Simple Tips to a More Effective Website

Keep it simple. What you should be striving for is a clean, crisp, unclutteredenvironment free of excessive text, animations, and competing colors.Use clean lines and images only if they help your brand (your company'sidentity), or if they tell a story about what you do or sell. Keep textto a minimum and if you want to write volumes, have a blog or additionalpages where a visitor can go for "more information".  Pay attention tooverall balance...for instance, one column [...]

Simple Tips to a More Effective Website

Keep it simple. What you should be striving for is a clean, crisp, unclutteredenvironment free of excessive text, animations, and competing colors.Use clean lines and images only if they help your brand (your company'sidentity), or if they tell a story about what you do or sell. Keep textto a minimum and if you want to write volumes, have a blog or additionalpages where a visitor can go for "more information".  Pay attention tooverall balance...for instance, one column [...]

John Carter of Mars, 100 years in the making

How did it take a century for one of the greatest works of science fiction to reach the local cinema? In 1912, a 37-year-old author named Edgar Rice Burroughs saw two of his books published. The first of these was "Tarzan of the Apes," and the second was a book called "A Princess of Mars." "A Princess of Mars" was the first in a cycle of novels known as the "John Carter" series. These novels follow the adventures of a rough-and-tumble Civil War veteran named John Carter who finds [...]

John Carter of Mars, 100 years in the making

How did it take a century for one of the greatest works of science fiction to reach the local cinema? In 1912, a 37-year-old author named Edgar Rice Burroughs saw two of his books published. The first of these was "Tarzan of the Apes," and the second was a book called "A Princess of Mars." "A Princess of Mars" was the first in a cycle of novels known as the "John Carter" series. These novels follow the adventures of a rough-and-tumble Civil War veteran named John Carter who finds [...]

Staying on Target

What Jek Porkins might tell us about marketing. Sleek starfighters arc through the blackness of space.  As they pass before us in formation, they seem like a formidable band of warriors, but before them lies a metallic planet bristling with deadly potential. In comparison to the Death Star this force of freedom fighters seems hopelessly frail and outmatched. As their tiny ships dogfight through the claustrophobic confines of a metal canyon running along the surface of this [...]

Staying on Target

What Jek Porkins might tell us about marketing. Sleek starfighters arc through the blackness of space.  As they pass before us in formation, they seem like a formidable band of warriors, but before them lies a metallic planet bristling with deadly potential. In comparison to the Death Star this force of freedom fighters seems hopelessly frail and outmatched. As their tiny ships dogfight through the claustrophobic confines of a metal canyon running along the surface of this [...]

Different isn't always better

  Learning about the evolution of written language and the lives ofvarious artists and designers throughout history lends a kind of contextto the daily grind that helps contextualize even the most mundaneconversations I have with clients. "Clients often push designers to create graphics as a reaction to outside opinion or as a result to their own internal aesthetic." One graphic designer whose career I studied in particular was Milton Glaser,the innovator responsible for [...]

Different isn't always better

  Learning about the evolution of written language and the lives ofvarious artists and designers throughout history lends a kind of contextto the daily grind that helps contextualize even the most mundaneconversations I have with clients. "Clients often push designers to create graphics as a reaction to outside opinion or as a result to their own internal aesthetic." One graphic designer whose career I studied in particular was Milton Glaser,the innovator responsible for [...]

Why do I love Photography?

I can think of no other profession that captures moments in time, happy moments, the beginning of a marriage, a new life brought into this world, a family as it grows, a pet that is part of the family that we are blessed with.   I am so fortunate that I can be there when something important happens, prom, an engagement, charity events...if you ever want to have a part of you that is imortal, a photographer is just that.  My image of those events are passed down from family [...]

Why do I love Photography?

I can think of no other profession that captures moments in time, happy moments, the beginning of a marriage, a new life brought into this world, a family as it grows, a pet that is part of the family that we are blessed with.   I am so fortunate that I can be there when something important happens, prom, an engagement, charity events...if you ever want to have a part of you that is imortal, a photographer is just that.  My image of those events are passed down from family [...]

