Archive for August, 2009

Aug
07

5 Design Tools For Business Card Printing

August 7th 2009 by admin in Visual Graphic Arts 3 comments

There is one real problem when it comes to online business card printing and that problem is in the design. In most cases, you need to design your own layout before starting the printing process.

This is important especially if you want to print them online. It is only logical for this to happen since you will have no design help at all, unless you help yourself. Do not get troubled though since help can easily be found through five basic design tools in business card printing. Just read on and discover what these tools can do for you.

1. A computer – Of course your best and most important design tool is a computer. Of course, it must not be any kind of computer mind you. It should be a good and fast computer that can crunch up image design tasks in a flash. So make sure you secure the use of a high performance computer for your use in business card design.

2. Layout template – Another important design tool is the layout template. Layout templates for business cards are basically pre-set documents with specific standard business card dimensions and guidelines in them. This helps a designer to quickly create a business card layout since most of the guidelines and dimensions have already been set into the file. So for a quicker and easier time in designing color business cards, make sure you have it.

3. Different font style resources – Typography is also a crucial element in designing color business cards. This means that you will need to have several “font styles” to choose from to see and experiment how your business card text looks like in different styles. That is why you will need to use the Internet to find font style resources such as websites and font databases. You can easily find free fonts on the Internet by using a simple search engine.

Aug
04

Photographing Flowers

August 4th 2009 by admin in Photography 10 comments

Flower photography is one of the most popular forms of photography.You can photograph flowers growing in the wild, flowers that are cultivated in greenhouses and gardens, or photograph cut flowers and arrangements indoors,in a studio setting.

Both film and digital cameras work well for flower photography.

Any lens can be used in flower photography, from the ultra-wide angle lens (17mm),to the super-telephoto lens (300mm or 400mm),but if you are serious about closeup flower photography, buy a macro lens.

Most point-and-shoot digital cameras come with a built-in macro mode.Your digital camera’s macro feature lets you get very close to your subject,and that is important when photographing flowers.

A tripod is essential because it reduces the chance that you’ll get a blurry image.Many tripods, even when fully collapsed, are too high for photographing low growing flowers.That is why you need to get a tripod that allows you to get close to the ground. A special kind of tripod, called a tabletop tripod, is great for photographing small flowers and other objects.

Use a color-saturated type film. A film with an ISO 50 or ISO 100 will give you bright colors. Don’t use film faster than ISO 400 for flower photography.