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• Help for Redbubble members
  by Mel Brackstone

  Karin Taylor, Jo O’Brien, Stuart Chapman, Dave Pearson, Lance Jackson, Ragman, Mark German, Steven Lippis, Simone Byrne and myself hav…

  Karin Taylor, Jo O’Brien, Stuart Chapman, Dave Pearson, Lance Jackson, Ragman, Mark German, Steven Lippis, Simone Byrne and myself have added some very useful tutorials and links for those members who’d like some help in learning a few extra tricks to make their time on the bubble easier. I have this link in my profile, so it’s going to be easy to find. I’ll add to it as I learn of new helpful information. How to enhance your profile Text formatting Links to other helpful pages Where to get help/critique/FAQ Help on how to sell your work How to TAG your work effectively Redbubble hacks with Dave Add category lists How to make smoke photos Digital Infrared info Ragman’s excellent advice on all things arty farty Mark German’s fantastic photographic techniques Steven gives an explanation on how to utilise a flash modifier Simone Byrne’s hints on ND400 filter use My experience with Neutral Density Filters My hints on shooting at the beach Explaning focal lengths for digital Polarisers – a visual experiment

• [INFO] Welcome to Red Bubble :)
  by Craig Shillington

  I am adding this Journal entry for all my friends and contacts that I have invited to Red Bubble from other Photography Sites etc. So man…

  I am adding this Journal entry for all my friends and contacts that I have invited to Red Bubble from other Photography Sites etc. So many of you have already joined and it is really heartwarming to see you all here. I know it can be a little hard to understand how the Bubble works so hopefully I can make it a little easier for you by directing you all to this Journal Entry (JE) to give you some hints and tips on making the most out of Red Bubble :) :) Thank you so much for joining or at least having a look :) :) VBS HomePage and RedBubble Page. First off I would suggest adding these to your contacts. :) By adding these three into your contacts, you will receive information on the Red Bubble community into your Activity monitors. That way you will know right away about importance changes and announcements :) :) Selling you Works Okay, okay. I admit it …. that is what really attracted me to Red Bubble to begin with ;) It’s not so much the sales for me now and you will understand that the longer you stay involved with Red Bubble and the wonderful Community vibe here. But yes, we all want to sell our works and make money. :) :) Red Bubble has many options for selling our works and are introducing new options all the time. Ranging from Cards … all the way up to Fully Framed Prints. These are the dimensions for the files that you will want to have your works to be able to sell in each category: Cards: about 1300 by 900 pixels (1 megapixel) Small wall art print: about 1600×2400 pixels (4 megapixels) Medium wall art print: about 2160×3240 pixels (7 megapixels) Large wall art print: about 2560×3840 pixels (10 megapixels) For t-shirts, please upload PNGs that are 12” x 16” in size, with pixel dimensions of 2400×3200 pixels. You can access a template for t-shirt designs The Forum Red Bubble has a wonderful Forum where we can become so much more involved community wise :) It’s a great place to meet new people and also have deep and meaningful discussions and a wide range of varied topics or simply have fun :) The Forum also includes important updates you may miss and has many FAQ’s etc regarding Red Bubble itself. It might pay to have a look around in there too. To get to the forum, click on the People Tab at the top of the screen … then look down the bottom of the page that opens. Or you can click HERE Personalizing your Profile Some of us like to Personalize our Profile pages … or even just add quirky parts of ourselves to our pages and posts. Red Bubble does not use HTML, it uses a basic form of a code called Textile. It’s a fairly simple code to follow, so if you wanna know how to make a link, add a small picture and similarly personalize yourself here, I have written a few [HOW TO] ’s, hopefully explaining in simple terms how to do certain things using the code that Red Bubble uses. RSS If you are familiar with RSS, Red Bubble offers feeds on the Forum and also on every bodies Portfolio and Journal Pages. Keep an eye on the HomePage for any updates to this in the future. Simple Text Formatting As we are typing we can make our words Bold etc. by formatting the text we are using, here are some of the more basic ones you might want to use from time to time. I need to put spaces here so you can see the code, so when you use these, type them out without any spaces at all for them to work :) :) type * BOLD * – To make text BOLD / type _ ITALIC _ – To make text ITALIC / type ^ SMALL UP ^ – To make text SMALL UP / type ~ SMALL DOWN ~ – To make text SMALL DOWN / type + UNDERLINED + – To make text UNDERLINED / type – CANCELLED – - To make text CANCELLED type * * * with no spaces and a blank line before and after makes a horizontal line So I can make text bold italic small and small , underlined and oops, I didn’t really mean that ;) To make text clickable to a link, wrap the text in quote marks {“} add a colon {:} and then the link (with no spaces): ” text ” : http://www.linkhere.com If you can think of something handy for someone new that should be included here, please let me know and I will add it in :) :) Enjoy and have fun :) :) View all my INFO’s

• Mark German's fantastic photographic techniques
  by Mel Brackstone

  Mark has offered some outstanding and informative journals on photographic techniques and data …

  Mark has offered some outstanding and informative journals on photographic techniques and data care. These offer an insight into the kinds of things that you can learn by doing, over and over and over…..so having Mark put them all here for you to take in is an absolute boon! I can’t emphasise enough the need to get OUT there to practice, the ones listed here, and every other technique you’ve picked up over time. You will never take good photos if you don’t pick up that camera and use it, and use it regularly. So anyway, enough of the rant…..here are some of Mark’s words of wisdom: Candid Street Photography Casual Portraits Exposure for beginners/intermediate photographers And one that just needs to be said Your Data, Computers, and not so common sense

• Redbubble tips and tricks
  by Mel Brackstone

  I’ve updated the tips and tricks list! Don’t forget to check back regularly, this...

