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Here is an amazing bunch of Photography Essays and Tutorials I found buried within luminous-landscape.com early this morning. I plan to do a LOT of reading! Understanding Aspect Ratios and the Art of Cropping Understanding Soft Proofing Understanding Sensor Issues Understanding Printer Colour Management Understanding Raw Files Understanding Local Contrast Enhancement Understanding Contrast Masking Understanding Digital USM Understanding MTF Charts Understanding Histograms Understanding Digital Sensor Cleaning Understanding Digital Work Flow Understanding Mirror Lock-Up Understanding Medium Format Understanding Depth of Field Understanding Polarizers Understanding Lens Contrast Understanding BOKEH Understanding Bit Depth Understanding Sharpness Understanding Resolution Understanding Camera Movements Understanding Colour Theory Understanding the DSLR Magnification Factor Understanding SLR Viewfinders Understanding Exposure Understanding Digital Blending Understanding ProPhoto RGB Understanding Lens Diffraction Understanding Panoramic Stitching Yikes! Yes, there is a so much here to read, but certainly worth it!

Redbubble needs to sell baseball caps for the photographers. / I need to replace my current hat … and I want the RB log on it. So I have compiled a few Australian hat wholesalers that have products that could supply the hats, even the embroidery/sewing work! [01] a1apparel.com.au/ / Because we work/live in a democracy, here are two more Australian companies who could also provide a quality cap: [02] freshcaps.com.au/ / [03] raveoncaps.com.au/ / Yeah, I am naughty to put this out in the public domain … but I want the opinion of Redbubble members on this issue. Also because most wholesalers sell in minimum amounts of 100 caps, I need 99 more people to stand together as one! / ( We are the world, we are the children... oh oh oh wwwooo ) Come on, it’s worked before: Speak as one to get results. The Jedi would have loved to have this much power.

One way to show off your artwork in a very novel and professional way is to buy a LightScribe capable DVD burner and some LightScribe CDs or DVD blanks Here is an example of what I did with this image For more info and templates about LightScribe check out this link Click Here You can now buy different colour CDs but the image wil still be monochromatic no matter what colour CD you use A traditional CD holds 700 Megs of space A great new novel way to show off your artwork is to get some business card CDs. They can hold over 50 Megs of info be it , 12,000 pages of text, 375 – 640×480 images, 40 minutes of Audio or 6 minutes of 320×240 video. They come with vinyl see thru sleeves. Sizewise they are about 61mm x 85mm rectangular in size. So these make great business cards!! There are also DVD versions of these that can hold 330 Megs of info. Here’s another type that is circular and has the top and bottom cut off! These fit right in your traditional CD or DVD player Google Business Card CDs and DVDs to get more info on where you can get them made or buy the blanks to make yourself. Hope this inspires you to make a Niovel Business card that people will remember and bring you sales! Randy Monteith

I learn a new trick every day: Here’s one I somehow missed seeing the last time I commented on Davoid ’s article entitled : Resolution, Pixels, And DPI ’ First, always save your original photo or artwork as a PNG (Portable Network Graphics) formatted file from the start. Do all your editing, such as color corrections and cropping, on this PNG file till you get the final image you wish to submit. The reason for this is that the PNG type format is a completely lossless format, and will remain the same quality irregardless of the number of times it is being saved. ‘ Wow, who knew that? Some day I am the teacher, other days I am the student. That’s what’s so cool about life: Nobody is perfect.

Here is a link to 2 redbubble videos that i made…. Video Video 2 I just wanted to say THANKS to those in the videos that are from the bubblemania group that allow people to use their photos for advertisement: / / Redbubble Planet-Carlos Teofilo / Liquid Heat- Annamarie / Beyond-Neil Johnson / Vision-Malin Nordlund / Aqua Girl- Laurie McClave / The Head Scarf-Malen / California Sunset-Dennis Knecht / Starboard-Dan Jesperson / La Luna-Loren Loppolo / Falling Leaves- Jazzyjane / YeeeeHaaaaa-Tom Godfrey / Perfect Storm-Matt White / When The Music Fades-Pal Gyomai / Sleeping Beauty-Malen / By Request-Gino Lori / Love Bug-MorganAshley / Plumaria Love 2-MorganAshley / Glory-Sydney Harbor-Philip Johnson / The King-Matt Mawson / Angel’s Breath & Heaven’s Portal- John E. Adams Also Thanks to those who are not in the bubblemania group who allowed me to use thier photos: Fiji sunrise, Moody Sunrise, & Washed Away-Henk Stolk / Floating On Clouds, Trapped in a child’s dream, Shhh…!, One wish of the moon fairy, I want my dad, & The moon tower-Sylvia Hardy / Tower mill, Moon Light, & Somewhere-Linifer / The Rosebud, Angelo, Muse, The Little prince, & Eye Spy-Loren Loppolo / ~The Rag Doll, The Rainy Day, Heaven Can Wait, Make A Wish, Les Tempes Des Serises, The Sea, The Chinese Dress-Malen and Thanks you MorganAshley for helping me edit the video!!! / I LOVE YOU girl!!! Please let me know what you guys think of the video!!!!

