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Robbie Lacomb at The Alpha & Omega Fine Art Photography Gallery
The work of artist-photographer Robbie Lacomb is currently on display at Alpha & Omega Fine Art Photography Gallery in Austin TX. The exhibition will remain on show through the end of January 2010. Photographer, digital artist an...
UpperCaseIt.com
As a designer, I often find myself having to manage content and graphics for my clients' new blog. I have to approach this with great care because, I admit it, my typing is abominable. Copy-Paste is my sword, my shield, my friend. ...
For the Harry Potter Fan: Kymera Magic Wand Universal Remote
Definitely on my wishlist: This universal remote is able to control almost anything normally controlled by an infrared remote. It learns from almost any existing infrared remote control and has 13 buttonless functions triggered by wavin...
Review: Mustek Scan Express A3 1200 Pro USB Large Format Scanner
Mustek Scan Express A3 1200 Pro USB Large Format Scanner is the most reasonably priced tabloid-size (11.7 x 16.5) scanner on that market at this time. It definitely outperforms expectations, especially at this pricepoint (i paid $167 a...
Tablet Draw By MooSoftware.com
I just found a Shareware program that had me reaching for my credit card within fifteen minutes of first downloading it to try out. From mooSoftware.com is TABLETDRAW® a simple drawing program that uses the pressure sensitivity of the va...
The Well-Travelled Artists’ Book
When my colleagues Charlie Jones and Ralph Petty decided to create a book together, I knew immediately I wanted to be involved somehow. Not that I’m a workaholic or anything, but I knew it was sure to involve 1- TRAVEL; 2- ART; ...
A Story About iPhone Game Development
Developing for the iPhone is a bit of a shift for me; in more ways than one. I spent ten years climbing the career ladder towards bigger projects, bigger budget titles, bigger studios, etc. But when I found myself taking leave of ...
Mastering Photographic Composition, Creativity, and Personal Style by Alain Briot
For those of you who follow The Luminous Landscape web site, Alain Briot’s name will be a familiar one from his informative and insightful writings for the photographer. If you are new to his writings you will be in for a treat in his s...
Review: Acorn 2.0 by Flying Meat
Gus Mueller, the guiding light behind FlyingMeat.com and the newly released version 2.0 of Acorn calls his software "The image editor for humans" and it truly is a moderately priced image editor at US $49.95 with an upgrade from ver...
Random Musings on Apple’s Migration Assistant
Well, this sums up my recent experience with Apple’s Migration Assistant. I just received my new Snow Leopard, 2 x 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor Mac Pro. It came with 8 gig of RAM, and I immediately added four more 2 gig Kingston chip...
Rollip.com: Polaroid Nostalgia
Nostalgic for the Polaroid look? Wishing for the ability to make snapshots look like Polaroids? There’s a fast, easy-to use solution. All it involves is an upload, a brief wait, and a download. Check out http://www.rollip.com/ which takes yo...
Profile: Kristen Stein Shares Advice and Lessons
What are the most important lessons you have learned about being an artist and selling your work? I have learned that creating and selling your own artwork as an independent, self-representing artist is truly a 24/7 job. I am constan...
Profile: Kristen Stein on Roots and Inspiration
What mediums have you worked in and which is your favorite? I am a contemporary artist working primarily with acrylics on canvas. I occasionally dabble in pastels and oils. I love working in mixed media and often add gritty, grainy te...
Profile: Kristen Stein on Marketing
Tell us about your marketing journey How did you start? My online marketing journey started in 1999 using a personal website and the auction site eBay. I sold on eBay for several years and then started......
Monitor Calibration : Xrite i1Display 2
The road from getting the color you see on the computer monitor to that you see on an inkjet print is a long and torturous path. What-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) is not what is going to happen with a printer right out of the box, your monitor, ...
Lighting On A Budget – Pt. 2
My 6-light CFL fixture worked well in the studio, but I wanted more light and the option to add a light modifier. I decided to move up to 3” PVC and install eight lamp sockets around the outside of the pipe. We’re going to ...
Marketing Monday: The Art of Being a Beacon
Last week we talked about the importance of knowing who is likely to buy your work and what it is your work does for them that makes them want it. The importance of really getting down and working out something that reflects both you and your ......
Lighting On A Budget (Pt. 1)
A few months ago, my boss told me that we are expanding my department (me) into the world of video production. I was given complete freedom in choosing the camera, computer, and lighting. Like any good photographer, I spent the entire budget on the...
Marketing Mondays: Don’t miss the real costs
The final step in this part of the game, kind of involves looking backwards. See, the venues and the details required to turn them into winners is not free, and I’m not just talkin’ about money either. There is......
6 Articles You Should Read Before Upgrading to Snow Leopard
Certainly not this one. I have nothing to add to the debate. I ordered mine from Amazon this summer but I am waiting for at least another 3 or 4 months before upgrading. I can’t afford to have my workflow disrupted at this time. After reading G...
Snow Leopard: One More Installation
Since the uppermost thing on most Macintosh users minds lately is the upgrade to Snow Leopard, and since this is a Mac-centric website, the least I can do is report on some of my own Snow Leopard Experiences. Is it a radical change? No, a...
Marketing Monday: 6 must know things for pricing
Know what your costs are This is very simple and yet a lot of folks disregard it because they think it entails a lot of left brain machinations. I’m here to tell ya if that was the case I’d never ever address it…because while I grew up......
Featured Artist: Jane Campbell
Jane Campbel is a Folk Artist liveing in Northern California right in the heart of Gold Country. Her home is just miles from where apples are grown, wine is made & gold was first discovered. She was born in......
Photoshop Plugin: Akvis Sketch v9.0
Ever wanted to turn a photograph into a drawing without spending an hour in Adobe Photoshop using layers and high pass filtering to finally separate out a line drawing of that photograph? It’s possible with a plug-in from Akvis Sof...
Marketing Monday: Human Behavior & Pricing
Before we jump into the meat of pricing there are a few things that need to be understood because they form the foundation of any pricing strategy and they reflect the results of recent research ......
Photoshop Plugin: Topaz Simplify
During the last month I took a trip back to Topaz Lab’s webpage and downloaded another of their interesting programs. (Topazlabs.com) If you remember, they make imaging enhancement software for both still and video photography. Thi...
Offset mounting bracket for Nikon P90
So I love my new Nikon P90, but I don’t love the fact that the battery and memory card are behind an ill designed battery/card door on the bottom of the camera. Which has a hinge so close to the mounting point that you cannot open the doo...
Why does Facebook Want My Cel Phone Number!!!
I have never been a big fan of Facebook. I don’t like the idea that all my private thoughts and information become public property. But I joined. For some reason, we are all crazy busy. I am booked solid until mid-September. Digitalapplejuice h...
Marketing Monday: The Offer
Review The first two installments in this series we talked about the importance of knowing your Bizmodel and how the normal retail model doesn’t fit artsyfartsy bizs to well. We also described why they are ......
Profile: Kristen Stein, artist
Bio Kristen Stein is a Contemporary Artist living in the Philadelphia region of Pennsylvania. Kristen’s works are currently available on a variety of online venues, or through her websites StudioArtworks.com and KristensCreations.com. Kristen&#...
