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Weekly Logo Design Inspiration # 30

noreply@blogger.com (photo4beauty) — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:33:00 +0000

A logo design is understood to be the foremost economical promotional tools and is used by several firms. It also, could be a valuable business strategy and with a brand any company or whole is able to do recognition within the market. Except being the visual illustration of your product or company, a brand is additionally trademark of your values, aims and achievements and it determines your believability within the market.

The Benefits of a Bathroom Vanity Unit for Ladies

noreply@blogger.com (photo4beauty) — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:32:00 +0000

Ladies, have you ever considered a vanity unit for your bathroom? If the answer is no, well here are a few reasons why you probably should. There are many benefits to adding this feature to your home and it isn’t just they look fabulous!

Space saving organisation

Obviously bathrooms are wet and the last thing you want or need is your expensive make-up getting soggy. You could just buy a cupboard or rack but that means taking up unnecessary space which is exactly what you don’t want – particularly if you have a small bathroom. A vanity unit utilises your space efficiently by including a wash basin and storage area together. This means that space under the sink isn’t wasted.

It’s a great way to keep your bathroom tidy, keep items safe and generally make life a little bit easier through providing you a place to keep and organise your personal things. With so much storage space, you can simply just slot it away in the bathroom, out of sight, giving you more living space throughout your home.

Stylish

Vanity units are beautifully designed and compact and there are many styles and designs available to choose from. From vintage chic to simple modern sophistication, there will be a unit to suit your interior and ultimately add a little more luxury to your home. Specifically designed for bathroom wear and tear you can be assured that the vanity unit is designed to last.

Hide away

If you’re a mother you’ll know that if you leave something out, whether it’s shampoo or even toothpaste, your children will somehow turn it into a toy. With a vanity unit, many designs include loads of little draws, cupboards and cubby holes where you can hide your precious items away. So if you don’t want to see your facemask and shaving foam sprawled across the wall, hide it away in your vanity unit.

There are some items you simply do not want on display, so when guests come over for a meal or to stay for a few days, you can hide these away in your handy unit. It’s also brilliant if you want to pretend you’re tidy; just shove your clutter into your vanity unit and no one need ever know that you’re messy!

Safe & Sound

As well as the luxury items that you want to hide away from the kids, a vanity unit can be an excellent place for a medicine cabinet. It keep your drugs hidden away whilst also being organised, so if you have an irritating headache (or hangover) you can simply find what you are looking for with ease.

With all these brilliant benefits it’s hard to see why you wouldn’t want a vanity unit. As it is a magnificent organising tool you can say goodbye to cluttered sides and say hello to more space and supreme style.

If you’re looking for Vanity Units online there are many affordable styles and sizes available to fit with whatever bathroom interior design and theme that you desire.

Sitting Pretty

noreply@blogger.com (photo4beauty) — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:22:00 +0000

Inspired by Diane Varner’s Daily Walks blog and the incredible art she shares with us every day. Here’s to a happy, healthy and creative 2011!

Sitting Pretty – Brazos Bend State Park, Texas
Copyright 2011 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shot taken with a Canon EOS 7D set on aperture (Av) priority using an EF 400mm f/4 DO IS USM + EF 1.4x Extender mono-pod mounted. The exposure was taken at 560mm, f/10 for 1/50th of a second at ISO 100. Post capture processing was done in Adobe's Lightroom 3 and Photoshop CS5 with Nik Software’s Color Efex Pro plug-in filter.

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Filed under: Photography Tagged: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, Bird Photography, Brazos Bend State Park, Canon, Canon 7D, Canon EF 1.4x Extender, Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS USM, Nature Photography, Nik Software Color Efex Pro, Photography, Wildlife Photography

Quiet Pair

noreply@blogger.com (photo4beauty) — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:22:00 +0000

The weather has begun to change here in southeast Texas. Our summer and fall drought seems to be ending and the winter rains have begun again. I enjoy our warm and mild winters more and more these days as my tired, old back continues to remind me that I’m not a young man anymore.

The bitter cold of the long winters spent in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula are something that my mind can no longer comprehend. Jumping into the frigid Atlantic for a photograph (any photograph) like my friend Mark does each new year chills me to the bone, just thinking about it.

Me, I’d rather wander around Brazos Bend State Park in search of a quiet pair like this on a sunny, winter evening here in Texas.

