function initImage() {
    	imageId = 'thephoto';
    	image = document.getElementById(imageId);
    	setOpacity(image, 0);
    	image.style.visibility = "visible";
    	fadeIn(imageId,0);
    }
    function fadeIn(objId,opacity) {
    	if (document.getElementById) {
    		obj = document.getElementById(objId);
    		if (opacity <= 100) {
    			setOpacity(obj, opacity);
    			opacity += 10;

                window.setTimeout("fadeIn('"+objId+"',"+opacity+")",100);
    		}
    	}
    }

    function setOpacity(obj, opacity) {
    	opacity = (opacity == 100)?99.999:opacity;
    	// IE/Win
    	obj.style.filter = "alpha(opacity:"+opacity+")";
    	// Safari<1.2, Konqueror
    	obj.style.KHTMLOpacity = opacity/100;
    	// Older Mozilla and Firefox
    	obj.style.MozOpacity = opacity/100;
    	// Safari 1.2, newer Firefox and Mozilla, CSS3
    	obj.style.opacity = opacity/100;
    }