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Creative Design By David Fuhrer

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Born and raised in Switzerland, this digital art specialist is very advanced with Cartoon, Abstract and Sci-Fi Illustrations.

David grew up in the 90’s, where he was influenced by these times and it shows in his work. Since a child I had the need to be creative in some way.

From building his own toys, he started with digital Art in 2003 and his work is based on his life and the fiction and the surreality of life.

David has managed to identify himself from most of other designers with his special designs. As his work is based in its own category of subject, David has successfully differentiated himself from the average designer by selecting this topic of design and applying it to his work.

The piece “Metal Heart” is designed as an interpretation of a song created in Photoshop. This has a lot of detail added to it, including missing parts to the heart and objects in the background.

His work has been displayed in many places such as, Los Logos 4 (Logo Book), Tres Logo (Logo Book), Web Design Index ( Web Design Book), Logo Lounge 4 (Logo Book).

David says being creative has always been apart of his life, as you can see from his past events in life. David is now taking up 3D Designing to add to his list of accomplishments of the design world. He will study this technique through to master it as he has done with his other subjects.

We love his work, why don’t you check out his portfolio along with a host of other illustrators.

Adobe Photoshop-the Perfect Tool

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Photographs that were captured with a great deal of care speak volumes as they take in people’s attention and will definitely ensure you become well known for everything you decide to do. Currently, digital images are at present the type captured by photographers because they are so much easier to take and in addition render a superior quality photograph. Irrespective of whether you’re a pro or an amateur photographer, you may wish to know about Adobe Photoshop which is a software program which is utilized by a lot of individuals to adjust and enhance digital photos.

With this particular computer software, you’ll be able to retouch the images you take and give that professional appearance and tone. Basically, Adobe Photoshop is used by photographers’ around the world to enhance, manipulate, repair, and touch up tiresome looking photographs and turn them in to something fine looking with distinct sharp colors that would be proficient enough to post in magazines and papers.

Of course, these days, you do not in truth have to be a experienced photographer to produce high quality photos, neither do you have to learn about shutter speeds, film speeds, exposure compensation, white balance settings, or other photographic terms. You do not even need to have an SLR camera to capture quality images as all you have to do is direct, capture the shot, transfer, and print. With a regular digital camera, and Adobe Photoshop established on your pc, you can easily produce high quality photos. The great thing about this computer software is that it will permit you to redress color intensity, lighting balance, and photograph exposure compensation after you take the pictures. What this indicates is even if you capture a picture in a poor lighting environment, you will still be in a position to edit it with Photoshop and even make it look as if the picture you took was taken in the best possible lighting condition.

The fact is that photos that do not look as though they will last much longer can also be altered in Photoshop, and even old faded, yellowed, torn photos with water damage can still be repaired with the software program. All you need is a image scanner which will create a digital copy of the old photograph, then the faded image can be repaired in addition to other damages. You will be able to turn old, diminished, and damaged photos in to something that looks as if it was taken and developed mere moments ago.

Naturally, there will be times where you will need to take head shots which means you will have to take close up images of somebody from the shoulders up. It is almost certain, that an individual will sound off that they seem older in the images or that they seem too pale. Some folk will even say they hate their head shots because of a pimple on their face but with Adobe Photoshop, you’ll be in a position to resolve all these issues. You are able to adjust all these photos, making creases vanish, the face look trimmer or fuller, zits disappear, and even add a healthy color to a colorless seeming face. In fact, you can even make somebody look as if they have just returned from a hot vacation. There are so many facilities in Adobe Photoshop that you’ll be in a position to apply as a photographer, you’ll definitely love to use this software package - one of your fundamental facilities in photography. You can be sure that you will have huge amounts of enjoyment with this computer software, and also be certain that you will be able to produce superior quality images.

Forget everything you thought you knew about excellent Adobe Photoshop. This website Adobe Photoshop shatters all the current myths and gives it to you straight.

Pre-Bridal Photography - A Great Wedding Idea

Friday, June 12th, 2009

Talk with your friends and ask them if weddings can be stressful. They will surely have a lot of stories to tell you.

Your once-in-a-life-time special day should be stress free. But if you want to experience this then you will need to plan very well. There is always so much to do on your actual wedding day so planning will make it flow better.

There is so much to do on your actual wedding day that a day in a busy office would be like taking a day off compared to your wedding day. Asking for support from everyone that you can will make your special day more special.

