memorable days have been spent, emerging from atrocious weather into a breath taking sunset, or the never dull walk down from the summit of Ben Nevis after another day tackling one of the classic ice climbs on its North Face.

Just to give you a flavour of how the photos for CosmicRay Images and the Atmospheres Headers are collected here’s a slightly irreverent video of our recent ascent of a long awaited classic on Creag Meagaidh in Scotland. South Post Direct, one of the classic climbs in the coffee table collector’s book “Cold Climbs”. This winter has been one of the most memorable in the UK for a very long time indeed

Image Gathering for CosmicRayImages

I’ve only had to wait 20 years to get on this particular beauty, after injury, work, marriage, children and all the other necessities of life kept me (quite happily) away for years. Even in my unfit state, I was still able to lead the top pitch of steep ice, so that was a double bonus. The ice warriors featured here are the cream of the UK’s current crop of middle aged, not-fade-away, arthritic has beens … so if we can do it, what’s stopping you?

Sometimes you just need something with a touch of atmosphere!

I don’t think I have mentioned these for a long, long time. If you are looking for some Lake District landscape images for your website headers then you can’t do better than look at Atmospheres, the free collection. They are suitable for any website where some outdoor tranquility is needed. If you promote places, peace and quiet or you just want something a little different to glue some eyeballs to your page, take a look at these.

Many of them come from absolutely stunning days that I have had out in the hills. I am pleased to share them with anyone who can make use of them on their own web page.

With these images, you receive a set of header images in different sizes and proportions to save you the bother of cropping. If you are a purist I can let you have the originals. Just contact me.

Here’s to a cleaner atmosphere on your website
Ray

It’s all in the title ain’t it chaps! Website header graphics are the first impression you give, of your website’s identity and therefore, your business’ identity and branding. Every single site on the web requires their own distinctive website headers to make them instantly stand out: branded in fact. That’s what the Atmospheres Collection sets out to do, using images culled from my walking,

climbing, canoeing and travel adventures. Not being a graphic designer, easily obtainable header background images have been a vital ingredient in designing the headers for several of the websites I am involved with.

With so many websites out there, all attempting to have their own uniquely eye-catching website header, you need a source of fresh images to keep ahead of the rat pack. Website designers working in tandem with graphic designers and; with the help of a variety of highly capable desktop (and web-based) graphic software, can help you to develop a distinctively branded website header graphic for any website you care to imagine. Your own imagination is quite literally the only obstacle.

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You can choose your own website header from an enormous variety free and paid for online sites available these days. If you are having the work done for you by a professional, it’s necessary to collaborate closely with the graphic designer exactly what kind of website header image you want for your site. Start out by selecting the design ideas from a search of high ranking websites to see the many variations of engaging website header images that are available out on the web.

Huge numbers of enterprises that provide paid for website header graphics (and I must stress these are random examples; not businesses I am associated with at present) include names like: Websiteheaders, Dreamlevels, Dezignsbyt and many more, for example. These types of enterprises are able to save you work by providing excellent website header images at reasonable prices either from your specification or from a stock of templates. There are free options also.

The graphic design companies mentioned above; all develop web design templates and graphics with professionalism as a key value; and value for money as an important selling point. These companies provide unique web design templates and unique website header graphics. Such web businesses are successful when you break through a barrierand that happens when your site stands out in the crowd.

You can opt for a unique header design or a professional web template, with the help of their graphic designers. Another of our examples also helps you hit the web running with the newest looking website templates and website header designs from their professional in-house graphic designers.

If you decide to go it alone, website header designs can be customized in a variety of graphic programs: as can web page design templates. The most effective examples of these applications are Photoshop and Aperture. If you are starting out on a limited budget, Gimp, the open source version of an image processor is worth assessing. One of these software packages is vital if you want to give your graphics that unique and recognisable look from your own PC or Mac.

Whenever you create a website, it has to stand out from the crowds of other websites in its niche. For the beginner setting out on the web, you can also design your early websites using some amazing on-line web graphic software tools and templates. You can create some superb looking websites from existing templates, with header graphics from your own, or stock, photos and other graphic elements culled from the extensive collections of clip-art that are easily found on the web. You can even spruce up your existing website, simply by redesigning a fresh website header for your website using some of these tools and uploading the result to your web server.

In order to gain the competitive edge you should do some detailed research into all the sites which offer to design the best website header graphics for your websites and compare them with the free offerings out there. The big decision is whether to invest your time and effort, or to out-task the job and pay up front. (This second option will make your workload lighter in the long run). Then it’s a simple matter of selecting the option which you think will be the best for your website’s niche and your own skill level.

Thanks for reviewing this article, I hope you found the information about website header graphics useful to be of great use.