Looking for a ‘check list’ or ‘running sheet’ for your next exhibition? Thanks to the power of google.com, and a spare hour on a Saturday afternoon of sporadic rain, I found a few PDF’s that should help you: Events Management Check List ... I really like this one! It’s comprehensive, has tick-boxes, and could easily be modified to suit any type of event. Running, Promoting and Organsing your Event / ... Page 1 to 17 have great information on setting up and ensuring your t’s are crossed and i’s are dotted. Page 18 to 20 are the pages you want to print! Club/Association Management Program / ... This is a most extensive booklet (36 pages) outlining EVERYTHING about exhibition running. Whilst it is aimed at sport clubs, the information is easily transferable to anyone’s exhibition. Page 19 says … / ” It is essential that an event has an evaluation process that is more than simply monitoring the planning and implementation. Evaluation should be carried out through the life of the event as well as at the end. Information recorded from monitoring provides a record and can be kept as a historical record for events that are held regularly. Criteria for success, and methods for measuring those criteria, need to be set when the event is first planned. Measures depend on the important questions to be answered. Questions may have to do with attendances, quality of staff, revenue, public opinion and press coverage. Methods for obtaining the information needed to answer the questions might include statistics for attendance, questionnaires from participants and spectators, and financial records. “ Survival Guide to Event Management / ... Another long-winded yet comprehensive (56 page) PDF that has a lot of useful information. Visit these pages for the details you really want: 9, 16, 24, 27, 32, 36-37. But you MUST read every other page in conjunction to get an overall and complete view of how to run your exhibition properly and successfully! Submission form for Major Events / Activities in Adelaide / ... Maybe your exhibition is SOOOO BIG that you need to fill this in. Event Guidelines / ... This could easily have been ripped off from any one of the suggested PDF’s above, but it still has some interesting information. You’ll want pages 21 to 24.

You’ve probably gone through a few of my articles, but did you know I’ve been writing since the first day of membership upon Redbubble? Feel free to read through my more-interesting and knowledge-filled articles, many that will help you travel the Redbubble path with ease and understanding. If you have any comments, questions, or further information, please comment on the respective article. MY JOURNAL Running Sheet for Exhibitions [26.April.2008] / Linking to Group Rules [ 12.Apr.2008 ] / My Own Private Bubble [ 10.Mar.2008 ] / Which Group Has My Art? [ 16.Feb.2008 ] / Making a Profit Because of Redbubble [ 31.Dec.2007 ] / Redbubble vs That Other Gallery [ 31.Dec.2007 ] / Linking Photographs [ 14.Dec.2007 ] / What Makes You Think Your Art is Good Enough? [ 15.Sep.2007 ] / RedBubble Breeds Winners [ 31.Aug.2007 ] / Idea for RB Administration [ 11.Aug.2007 ] / Advantage of Tagging your Uploads [ 01.Aug.2007 ] / Artist-Linkage and Size-Disclaimer [ 19.Jul.2007 ] / [!] Idea: Change Default to Least Expensive [ 17.Jul.2007 ] / Add This To Your Cart [ 16.Jun.2007 ] / Suggestion to RB Marketing and Code Teams [ 28.May.2007 ] MY WRITING Advantage of Choosing RedBubble / ASCII Characters in your RedBubble Journal / But Wait, There Is SO Much More / Consent for Photography Not Required in Australia / Coding your RedBubble Journal / DPI Determines Resolution, Not Quality / Tip for Answering Comments / DPI – Myth, Mania, or Massive? / DPI – Myth, Mania, or Massive? v.2 / Naming Your Art / Online Purchasing : Safe or Scary? ON FORUMS Tips and Tricks I’m always writing new articles about photography, entrepreneurialism, small-business, web-development, and about other stuff I find on the “WWW” . Expect something new, exciting and enlightening added here soon…