WHO IS CAMEL?
That question is really beyond the scope of this document... In brief, Camel is a band with a long history and a dedicated following. More information can be found on any of several Camel websites, which you can find at the Ultimate Band List .
WHO TOOK ALL THE PICTURES?
The pictures were taken by the same person who did all the programming and design for this website. That person is me. It is unfortunate that this website is more a showcase of my web development abilities than my photographic abilities, but that is a situation which will be remedied at some point, I expect.
HOW DO I NAVIGATE THE SITE?
The easiest way to navigate the site is self- evident, if your browser supports frames. Simply click the relevant button on the footer of any page.
If your browser doesn't support frames, you may well be out of luck. In fact I'm not sure quite how you're reading this document either, unless you snuck in from a search engine.
Someday we may create a frameless version of this site... then again, good browsers are free...
Finally, note that you can return to the site's splash screen by clicking on the banner graphic. I'm not sure why anyone would ever want to do that, but since it's one of those things they write about in the design books, I figured I might as well throw it in.
HOW DOES THE SEARCH PAGE WORK?
It's a bit of programming magic. The image database stores keywords for each image. Also, lists or "categories" of specific images are stored. Searches can use both kinds of criteria, or one or the other. I can add new categories easily, to make for rapid retrieval of (for example) images of a specific person, or images BY a specific person...
That functionality is actually what makes this type of site so effective -- even large collections of images can be browsed efficiently, with minimal excess download time.