All the stress can be totally eased as long as you plan well and get lots of support from your family and friends and your bridal professionals.

Ten years ago Pre-Wedding photography started to become very popular in Singapore. The reason was that many couples simply found that their actual wedding day was too stressful and way too full.

Switched on wedding photographers started to offer pre-bridal photography packages so that not only could the stress be removed from the actual day, any risk with bad weather was removed and also then a wedding album was available at the reception.

Pre wedding packages vary from photographer to photographer so you will have to shop around. Most packages will include outdoor as well as studio shots. Getting a variety of shots will guarantee an interesting album. Ask your photographer what is included in their packages.

As well as making sure you get a great set of photos for your album, pre-wedding photos mean that you have something special to show at your actual wedding to your guests, which is always nice.

Like all good ideas, pre-wedding photography has caught on around the world. It may not be called pre-wedding photography but the idea still exists. Just ask your professional wedding photographer about incuding this option when they give you a price.

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Adobe Photoshop - the Perfect Tool

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Exposures that were taken with care speak for themselves as they capture people’s attention and will definitely ensure you become recognized for everything you decide to carry out. Nowadays, digital images are at present the type taken by photographers because they are much easier to capture and also offer a superior quality photograph. Irrespective of whether you’re a professional or an inexpert photographer, you might wish to know about Adobe Photoshop which is a computer software program which is used by a lot of individuals to adjust and enhance digital photos.

These days, you do not in truth have to be a qualified photographer to produce superior quality pictures, nor do you need to learn about shutter speeds, photographic film speeds, exposure compensation, white balance settings, or other photographic jargon. You don’t even need to have an SLR camera to capture brilliant images as all you have to do is aim, capture the shot, transfer to a computer or equivalent, and print.

With a normal digital camera, and Adobe Photoshop installed on your computer, you can easily manufacture high quality images. The remarkable thing regarding this computer software is that it will permit you to correct color vividness, lighting balance, and photograph exposure compensation after you capture the photos. What this indicates is even if you capture a picture in a miserable lighting environment, you’ll still be in a position to adjust it with Photoshop and even ensure it appears as if the photo you captured was captured in the best achievable lighting situation.

The fact is that photos that do not stand up to the test of time can in addition be manipulated in Photoshop, and even ancient, yellow, torn images with damp damage are able to be revived with the computer program. All you need is a image scanner which will create a digital copy of the old photograph, then the pale picture can be restored as well as other damages. You will be able to turn old, faded, and damaged photos in to something that appears as if it was taken and developed mere moments ago.

Naturally, there will be times where you will need to take head shots which means you will have to take close up images of somebody from the shoulders up. It is almost certain, that an individual will sound off that they seem older in the images or that they seem too pale. Some folk will even say they hate their head shots because of a pimple on their face but with Adobe Photoshop, you’ll be in a position to resolve all these issues. You are able to adjust all these photos, making creases vanish, the face look trimmer or fuller, zits disappear, and even add a healthy color to a colorless seeming face. In fact, you can even make somebody look as if they have just returned from a hot vacation. There are so many facilities in Adobe Photoshop that you’ll be in a position to apply as a photographer, you’ll definitely love to use this software package - one of your fundamental facilities in photography. You can be sure that you will have huge amounts of enjoyment with this computer software, and also be certain that you will be able to produce superior quality images.

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Vintage Surf Posters and Surf Art by LeRoy Grannis

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

LeRoy Grannis grew up living beachfront. He was in the water from the young age of 5, swimming and body surfing with his father. Once he was bored with swimming, Grannis made himself a wood bellyboard which he would ride at his mother’s house in Florida.

LeRoy started kneeboarding in 1931 with a board he made from a piece of pine. Once he masters the kneeboard, Grannis started borrowing stand up surfboards from mates in Hermosa beach. An avid surfer, Grannis joined the Palos Verdes Surf Club.

Grannis eventually grew up and had a hard time balancing school, work, surfing and family life. He studied at UCLA until the Depression, after which he had to quit and take a job as a carpenter.

Grannis later found himself a job with Pacific Bell through some surfer friends of his that worked there. With a consistent job, he was able to develop his photography skills, which would eventually lead to a new career.

