While staying at a fancy hotel with my parents while they mingled with their friends, I decided to wander around the hotel. I walked by a banquet room where I saw tons of older females and a few younger men. I tried to get closer to see what kind of meeting they were having but couldn’t get close enough to figure it out. I went closer and saw that there was a table set up near the entrance with a bunch or name tags and name badges on it. The name tags were brushed aluminum, some were gold and some were silver, each with different names printed on them and magnetic fasteners. The others were white, silver and gold name badges with names printed on them, also with magnetic fasteners. I grabbed on with a guy’s name on it and went in and mingled with the single cougars who were in the room!
African Art Prints: Chide Okoye
People, who have never been to Africa, are curious about their culture. Thanks to African Art Prints, in a way, we will be able to get a glimpse on how they live their lives. Just like any country, these amazing people have their own beliefs, practices and culture. It’s always interesting to learn new things and be able to compare different situations. Chidi Okoye is a modern Afriacan artist who was born in Nigeria. He graduated with a distinction in sculpture at the Institute of Management and Technology in Enugu, Nigeria. He then started teaching sculpting and drawing in Federal Polytechnic Oko Anambra State, Nigeria. It was at this period that he was able to create an outstanding collection that includes sculptures, paintings and writing. In 1194, he moved to Canada, where he became involved in different projects that promote international artists. He believes that it is through art that he will be able to relate to the environment and complement the gift of nature and man made forms.
Free Stock Photos
Graphic design oftentimes requires the use of stock images. That is why free stock photos are such a necessary resource. Thankfully there are plenty available from a variety of sources online. The quality of these images varies from website to website. Some free stock photos are very low quality and are very old. Dated images can look great in a relationship to certain types of projects. Though it is important to find images that are of higher quality and require very little editing.
While it is easy to take lower resolution images and clean them up, it is much more efficient to find images that are already of a higher standard of quality. Finding free stock photos that are high quality images can save you large amounts of time. This is because they will require much less editing and enhancing. Though cleaning up older public domain images and making them look crisp and new can be a fun project in and of itself.
A Celebrity Wedding – Give Me A Proper Celebrity Every Time
Photographing a celebrity wedding can be very exciting and very rewarding. Depending on the level of celebrity it can also be very challenging and frustrating.
Celebrities, like us ordinary folk, come in all shapes and sizes but I have discovered there is a common theme of behaviour which comes broadly in 3 forms.
Celebrity band one
The up and coming celebrity has just started to come to the media’s attention. They are often working 2 or more jobs and when working with them at a wedding, they seem eager to please and generally a delight to work with, even though a little naive as to what the camera wants from them. Most have an artistic bent which can often get in the way of what you are trying to do with them but its all good humoured and their ideas can be used for the common good. They are still trying to break into the big time so money is generally tight so they are looking for an Affordable wedding photographer.
Celebrity band two
The second band of celebrity is the wanabees. Those who have had a taste of success but have not quite established themselves as stars in their own right. This is quite a large band of people, probably the largest group of celebrity and in my experience has proved to be the most difficult. There are exceptions to the rule of course but generally speaking this group is by far the hardest to work with. Many project a very stand offish attitude, they seem to know best and want their wedding shot discreetly and from a distance. I think the modern term is called reportage.
Celebrity band three
The third category of celebrity is those who are known by the majority of people. Their attitude appears far more relaxed and more discerning over what they do and don’t want. Once they have selected your style of photography they are very co-operative and trust you, as a professional like themselves, to produce something quite special and unique for their wedding day. They are used to the media’s attention and know how to work with the camera. Working with most of them is a pleasure and are very open to your style of creative wedding photography. The added bonus is that they are generally well paid so their weddings, even the low key ones, have sumptous backdrops, attention to detail and meticulously planned giving the photographer all the key ingredients to produce a showcase wedding.
Give me a proper celebrity every time.