1. Fork this repo by hitting the Fork button at the top right corner.
2. Enable github pages from the repo settings.
3. Upload your pictures to images/fulls and images/thumbs directory. You can do that on github.com itself or you can clone and push the images to your repo.
4. Add your own custom domain in CNAME file or just remove the file if you don't own a domain and use the default domain that github provides ([yourusername].github.io/photography).
5. Update baseurl field in _config.yml file with whatever domain you used in step 4.
6. And that's it, your website is set. To view, go to photography.rampatra.com (or whatever you have in the CNAME file) and if you don't have one, you can go to [yourusername].github.io/photography

And, of course, you don't want my name at the bottom to show up. You can change it in _config.yml file as well as a few other settings like your social links, google analytics, etc. Just do not forget to build the website after you make the changes.

Run the website locally to test

1. $ cd photography - go to the project directory
2. $ bundle install - install gems
3. Change the baseurl in _config.yml
4. $ bundle exec jekyll serve - start/run the website

Build the website

1. $ cd photography - go to the project directory
2. $ npm install - install all npm dependencies
3. $ gulp - minify css, js, resize images, etc.

Note: You only need to build the website if you make changes such as replacing the images, modifying the css styles, etc.

ProTips

Resize Images

I have made this as a npm package with gulp to automate image resizing and thumbnail generation. So if you're lazy like me then you can just do the following before you push your images to github.

1. Fork and clone the project to your computer
2. Go inside the project $ cd photography
3. Install all dependencies by $ npm install
4. Copy all your pictures (possibly jpg, the largest size available, straight from your camera) and put it inside images directory
5. Run $ gulp resize to resize the images and to generate thumbnails automatically
6. Push your changes to github.com by $ git add --all and $ git commit -m "a nice commit message" and then finally $ git push origin master