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 [...]

Do I really need retouching on my wedding photos?

So now that you are engaged, you are probably very excited about planning the most important day of your life. As a bride to be, you realize that one of the most important aspects of your wedding planning is choosing a great photographer to capture that day. As you look through photographer's portfolios online, you start to notice that some photos look dull, untouched, and straight out of the camera. Some photos probably looked over exposed, others under exposed, etc. Some photographers [...]

The Value of Having Your Business On Facebook

The Value of Having Your Business On FacebookThe Value of Having Your Business On Facebook Imagine having a potential captive audience of around 800 million people, who you can easily reach with messages about your product. That’s exactly what Facebook is. A virtual trade show, where every business has the potential to reach millions, with less effort, and less cost, than the same thing would cost in the real world. It’s global, it’s always on, and it puts you [...]

To use or not to use social media? that is the question

To use or not to use social media… that is the questionTo use or not to use social media for your business, that is the question, and a tricky one at that.  What the heck is it?  Which sites do I use?  Which do I ignore?  What if I ignore the wrong ones?  Do I tweet or twitter or whatever its called?  How do I use Facebook for my business?  Do I even want to use Facebook for my business?  What is Linkedin anyway?  I know YouTube [...]

Social Media and Effective Advertising

Social Media and Effective Advertising: Tapping the Experts in Maximizing Effective Online Presence Social media is one of the most promising and fastest growing advertising avenues today – and it is bound to grow even more in the coming years. If you are a company that is hungry for publicity and brand recognition, you should not miss the social media bandwagon. But as tempting as it can be, you also need to be very careful how your brand project itself to the public and most [...]

The Value of Having Your Business On Facebook

The Value of Having Your Business On FacebookThe Value of Having Your Business On Facebook Imagine having a potential captive audience of around 800 million people, who you can easily reach with messages about your product. That’s exactly what Facebook is. A virtual trade show, where every business has the potential to reach millions, with less effort, and less cost, than the same thing would cost in the real world. It’s global, it’s always on, and it puts you [...]

To use or not to use social media? that is the question

To use or not to use social media… that is the questionTo use or not to use social media for your business, that is the question, and a tricky one at that.  What the heck is it?  Which sites do I use?  Which do I ignore?  What if I ignore the wrong ones?  Do I tweet or twitter or whatever its called?  How do I use Facebook for my business?  Do I even want to use Facebook for my business?  What is Linkedin anyway?  I know YouTube [...]

Anthropology`s Business in Marketing Strategy

It is implicit to employ the basic fundamentals of Anthropology when the Marketing/Sales teams of our modern global economy strategize on how to most effectively persuade their audiences towards purchasing their good/service. Skipping past the obvious, say, McDonald's taking a moment to recognize the cow as sacred in Hindu culture before launching a billion dollar Angus Steak campaign, I propose an offbeat analogy demonstrating the parallel of Bio-Cultural Anthropology to Marketing [...]

Social Media and Effective Advertising

Social Media and Effective Advertising: Tapping the Experts in Maximizing Effective Online Presence Social media is one of the most promising and fastest growing advertising avenues today – and it is bound to grow even more in the coming years. If you are a company that is hungry for publicity and brand recognition, you should not miss the social media bandwagon. But as tempting as it can be, you also need to be very careful how your brand project itself to the public and most [...]

Why You Need a Wedding Videographer

If A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words, then Your Video is Worth a Million Your wedding day memories will quickly become a blurr.  Nothing can replace your wedding photos, but a video allows you to re-live the day in a way a picture never can by bringing back the voices, music and laugher.  Here's how:Covers all the activities of your wedding day from getting ready to your exit and all the times in between.  Those great conversations and those subtle expresssions are [...]

Why You Need a Wedding Videographer

If A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words, then Your Video is Worth a Million Your wedding day memories will quickly become a blurr.  Nothing can replace your wedding photos, but a video allows you to re-live the day in a way a picture never can by bringing back the voices, music and laugher.  Here's how:Covers all the activities of your wedding day from getting ready to your exit and all the times in between.  Those great conversations and those subtle expresssions are [...]

Judging Photographs - Episode One

Everyone knows a good photograph but not everyone know why a photograph is good.  And sometimes we may think a photograph is good when it really ain't. The first thing to assess when judging a photography is your first impression.  With photos your first impression is often instinctive.  This may be way to obvious to actually say but the first thing to see a photograph is your eye, which hen communicates what it sees to your brain.  The brain then does it's thinking [...]

Judging Photographs - Episode One

Everyone knows a good photograph but not everyone know why a photograph is good.  And sometimes we may think a photograph is good when it really ain't. The first thing to assess when judging a photography is your first impression.  With photos your first impression is often instinctive.  This may be way to obvious to actually say but the first thing to see a photograph is your eye, which hen communicates what it sees to your brain.  The brain then does it's thinking [...]

Why I love photographing weddings

If photography is about capturing compelling moments, I know of nobetter occassion or subject that delivers such experiences as reliably,relentlessly and powerfully as a wedding. This, and the privilege ofjoining a couple on such a hallmark day of their lives is why I lovephotographing weddings. More specifically:I love both the symbolism and real impact that a wedding day packs I appreciate how a wedding ushers in a new marriage and unites family I cherish a wedding [...]

The Importance of Design In Your Business

Imagine while you are reading this the chair you are sitting in doesn't exist. The keyboard is gone, your cell phone, monitor, pictures on your desk, and even the clutter in your room has disappeared. Without design you would be in an empty room with just empty walls. Design affects your life's every moment. The decisions you make are a result of design, either the shape or the decorations on the shape influence what you like.  Products compete for your attention at stores. Each [...]

The Importance of Design In Your Business

Imagine while you are reading this the chair you are sitting in doesn't exist. The keyboard is gone, your cell phone, monitor, pictures on your desk, and even the clutter in your room has disappeared. Without design you would be in an empty room with just empty walls. Design affects your life's every moment. The decisions you make are a result of design, either the shape or the decorations on the shape influence what you like.  Products compete for your attention at stores. Each [...]

Autism Awarness Project

April is Autism Awarness month and it is time for the 2nd Annual Stories of Autism Awarness Project Photographers donate their time and one 8X10 print to those who participate in the project. The photo's and the stories of these wonderful people are then presented in April on www.storiesofautism.com I was fortunate enough to be a photographer last year and in so doing made some very wonderful new friends.  I am participating as a photographer again this year in Northwest [...]

Autism Awarness Project

April is Autism Awarness month and it is time for the 2nd Annual Stories of Autism Awarness Project Photographers donate their time and one 8X10 print to those who participate in the project. The photo's and the stories of these wonderful people are then presented in April on www.storiesofautism.com I was fortunate enough to be a photographer last year and in so doing made some very wonderful new friends.  I am participating as a photographer again this year in Northwest [...]

How To Care For Laminate Flooring

  If you have laminate flooring in your home, you know that it is one of the most durable types of flooring available as well as one of the most easy types to take care of. Even though laminate is low maintenance, there are still certain cleaning and care tips that you should follow to keep your flooring strong and looking new and shiny and beautiful for years to come. Laminate flooring is designed to resist scratching and gouging, but it is still vulnerable to abrasive [...]

How To Care For Laminate Flooring

  If you have laminate flooring in your home, you know that it is one of the most durable types of flooring available as well as one of the most easy types to take care of. Even though laminate is low maintenance, there are still certain cleaning and care tips that you should follow to keep your flooring strong and looking new and shiny and beautiful for years to come. Laminate flooring is designed to resist scratching and gouging, but it is still vulnerable to abrasive [...]