My Maternity Experience

I have photographed about a dozen or so Maternity Sessions in the past year. I am new to this type of photography because I never really thought about it until my friends started getting pregnant. One of them mentioned to me that they were interested in some photos before the baby was born, but was uncomfortable about hiring someone she didn't know to start showing her bare belly (besides that she is camera shy in the first place). She asked me if I would be interested in taking her [...]

Internet CSS GOLD

How To Comment CSS Adding comments to your Cascading Style Sheets (CSS files) is a common practice among coders.Doing so makes it easier for other developers (or you in the future) to understand what you were trying to do with the CSS. Difficulty: Easy Time Required: 1 minute Here's How: STEP #1: Add the first part of the CSS comment /* STEP #2: Write the text or information you want hidden STEP #3: Close the comment: */ Tips:Comments can span multiple lines.Comments can [...]

Why should you hire a Wedding planner?

In a recent survey conducted by RAD Event Production Inc., a full-service wedding and event planning company, on whether brides are considering hiring a Wedding Planner; 68% of those taking the poll replied yes.  Why should you hire a Wedding planner? You cannot afford not to. The average wedding takes approximately 230 hours to plan.  Do you have the resources and time to call every vendor in town to check availability and compare prices?  Do you know which florists will [...]

Why should you hire a Wedding planner?

In a recent survey conducted by RAD Event Production Inc., a full-service wedding and event planning company, on whether brides are considering hiring a Wedding Planner; 68% of those taking the poll replied yes.  Why should you hire a Wedding planner? You cannot afford not to. The average wedding takes approximately 230 hours to plan.  Do you have the resources and time to call every vendor in town to check availability and compare prices?  Do you know which florists will [...]

Chicago ILL 2011, october

Photo report of couple Emily and Ivan. Very pleasant after-noon in a great city.Ivan and Emily were married in France, in Normandy very exactly, in May of this year. And it was only natural that I have to do with this parenthesis, between two marriages in New York.We had a very nice story Portraits of Art just after [...]

10 Questions To Ask A Potential Wedding Photographer

When you meet or first talk to a potential photographer, it is important to glean as much information from the encounter as possible. You have seen the portfolio and the website, so you know, in general, what the photographs will look like. But there is much more to choosing a photographer than finding someone with good pictures at a decent price; the relationship you have with your photographer can be very important to how comfortable you feel with each other, and that will affect the [...]

Chicago ILL 2011, october

Photo report of couple Emily and Ivan. Very pleasant after-noon in a great city.Ivan and Emily were married in France, in Normandy very exactly, in May of this year. And it was only natural that I have to do with this parenthesis, between two marriages in New York.We had a very nice story Portraits of Art just after [...]

Good Design Means Good Profits

"Why hire a professional web designer?", you may have asked.  "Why spend money when I heard theres a place online that can do it for free?"  "Besides! ...my nephew can handle his schoolwork, his social life, his gaming, and I'm sure he'll neatly fit in my important business needs!"  Many sincere business owners have used this train of thought, only to end up wondering why they have not had an attractive, or technically sound website. One that runs error free, and actually [...]

Good Design Means Good Profits

"Why hire a professional web designer?", you may have asked.  "Why spend money when I heard theres a place online that can do it for free?"  "Besides! ...my nephew can handle his schoolwork, his social life, his gaming, and I'm sure he'll neatly fit in my important business needs!"  Many sincere business owners have used this train of thought, only to end up wondering why they have not had an attractive, or technically sound website. One that runs error free, and actually [...]

Technology and Creative Design

We live in an age of remarkable technological advances. The microchip keeps getting smaller and more powerful. Flat-screen TV’s keep getting sharper and less expensive. Smartphones keep getting smarter. Videogames have become so realistic that perhaps we should consider their artistic merit. And it won’t be long before hybrid cars give way to electric vehicles. In design, technology has become so pervasive that it sometimes overshadows other important considerations. If you [...]