Crafting a compelling bio and writing the perfect pitch are quite challenging. Working in a service industry requires its own rules. Nobody wants to hire a person he doesn’t know, doesn’t trust or doesn’t like. That’s why talking about yourself is extremely important while creating your own brand. If you check your Google Analytics, you’d see that the ‘About Me’ Continue Reading
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Branding is critical for a successful photography business regardless of the genre, and photographer Art Wolfe has built perhaps one of the strongest brands in his field. Wolfe has been shooting nature and wildlife images professionally for more than 30 years all over the world. This story on Photoshelter’s blog gives some insight on how he built his photography business. Learn more
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It’s Suntory time – on the incredibly intricate, CNC-milled, pagoda-shaped rocks. The Japanese whisky brand famously touted by Bill Murray in the film ‘Lost in Translation’ has enlisted the services of a 5-axis CNC mill to craft miniature works of art in ice, including replicas of the Statue of Liberty and Michelangelo’s David.
The centerpiece of Suntory’s “3D Rocks” campaign is a teeny-tiny, amazingly detailed version of Kyoto’s Kinkaku-ji temple. Watch it in progress in the video above.
Suntory customers were asked to submit their own designs, and the winners were whisked to a secret location in Tokyo where they received a drink featuring their own creation in ice once it was complete.
The CNC router was kept chilled to a temperature of -7 degrees Celsius to keep the ice from melting while the machine was running.
It’s almost a shame to see the whisky splashing over these ephemeral works of art, knowing that they’re inevitably about to melt away.
In today’s world of information overload and soul-killing McJobs, however, brand saturation is turning marketing mantras on their heads. From debranding to …
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What do you see when you look at these logos – letters and seemingly random shapes? Take a closer look; hidden symbols and meanings abound.
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If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then a host of eager entrepreneurs REALLY admire Apple Inc. and its visionary founder/CEO, the late Steve Jobs.
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Today I’m excited to announce a brand new dPS eBook – Portraits: Striking the Pose – an eBook created with the sole purpose of helping you pose amazing portraits.
Posing is something that can make or break a portrait.
That is what this eBook is all about.
Inside this beautifully designed and illustrated eBook world class photographer (and author) – Gina Milicia – walks you through how she connect with and directs her subjects to take stunning portraits that show their true character.
Gina has photographed thousands of subjects over her 25 years as a professional photographer and in this eBook draws on this experience to give you a great mix of inspiration but also actionable tips that you can start practicing on those you photograph immediately.
Here is a quick peek inside.
Pick your copy of Portraits: Striking the Pose today and you’ll also get a bonus 7 Posting Printable Guides worth $ 9.95 for FREE!
These handy ‘printables’ fold up beautifully to pop in your camera bag and pull out whenever you need them. There’s 7 sets of poses that include:
In total you’ll have 67 sample poses to give you some great starting points when you next do a portrait shoot.
To buy these on their own would cost you $ 9.95. To celebrate the launch of Portraits: Striking The Pose for a limited time we’re including them for FREE!
This bonus is just for a few weeks so don’t delay.
We’re particularly proud of this eBook for a number of reasons. It’s beautiful, it’s useful, it’s inspiring and it is great value for money.
For just $ 19.99 you’ll pick up this comprehensive new Portraits: Striking the Pose eBook and 7 printables with 67 posing suggestions.
Search around the web for other posing guides and you’ll soon see just what great value this is as others sell their guides for hundreds of dollars.
Guaranteed to Satisfy: We’re super confident that this eBook will help you improve your portraits but if you don’t find it suits your needs just let us know within 60 days and we’ll refund your money for in full.
If you’re looking to improve your portrait photography grab your copy directly with this link or if you want more information or are looking to bundle this eBook with Gina’s other eBooks for just $ 10 more check out the Portraits: Striking the Pose page.
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If so – you’re not alone.
Check out these stats:
In a recent survey of dPS readers we found out over the next 12 months:
In fact over 85% of our readers are currently looking to make a significant addition to their gear in the next year.
If you’re one of them – you really need to check out our brand new Guide to Buying and Looking after your photography gear.
It’s the latest edition in our ‘Photo Nuts’ series and is called Photo Nuts and Gear: Know Your Gear and Take Better Photos.
Since starting dPS back in 2006 a question that we see on a daily basis is:
“What Gear Should I Buy?”
It’s a tricky question to answer because each photographer has their own unique needs and there are constantly new cameras and accessories on the market.
One of the other common things we’ve heard from readers repeatedly over the year are stories of frustration and remorse over buying the wrong gear – something that can be a costly mistake.
The camera equipment market is a complicated and ever changing thing. There are some great pieces of gear out there but among them are also a lot of poorly constructed, overpriced or unnecessary things that will waste your time and money.
