April 3rd, 2009 — Scrapbooking
Designing scrapbook layouts plays a key role in the appearance of your pages and it’s worth spending some time organizing your layouts before you start. How you choose to layout your photos on a page is entirely up to you. You can use your imagination and be as creative as you like. But if you’re stuck for inspiration, there are loads of free scrapbooking ideas to be found online. There are also loads of products designed to make creating your pages quicker and simpler, including pre-packaged scrapbook kits and digital scrapbooking software.
There are loads of scrapbooking layout ideas for you to try out. Give some thought to how many photos you want on each page. Do you want one central picture as a focal point, or several photos on each page? Many scrapbookers like to crop their photographs to highlight the main details and so they can use lots of smaller pictures together. It helps to keep your page layouts simple and consistent. For example, try using just two or three colors of paper and stick to using the same style of frames and borders throughout. Journaling can help add to the story the photos tell, so remember to leave space to insert your notes or any scrapbooking quotes you’d like to use.
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April 1st, 2009 — Product Showcase
This simple oval necklace is the perfect way to capture your favorite photos - with a bit of girly flair!
Part of our double sided line of charms, you can choose two different photos to be included on one piece. Or select one of our patterns for the other side and you’ll have a beautiful necklace that can do double duty.
Your photos will be transferred to a handmade clay tile and hand set in a sterling silver bezel. Making a one of a kind piece that is both beautiful and durable.
Comes with your choice of silver chain or leather cord and packaged in our custom box. Perfect for gift giving!
March 30th, 2009 — Product Showcase
A great modern option. The sterling silver slider makes a sophisticated statement.
Part of our double sided line of charms, you can choose two different photos to be included on one piece. Or select one of our patterns for the other side and you’ll have a beautiful necklace that can do double duty.
Your photos will be transferred to a handmade clay tile and hand set in a sterling silver bezel. Making a one of a kind piece that is both beautiful and durable.
Comes with your choice of leather cord and packaged in our custom box. Perfect for gift giving!
March 29th, 2009 — Product Showcase
Simple and sweet. A beautiful pearl dangle is the perfect way to accent your favorite photos.
Part of our double sided line of charms, you can choose two different photos to be included on one piece. Or select one of our patterns for the other side and you’ll have a beautiful necklace that can do double duty.
Your photos will be transferred to a handmade clay tile and hand set in a sterling silver bezel. Making a one of a kind piece that is both beautiful and durable.
Comes with your choice of silver chain or leather cord and packaged in our custom box. Perfect for gift giving!
March 27th, 2009 — Product Showcase
A fun and funky way to show off a favorite photo (or two!)
Part of our double sided line of charms, you can choose two different photos to be included on one piece. Or select one of our patterns for the other side and you’ll have a beautiful necklace that can do double duty.
Your photos will be transferred to a handmade clay tile and hand set in a sterling silver bezel. Making a one of a kind piece that is both beautiful and durable.
Comes with your choice of silver chain or leather cord and packaged in our custom box. Perfect for gift giving!
March 21st, 2009 — Photography
Many elements exist in taking great photographs and this article aims at helping you set up your camera and monitor to get the most out of the pictures you take.
More to it than Photoshop
Photoshop is a very powerful tool when it comes to photo editing and this program allows you to enhance and radically change just about any aspect of a photo. Although you can import an image into an application like Photoshop and edit it in many amazing ways to get the best results to suit your criterion, you start by taking a great picture.
Presetting your Digital Camera
Apart from a few exceptions you should always shoot in RAW format because you can always be assured there’s more creative leeway in a RAW file. JPEGs lack certain information in the data that makes up the file. If shooting in JPEG format make sure you shoot at the highest possible quality.
JPEGs have their role, for example, if you have little time to work on the photos after you shoot and just want to capture a snap, or you require fast sequence shooting then shooting in JPEG format is ideal.
Understanding your Cameras ISO
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March 19th, 2009 — Product Showcase
Not too big, not too small. This small circle pendant is perfect for an understated look.
Your photo will be professionally sealed in a sterling silver charm under a glass like finish. The completed piece measures 16mm square, which is a little larger than 1/2 inch but not quite 3/4 inch.
Comes with your choice of silver chain or leather cord and packaged in our custom box. Perfect for gift giving!
March 17th, 2009 — Product Showcase
Perfect when you want a casual look that is stylish and fun.
Part of our double sided line of charms, you can choose two different photos to be included on one piece. Or select one of our patterns for the other side and you’ll have a beautiful necklace that can do double duty.
Your photos will be transferred to a handmade clay tile and hand set in a sterling silver bezel. Making a one of a kind piece that is both beautiful and durable.
Comes with your choice of silver chain or leather cord and packaged in our custom box. Perfect for gift giving!
March 17th, 2009 — Photography
I have been studying photography for many years now, and since the beginning my friends have always asked how I take such good pictures. Even though there are many different types of photography, most of the key tips I give end up being the same for all.
Professionals Use Single Lens Reflex Cameras
The number one tip that I give is to use a Single Lens Reflex (SLR) camera. I do not understand why many self proclaimed amateur photographers have not started to learn how to use an SLR (some still use snapshot cameras).
I know that this is the age of technology, and that the advances in digital cameras and memory are getting better and better every day, but there is just not enough versatility with a snapshot camera. They are okay for the general every day pictures, but they just do not offer the professional results and versatility obtained with an SLR camera.
With all of that in mind, more functions come with the increase in versatility. So, when you do start using a single lens reflex (if you do not already), be sure to become familiar with the owners manual. Learn which function controls the aperture size, the speed of the shutter, the white balance, and the film (ISO) settings.
Note: In older SLR cameras (not digital) ISO is a function of the film and refers to the film’s speed. Only digital SLRs offer ISO function settings.
Use the Viewfinder Properly
Too many photographers shoot much wider then they really want and have to use software to crop the shot down to the scene they want. This just causes more work later, and there may be too many distractions to crop out.
Unlike a point and click camera, the viewfinder of an SLR uses a prism and mirrors that allow you to look directly through the lens. This is why you get what you see in the view finder with an SLR (no more cropping off the top of your uncle’s head like a point and click sometimes does). By taking everything in the viewfinder into account, you may notice distractions that you otherwise would not have.
Don’t you hate it when you think you have captured a really good scene just to find out later that there was something distracting in the background?
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March 15th, 2009 — Product Showcase
Oh how pretty in pink! A girly necklace that makes a great addition to any jewelry collection.
Part of our double sided line of charms, you can choose two different photos to be included on one piece. Or select one of our patterns for the other side and you’ll have a beautiful necklace that can do double duty.
Your photos will be transferred to a handmade clay tile and hand set in a sterling silver bezel. Making a one of a kind piece that is both beautiful and durable.
Comes with your choice of silver chain or leather cord and packaged in our custom box. Perfect for gift giving!