The first photos of Grannis to be published were put into Doc Ball’s book, California Surfriders. This success brought Grannis closer to the surfing community and he started surfing in contests and working with the United States Surfing Association.

Leroy was working too hard at his job and eventually found himself with an ulcer. His doctor recommended that he take a break in order to recuperate. Durring LeRoy’s time away from work he began photographing more and ended up getting his work published in magazines such as Surfer, Reef, and Surfing Illustrated.

Grannis became one of the most important photographers of his time because of the amount of surfing culture that he documented. What made Grannis more successful than other photographers of his time was his invention that allowed him to change film while in the water. This saved him a lot of time, and allowed for more great shots.

10 years of Grannis life was spent photographing the world’s best surfers surfing the best waves in Hawaii in California. He had great influence and later became the photo editor of Surfing Illustrated and founded International Surfing.

LeRoy was elected to the International Surfing Hall of Fame and the best photographer in 1966. He was also awarded a lifetime achievement award in 2002. He was also the the subject of a Surfer’s Journal article ode to master photographers.

Grannis now has a limited edition book title Birth of Culture and his photos have also been featured in the recent film Riding Giants.

Title: A Visit to the Shaper Artist: Leroy Grannis

Title: Surfing in the 60’s Artist: Leroy Grannis

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How Does Digital Photography Work?

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Some paranormal investigators are currently making use of digital photography in ghost hunting.

The photographs that are acquired during ghost hunts are one way in which individuals are able to document potential evidence that life exists after death.

If you are concerned in finding evidence of potential paranormal activity through the means of digital photography, it is principal that you see and understand that it is a kind of “science”, and not an “exact” one at that.

In this simple guide , I will tell you some guidelines for getting the top shots once utilizing digital photography in ghost hunting.

The first thing that you should think of when using digital photography in ghost hunting is to be cautious and aware of the lighting that surrounds you at all times. This comes from the sun , the light from the moon , and even street lights and lamps that come from vehicles .

You should stay away from these sources of lights, or your image may appear that you have shot a bizarre that really is not there. You should also make sure that you avoid capturing objects to matters that can expose your flash in digital photography.

It is also a good preparation to prepare no less than two digital cameras, with one of cameras being a standard 35mm, because digital photography in ghost hunting has been gotten to be deficient in reliability in numerous occasion.

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Why Are You Giving Up Your Dreams?

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Have you ever dreamt of becoming a working professional photographer? A career that would allow you to spend every day working at something you love? How would your life change?

Well, if you aren’t making any money as a professional photographer, what’s holding you back?

If you are like most of us artists, you have a fairly low sense of your photo abilities. We tend to be afraid our work won’t “measure up” and we may even be laughed at. We tend to compare ourselves to the top pros working for the top magazines. Or, those astounding photo contest winners we see that take our breath away. We just know we could never compete with THAT, and so we give up our dreams and return to our everyday dream destroying, soul killing lives.

Big mistake!

Think about it for a moment, are those shots really the day in and day out images of a working professional? Nope. The magazine shots are usually the result of thousands of dollars worth of computer retouching - on top of the work of some of the most talented photographers. The contest winners are once in a lifetime shots! If they were the photographers normal work, they wouldn’t have bothered to enter the photo in a contest! And THAT’S what you are comparing yourself to? Not good.

Swing by the local mall, go to the first portrait studio you see, (there’s usually several) and watch for a little while. Soon, you’ll be saying to yourself, “I could do better than that!” Want a tip? You probably COULD do a better job.

Most of the mall photographers you see are part time kids - still living at home and working to earn a little extra spending money. They don’t have any special degrees or any special talent. The store manager spends a day or so working with them to teach them how to load the camera, helps them learn a few simple poses then turns them loose!

Most likely, they walked into the mall one day, saw a help wanted sign and thought, “That looks like an easy job!” Then they applied - got lucky - and were chosen. Or, just as likely, one of their friends works there and they got the job that way.

In other words, with no special talent or background, they stumbled into what you would think of as a dream job, but have always considered as out of your reach!

Let’s discuss their abilities and knowledge. (I’m hoping the standards are higher now!) Some time ago, I had a chance to talk with the manager of a local branch of a chain baby portrait studio. She’d been manager for three years and had NEVER even bothered to look and see what brand of camera she was using. When asked, she had no idea. AND I guess one lighting setup fits all because the lights were permanently attached to the wall.