As a result we’ve long wanted to produce a simple yet helpful guide on the topic of choosing the right gear for your needs.
The author of this guide is Neil Creek, a photographer that will be familiar to many dPS readers as he is someone who has authored 4 previous dPS eBooks (including the 3 best selling Photo Nuts eBooks already in our library).
We chose Neil for this topic for a number of readers.
Firstly, Neil is an experienced photographer who knows his stuff and has an ability to explain it clearly (as readers of his previous eBooks will attest to).
Secondly, Neil knows that it’s not ONLY about the Gear. As he says in his introduction – “Vision, passion, creativity, practice, experience and other qualities are far more important than the gear used to create an image.” This is why we’ve put this eBook in our ‘Photo Nuts’ series – because it is just one element in taking great photos.
Lastly, Neil knows and loves gear. He has his eye on all the latest and greatest equipment on the market – but he’s also a discerning fellow and is committed to helping readers of this guide to not only choose great gear, but to decide if they really need it at all.
The aim of Photo Nuts and Gear is to help you understand what camera equipment can do for you, to hope you decide if you need it and to assist you in finding the best of the many options available. Neil’s the perfect author to help you through that process.
This eBook teaches you how to research and buy camera bodies, lenses, tripods, flashes, light modifiers, camera bags and accessories. You’ll be led through clear and practical teaching on:
Do you really need new gear?
Finding the right gear for you
Case studies:
As we planned this eBook one of the wonderful realisations that our team had was that it was something that was going to save those who read it money.
Camera gear is a costly investment and by learning what you really need and buying the right camera, lens, flash or accessory you you’re more than likely to save much more than the purchase price of this guide.
Best of all – coupled with the photographic knowledge that you’re gaining here from dPS and some practice, this eBook will help you to take better photos with gear that is suited to your needs.
Learn more about this eBook or grab a copy by clicking the download button below.
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[ By Delana in Design & Graphics & Branding. ]
All around the world, people are inundated daily with advertisements hawking everything from soda to furniture to vacations. We’re so used to seeing the ads and logos almost everywhere that we can identify the logos without even seeing them in context. That is the message that artist Dorothy sends with her series “You Took My Name.”
In the series, the artist removes the company names from well-known logos. It challenges viewers to recognize and identify the brands even when the company names are missing.
Another goal of the series is to change our perspective on logo art. These symbols are the result of hours of work and research, and they can be seen as works of art in their own right.
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Our brains recognize brands before we even get to the text … but what happens when that second of the process process yields the reverse of what we expect?
In this series of experimental logo swaps by Graham Smith, our expectations are subverted right at the point of recognition – Coke replaces Pepsi, UPS becomes FedEx and so forth in realms ranging from fast food to digital technology.
The result is a kind of temporary cognitive dissonance, and poignant reminder of just how much we rely on visual cues – from shape and layout to color and typography – to interpret input and apprehend iconic designs.
Some of the trades work relatively seamlessly – a surprise number actually work visually – you could almost believer that Twitter, Facebook and Google could simply have gone a different direction with their designs.
But given our own familiarity biases when viewing them, it is hard to say in some cases, too. Either way, it is clear that our experience and associations play a major part in the power of branding.Thanks to our partners, you can find ties online to suit every preference and budget, from budget to top-of-the-range super stylish models.
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Today I have great pleasure to announce a brand new dPS eBook that I know is going to help a lot of people improve their portrait photography!
Every time we survey our readers on what type of photography they do most – Portraiture comes in as the #1 response.
So over the last year I’ve been on the look out for a great portrait photographer to write a comprehensive guide to the topic. When I met Aussie celebrity photography Gina Milicia last year I just ‘knew’ she’d be great at it and was so excited when she agreed.
Gina’s new eBook is available today – it is called Portraits: Making the Shot and if you pick it up during its launch we’ll throw in a special bonus eBook with it for free.
Gina has broken down her guide to portraiture into 5 great sections:
As a companion to Portraits: Making the Shot Gina also put together a 2nd great ‘Recipes’ eBook in which she shows 14 of her favourite portraits and shows you the ingredients she used to take the shots. In each recipe you’ll learn about how Gina set the scene, what gear she used, how she lit the image, what settings she chose and how she posed her subject.
Once you understand how these different ingredients work together, you can begin to create your own signature style of shooting portraits.
This Recipe eBook will normally retail for $ 9.99 but pick up Portraits: Making the Shot today for $ 19.99 and we’ll throw it in for free as an early bird bonus (effectively a 33% discount).
As usual Portraits: Making the Shot is covered by a 60 day money back guarantee (if you don’t find it helpful just let us know and we’ll refund your money) so you can have confidence that it and the bonus Recipes eBook will be a worthwhile investment in your photographic learning.
Learn more about the eBook here or pick up a copy by clicking the ‘Download it Now’ button below.
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