A Quiet Pair – Brazos Bend State Park, Texas
Copyright 2011 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shot taken with a Canon EOS 7D set on aperture (Av) priority using an EF 400mm f/4 DO IS USM + EF 1.4x Extender mono-pod mounted. The exposure was taken at 560mm, f/7.1 for 1/160th of a second at ISO 200. Post capture processing was done in Adobe's Lightroom 3.

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Filed under: Photography Tagged: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, Bird Photography, Brazos Bend State Park, Canon, Canon 7D, Nature Photography, Photography, Wildlife Photography

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noreply@blogger.com (photo4beauty) — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:31:00 +0000

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noreply@blogger.com (photo4beauty) — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:31:00 +0000

Comic Book Illustrations by Mike DeBalfo

noreply@blogger.com (photo4beauty) — Sun, 19 May 2013 15:21:00 +0000

Mike DeBalfo is an artist and comic book illustrator based in Arizona USA. Graduated from the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, he works on comic covers for Zenescope & Aspen Comics.

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Landscape Photography by Bart van Damme

noreply@blogger.com (photo4beauty) — Sun, 19 May 2013 15:21:00 +0000

Amazing landscapes by Bart van Damme, professional artist, art-director, and talented photographer based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. via Photography Blogs.

Photography by Martin Fowlie

noreply@blogger.com (photo4beauty) — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:25:00 +0000

Beautiful black and white photographs by Martin Fowlie, talented photographer from Hull who currently based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. via Black and White Photography.

Michael Jackson Caricature

noreply@blogger.com (photo4beauty) — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:25:00 +0000

Watch: Sebastian Valbuena at work

Workshop Preparation Post #6: Shoot What You Love

noreply@blogger.com (photo4beauty) — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:24:00 +0000

The Spring 2013 Texas Landscape Safari is less than a week away and I know the folks that plan to attend are anxious to get out with their cameras after a long and cold winter. So for the next few days I’ll be posting tips to help folks get the most out of their workshop experience.

The first rule of photography that I was taught thirty five years ago was to “shoot what you love”. There is no better piece of advice I can give to an enthusiastic amateur than that. When you truly “love” the subject that you’re photographing, that “feeling” is reflected in the images you capture. Monet painted many different scenes during his career but none stand out nearly as much as those of his beloved garden’s water lilies.

Folks attending photographic workshops are often searching to discover what subjects they connect with the best. For some it’s big game wildlife in Africa, while for others it’s the unique water fowl found in southern Florida. For many younger landscape enthusiasts it’s the majesty of Yosemite or Yellowstone while for others (like myself) it’s the simple, rugged beauty found in the rural areas of Texas.

The key to getting the most out of any workshop (or your own photography in general) is to discover what you love to shoot and make it your goal to learn how to shoot that subject as creatively as possible. Don’t worry about what others in the group are concentrating on. Take a good look around you at each stop and see what catches your eye. If it’s water, shoot the water. If it’s wildflowers, shoot the flowers. If it’s rocks and trees, then explore the rocks and trees with your camera. Approach each new location during the workshop with an open mind, a curious demeanor and a courageous attitude and I promise you’ll soon learn what you “love” to shoot just as I have.

And remember to enjoy yourself out there. We’re all here to learn and have some fun exploring the Texas panhandle together. Learn to shoot what you love and to love what you shoot and I promise you’ll walk away with some great images and some wonderful new friends. But don’t take my word for it; just ask Angel, Darrell or Ralph when you meet them in Canyon, Texas in a few days.

Caprock Canyon in Summer – Quitaque, Texas
Copyright 2010 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shot taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II set on aperture (Av) priority using an EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens tripod mounted. The exposure was taken at 40mm, f/16 for 1/40th of a second at ISO 100 using a Singh-Ray warming polarizer and two-stop, soft graduated neutral density filter. Post capture processing was done entirely in Adobe’s Lightroom 3.