Now, before I get a lot of hate mail from mall shooters - I’m sure some, possibly even a lot of you ARE very good shooters, know everything about photography and are conscientious at what you do. That wasn’t my point. The point is, to make a good living as a professional photographer you don’t have to be another Ansel Adams. You merely have to be competent at creating and shooting the basic poses that people buy. That’s it. It’s easy.

Then, once you learn the basic poses and lighting patterns, you need to learn a few time tested and proven marketing strategies. Ones that will have potential clients banging down your doors and clamoring for your services. To learn these, check out my website - the links are in my resources box. I believe ANYONE with an interest in photography and just a tiny bit of competency, can be making money with their camera within two weeks. By anyone, I mean YOU.

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Unlimited Photo Uploads And Bandwidth - Free Image Hosting

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

While many offer free image hosting facilities, sometimes it is better to pay the membership to these websites who offer it. the benefits of this are that you can keep track of your images from your members panel, you can see how many image views your image has had and much more. And remember, with most free image hosting websites, if you do become a member you are not restricted to small file sizes for uploading.

Most of the image hosting sites offer free image hosting facilities. Just host your image with them and get your image on the web for free. Few of the free image hosting websites give you unlimited download facilitys, unlimited MB file size and the images are hosted on very fast servers. Even the uploading is free and registration processes are just a formality.

Sharing your photos with the world is very easy to do when they are hosted on free image hosting websites. All image hosting sites will give you some form of links, then you can send the links to you family and friends all around the world.

Through free image hosting services, you can also look forward to sending your images in print to loved ones. The print would easily surpass those made through average ink-jet printers. Few photo hosting sites offer Canon- print images. In all cases, the prints come very nominally.

When you want to upload your images and share them with the world, you go along to a free image hosting website and locate the images on your harddrive or camera etc and press the upload button, and thats it. You will then get links to share with your friends and family, or to put the pictures onto your website or blogs.

If you are curious to know about the process of uploading an image on the web, you mustl be aware that it is a user-friendly concept. First, you need to choose an image that you would like to host. Next, you need to click on “Upload Images” to transfer the file to an image hosting server. Once this is done, the uploading process is automatically completed and you are eligible to get pasting codes for your blog or social networking sites like MySpace.

Link building through the free image hosting sites is very easy to do. Your photos will then be showed on the social networking websites and also online auctions. Custom generator facilities can let you upgrade your text, change it partially or completely, add a certain background, and on the whole completely morph your photos.

Some free image hosting websites will also have stats that will show you how many times a phot was viewed and some can even tell you more about who just downloaded your image, maybe you have an admirer?

Free image hosting services also provide you with information on who just downloaded your photograph through the web. So if there is web paparazzo who loves you, you will always get to know.

Showing your images to the world has never been easier, thanks to free image hosting websites.

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How to Share your Shots

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

Share and store your live photos while saving time, money and effort. You can now take advantage of the BEST photo compression program available on the market today! You will find you can quickly and easily combine any number of photographs into highly-compressed, easy to e-mail photos; even albums and great slide shows that can be viewed from any computer without having to install any helper software including Love2Photo itself!

Impress your family and friends by sending them fast-loading albums that they can view and print directly from the internet or their local media with a simple mouse click, from any computer. Instead of frustrating them with questions of how to actually open your images, this software makes it a breeze for people to focus on the beauty of your photos.

Easily protect your albums with a password, extract photos, organize pictures by date and name, add descriptions, and more with this great software!

You can save time sending, copying, backing-up and moving photos thanks to Love2Photo’s compression capabilities. Friends and family will thank you for the time they save downloading your albums or viewing them online.

Often you will find that emailing huge photo files often end up exceeding your email providers file size limits and the image never gets to its destination. Avoid the disappointment of not being able to share your greatest photographs with others simply because of limited message size.

Click your mouse and Love2Photo will automatically compress photos selecting the best compression routine to fit email size restrictions.

And believe it or not, Love2Photo helps your computer run faster as well! It’s a basic fact that the more files you have in your computer the slower it will run. With thousand of files it is important to run frequent disk checks and de-fragmentation routines to keep the system working well. With Love2Photo you can compress thousands of image files into compact one-file albums. Your PC will thank you!

You can easily share this software as a gift, motivating friends to send their you photos as well. Simply select the Gift option when you order Love2Photo.

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