My experience during this photo shoot with Char Mandarich and Tony Mandarich was great! They got the idea of doing this celebrity transformation shoot after they had watched the music video, “U and Your Hand” by PINK. We sat down and went through the many different various looks that were featured in that video. We finally came to the decision that they would use the more edgy red-haired look. When it came to the actual shoot Char and Tony knew exactly what they were going to do, from the lighting they set up to the black boards that narrowed the look of my face and that built cheek bones. They were very relaxed and casual. They weren’t at all in any way uptight or awkward about anything. The professional makeup artist was very nice and considerate too. She had a big part too in the transformation with the makeup and the hair. She explained when I asked her things about the makeup and overall she was a very friendly person. After the shoot Char and Tony sat me down to review the photos they had edited with Photoshop. They were absolutely marvelous. The time and effort these photographers put into my photo shoot was amazing. They really do care about what they do and do an incredible job at what they do. Overall my experience with the shoot, Char and Tony was fun and worthwhile. If given the chance I would do it again.
Monday, June 30, 2008
My Photoshop Transformation to Popstar PINK
My experience during this photo shoot with Char Mandarich and Tony Mandarich was great! They got the idea of doing this celebrity transformation shoot after they had watched the music video, “U and Your Hand” by PINK. We sat down and went through the many different various looks that were featured in that video. We finally came to the decision that they would use the more edgy red-haired look. When it came to the actual shoot Char and Tony knew exactly what they were going to do, from the lighting they set up to the black boards that narrowed the look of my face and that built cheek bones. They were very relaxed and casual. They weren’t at all in any way uptight or awkward about anything. The professional makeup artist was very nice and considerate too. She had a big part too in the transformation with the makeup and the hair. She explained when I asked her things about the makeup and overall she was a very friendly person. After the shoot Char and Tony sat me down to review the photos they had edited with Photoshop. They were absolutely marvelous. The time and effort these photographers put into my photo shoot was amazing. They really do care about what they do and do an incredible job at what they do. Overall my experience with the shoot, Char and Tony was fun and worthwhile. If given the chance I would do it again.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Photoshop Tutorial - Digital Post Production of the Eyes
Everyone has heard the phrase “The eyes are the window to the Soul”. In a glamour photograph, the eyes are often the most crucial element in the image. If you’ve captured a great image, but the eyes just don’t have enough ‘pop’, here are some Photoshop post-production techniques that can help:
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Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Keywords, Content, and Matching Issues
One of the important challenges for the website designer is choosing keywords that match the content of the web page. The keyword/content matrix relates to matching words the designer chooses for copy on a website with content on a given page. Simply put, search engines look for keywords when they access a site. Those words need to clearly reflect content.
Libraries and bookstores throughout history catalogued books by title or subject or author. Twenty years ago if I wanted to read a book about fishing, I would go to that subject area in the local bookstore. I wouldn’t go to books about meditation or spirituality to find fishing material.
Internet technocrats used the same methodology and thinking when they created search engines for cyberspace. Effective internet searching today requires keywords accurately reflecting what a site is all about. So let’s take a look at some considerations for writing keywords.
Copy needs to make sense and it needs to be easily readable. If a keyword is used a dozen times, the content may be boring and the reader may believe that you just want to attract traffic to your site rather than provide quality information. A natural tone is appealing and readers will stay on your website to read your material if you remain focused on quality writing.
The popularity of content-related keywords can be a double-edge sword. They are popular because they’re used by hundreds of web sites. However, because of that, your ranking by a given search engine may be low. Don’t let this discourage you. Use them anyway, knowing you may not rank well in the beginning. Be patient and watch your rank improve slowly.
Adding qualifiers to popular keywords is another strategy that may help improve rank. One kind of qualifier is geographic—city or state or country specific language attached to keywords makes use of their popularity and at the same time delimiting use. Sector qualifiers (e.g., business or telecommunications) provide the same benefit. Thus while ‘fishing’ might rank poorly because it’s so popular, ‘fishing Minnesota’ might rank quite highly.
There is a lot to learn about matching keywords and content for maximum traffic to your site. Keeping some basic considerations in mind is a good place to begin.
Libraries and bookstores throughout history catalogued books by title or subject or author. Twenty years ago if I wanted to read a book about fishing, I would go to that subject area in the local bookstore. I wouldn’t go to books about meditation or spirituality to find fishing material.
Internet technocrats used the same methodology and thinking when they created search engines for cyberspace. Effective internet searching today requires keywords accurately reflecting what a site is all about. So let’s take a look at some considerations for writing keywords.
Copy needs to make sense and it needs to be easily readable. If a keyword is used a dozen times, the content may be boring and the reader may believe that you just want to attract traffic to your site rather than provide quality information. A natural tone is appealing and readers will stay on your website to read your material if you remain focused on quality writing.
The popularity of content-related keywords can be a double-edge sword. They are popular because they’re used by hundreds of web sites. However, because of that, your ranking by a given search engine may be low. Don’t let this discourage you. Use them anyway, knowing you may not rank well in the beginning. Be patient and watch your rank improve slowly.
Adding qualifiers to popular keywords is another strategy that may help improve rank. One kind of qualifier is geographic—city or state or country specific language attached to keywords makes use of their popularity and at the same time delimiting use. Sector qualifiers (e.g., business or telecommunications) provide the same benefit. Thus while ‘fishing’ might rank poorly because it’s so popular, ‘fishing Minnesota’ might rank quite highly.
There is a lot to learn about matching keywords and content for maximum traffic to your site. Keeping some basic considerations in mind is a good place to begin.
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