Saturday, March 20, 2010

Basic photography techniques for newbies @prodigalconcepts.com

a photo-walk in the park

If you have always been wondering how to approach photography that's good enough to be posted online, but you're not confident that you will get some positive comments or feedback even from your family and friends then this is a good time to start to learn about the basics. Ground level skills of a soon to be photography enthusiast and maybe well get you started on the right track of becoming a professional photographer. The possibilities are endless... continue reading

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Awesome Wedding Photography Compilation




Wedding photographs are almost always set in a romantic mood, always fun, sometimes mushy and borderline boring, but sometimes we get real lucky and stumble upon exceptionally interesting ones that literally jumps out of the box and get's in your face. Like these wedding and prenup photos I compiled for you continue reading

Monday, March 01, 2010

American Choppers Got Cancelled




I've been an avid fan of the Discovery Channel reality show about building chopper bikes called "American Choppers". As a fan I even featured their builds as inspirational in my design blog www.prodigalconcepts.com. I do get into an inspired mood while watching the show, and although I feel that season 5 and 6 jumped the shark I kept watching until their last episode for the Kobalt Bike Build. It's sad to see them go but it was almost painful watching them during their last 2 seasons so I guess it's a good thing.

I wrote a post titled American Choppers (O.C.C.) because I would like to share my fancy that these guys are creative with shaping metal and customization. I'm not a mechanic, I'm a web designer, but I was able to absorb from their work the importance of customizing a site according to the clients personality and how the designer is totally responsible for the entire look. So as a designer we sometimes must know when to say "NO" to what a client wants, especially if that would have a negative effect on the overall design which in the end will have more effect on your credibility and how future employers weighs our skills before they start hiring us for a project. As a designer we should know how to steer the clients identity into the direction that would benefit both parties.