Monthly Archives: June 2010

Email Newlsetter Systems

Looking into a replacement for iContact – who do not like the (legally-acquired) email lists I am using. Someone suggested Campaign Monitor out of Australia. I’m checking out!

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#10. Never Go Full Retard. Go Easy on the Photoshop.

That jarring headline is a quote from “Tropic Thunder”, where Robert Downey Jr.’s character advises Ben Stiller’s character to pull it back, never go all the way. Tropic Thunder : Film Clip – Nobody Goes Full Retard – watch more funny videos Throttle back your Photoshop effects. Or better, use none at all. Photoshop actions...

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#9. Move Around.

Move Around. Crouch and look up. Stand on a ladder & look down. Put your subjects above you. Put them below you. Get real close. Provide your viewers a look, an angle, different than the one they see in everyday life. Look around at a wedding. 99% of the people with cameras are either standing...

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#8. Shoot Into the Sun.

If you don’t have off-camera strobes or don’t know how to use them [see #4], turn your subjects’ backs to the sun, shoot in manual mode and expose for your subjects’ faces. Your photos will immediately be better than any point-and-shoot civilian who tries this. Their photos will be dark and underexposed. Yours will be...

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#7. Say “Thank you”.

I’m shocked to learn how seldom people say “Thank you.” I recently moved my family to Las Vegas from out of state. Many people made time to meet with me as I was scouting Vegas, and I tried to send thank you notes, and often little gifts, to all of them. Once I moved here,...

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