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Filed under: Photography Tagged: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, Canon, Canon 5D Mark II, Caprock Canyons State Park, Landscape Photography, Nature Photography, Palo Duro Canyon, Photography, Texas High Plains, Texas Landscape Safari, Texas Landscapes

Camera Support Systems

noreply@blogger.com (photo4beauty) — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:24:00 +0000

If you’ve read my previous posts about tripods, then you understand that high quality tripods are sold “bare”, without anything to attach them to your camera. This is where the ballhead and quick-release clamp come in. Good quality ballheads are designed to support heavy loads, move smoothly but lock solidly. Ballheads are easier to use and much more stable than the old fashioned "pan & tilt" tripod heads. Aiming and leveling can be accomplished as one motion, and solid lockup is accomplished with a tightening of only one control. The best designed ballheads also offer variable tension that makes them easy to control. Tripods with ballheads are much easier to pack and carry than pan & tilt heads since they have no long handles to get in the way.

But the ballhead is only half the story. The other half is the clamp system which is used to attach your camera to the ballhead. Mounting your camera using the standard ” 20 screw is far too slow and insecure. Instead, many manufacturers adopted the “Arca-Swiss” standard which uses an open-ended dovetail channel with compressing side jaws that grip the mounting plate or bracket attached to the camera. This unique setup provides a quick and easy clamping system that is very solid and secure.

When used in conjunction with an L-Plate designed for your specific camera the quick-release clamp system allows the landscape photographer to quickly switch between shooting horizontally and vertically as shown in the images below.

Really Right Stuff
In my opinion the best designed and highest quality ballheads, clamps and camera plates are made by Really Right Stuff, a great little company in California owned and operated by Joe Johnson. The folks at RRS are incredible to work with and their attention to detail in the design and manufacturing of camera support systems is second to none. That’s why you’ll see nine out of ten professionals using RRS gear including guys like Joe McNally, Moose Peterson and Scott Kelby.

The advice I give to any serious amateur is to buy the best tripod and ballhead you can possibly afford and buy them only once. Really Right Stuff (gotta love that name) gear is expensive folks but worth every single penny. The workmanship is something I’ve only seen in medical devices before and the various parts fit together perfectly, time after time.

I’ve put an RRS L-Plate on every camera I currently shoot with from my 5D mark III to my G10 and can lock them into my BH-40 LR / Gitzo Traveller in just seconds to capture that perfect light at the end of the day. I honestly can’t imagine using any other brand than Really Right Stuff.

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Filed under: Photography Tagged: Camera Support Systems, Canon, Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon Powershot G10, L-Brackets, L-Plates, Landscape Photography, Nature Photography, Photography, Really Right Stuff, Tripods

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noreply@blogger.com (photo4beauty) — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:31:00 +0000

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noreply@blogger.com (photo4beauty) — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:31:00 +0000

Majestic Photos of Elephants

noreply@blogger.com (photo4beauty) — Sun, 12 May 2013 15:49:00 +0000

Today Incredible Snaps has presented one of its Excellent Creation in the field of Wildlife Photography. Wildlife photography is one of the most risky jobs available today. Wild animals are really dangerous. Though the Photographers are interested in this job. Elephants are large mammals of family Elephantidae. They prefer to stay near water. Traditionally, two species are recognized, the African and the [...]

Amazing Liquid art Photography by Markus Reugels

noreply@blogger.com (photo4beauty) — Sun, 12 May 2013 15:48:00 +0000

Colorful!!!Here is a collection of Amazing Liquid art Photography by Markus Reugels. He was born in Schweinfurt in 1978 and He is living in Marktsteinach. He thinks that little things in life represents a lot. It will have a lot of fun. So he created these awesome photographs. This is really the Fascinating and Specialized [...]

Abstract pictures of Josh Adamski

noreply@blogger.com (photo4beauty) — Sat, 11 May 2013 16:05:00 +0000

Josh Adamski was born in 1948 year in Great Britain, where he spent most of his life and lived. He was born and lived most of his life in Great Britain, but is currently based in Israel. Much work of Adamski is focused around water, because he lives near the beach and draws inspiration from the theme of the sea. In his work important abstraction.

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Portago Urban Hotel in Granada

noreply@blogger.com (photo4beauty) — Sat, 11 May 2013 16:04:00 +0000

Suggest you look into the hotel Portago Urban, Granada, Spain . This hotel is located on the square 1000 square. m. and is replete with huge number of spectacular and varied details in the Interior. Designed by specialists from the hotel ILMIODESIGN.

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French Garden Getaway For Teenagers

noreply@blogger.com (photo4beauty) — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:37:00 +0000