  I’ve updated the tips and tricks list! Don’t forget to check back regularly, this is available from the front page of my profile, so it’s easy to find /

• Making an image show up in a journal entry or forum post
  by Matt Dawdy

  Go to an image that you want to display in a journal post and right-click on it, then select “Copy image location”- !http://images-2.r…

  Go to an image that you want to display in a journal post and right-click on it, then select “Copy image location”- Now go and open a journal entry (or forum post or whatever) and paste the link in there. It will look something like this: Now, just add an exclamation mark before and after the image and you are done adding an image. Now you can add text and other images and save the work and your image will show up. For Internet Explorer users: 1. Right-click on the image and go to properties. Then: 2. highlight and copy all of that text and then paste it into your journal entry or forum post. 3. Add the exclamation mark before and after the link as shown above. 4. Add other text and images and you should be able to save and see your pictures! —-—-—-—-—-——- Trying to do this using Safari: Here is an image I loaded. I right-clicked and chose “Copy Image Address”. Let’s see if this works:

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  Fa - Q!
  by BluAlien

  US$27.93

  :)

• The video montage process
  by MuscularTeeth

  Somone asked how i make the vids, i explained it to them and they said i should tell everyone. OK the process is thus; you get your…

  Somone asked how i make the vids, i explained it to them and they said i should tell everyone. OK the process is thus; you get your photos approved by me. / I go to your photos webpage and take a screenshot. / i paste it and crop it in paintshop. / i then save the name as your title and name. (eel by muscularteeth for example) / i then get into my video editing software and locate the file / i add that file to the video stream, and then edit the picture- to move, or have the tv effect, or invert it or whatever… / i also select where the picture will be; centered, to the left etc… when you see the film jig around really fast, thats me going down to each milisecond and moving the picture to a differnt spot on the screen. / then i add a title with your name and the title of the photo. / then i go back to the redbubble site, grab another photo. / and the process continues. oh the music is mine too but i wont go into how i make that – thats an entirely different process.

• TUTORIAL: FAQs for Group Challenges
  by Patricia Montgomery

  I know I entered a challenge the other day, but which group was it? / I think there is a challenge opening soon but when was the date?...

  I know I entered a challenge the other day, but which group was it? / I think there is a challenge opening soon but when was the date? / I think a challenge is ending soon, but when? / Are there any new challenges being launched in any of my groups? If you have ever asked yourself these questions, then there is a simple way to get these questions answered on one Redbubble page. And the good news is that it is simple to find this page! Click on My Bubble (top menu line) Click on Filter Feed Activity (2nd link in the right hand column) Scroll down to the links under the heading ”My groups” Click on the link Challenge Events Right before your eyes are the answers to all those challenge questions! But wait, you still have one more question? Is there a way to know how many votes my entry has gotten so far? Yes, there is! Click on My Bubble (top menu line) In the right column, you will see large heading ”My Groups” Click and drag the slide bar on the right to view all your groups. If you have an entry in a current challenge, you can see how many votes you have gotten so far. The little gray circle to the left of your thumbnail entry tells you how much time is left in the challenge. / / If you see only a small part of a gray circle, then the challenge has just opened. A half circle means the challenge is half over. An almost a full circle means the challenge is about to end. If there is no gray circle, it means that the challenge has either ended OR has not opened for votes yet. Happy Bubbling! / Patricia / Click here to see ALL TUTORIALS by Patricia A few other tutorials by Patricia: Bubblesite or Personal Image Gallery / Add Buttons To Your Profile Page / Adding Examples (Card, Laminated, Matted, etc) To Your Profile / How to make a calendar Journal Published on May 31, 2009

• TIP: Getting more views for your older work
  by Alan Rodmell

  I’ve noticed that some of my pieces get overlooked when I post them. Some of them just don’t seem to be viewed as much as the rest of my …

  I’ve noticed that some of my pieces get overlooked when I post them. Some of them just don’t seem to be viewed as much as the rest of my work. For whatever reason I would like to re-present my work so to speak. On your portfolio page beside each piece of work are little buttons. They are “To very top” “Up” “Down”and “To the very bottom” Use these….look at your work and any shots that seem to have not been noticed – click to very top. This makes it appear on a search for your name. It works too…I’m getting more views on old work. Have a go.

• The foolproof way of getting people to view your images is ...
  by lightsmith

  a complete mystery to me :)

  a complete mystery to me :)

• Q & A with Jaeda . . .
  by Jaeda DeWalt

  *01. Do you consider yourself more of a photographer or digi…

  01. Do you consider yourself more of a photographer or digital artist? / Both . . .I consider myself a photographic/digital artist and Neographer. I started out doing traditional photography and then my father gave me a digital camera and introduced me to the wonders of Adobe Photoshop. I then fused digital and traditional together. Eventually the digital camera and darkroom came to be my preferred way to create images. . I don’t use 2 or 3-d rendering programs, vector graphics or a graphics tablet – just a standard mouse. My techniques are more about using, images i photograph with a digital camera and layering and/or modifying them. There is a lot of refining, alternating, blending and manipulating involved in many of my more surreal and conceptual artography. 02. Most of your work revolves around self-portraits. Why is that? / I originally did self-portraits because of the content of my book, “Haunting Hands”. I felt it necessary and appropriate. After that, it became a matter of convenience as I was always available for a shoot and there were no limits or boundaries when using myself as a model. Everything I wished to express felt personal and intimate. I wasn’t sure how I would use someone else to express my vision. As time went on, I developed a desire to fold others into my photography. However, I discovered that I still needed to be the main focus of my images. Or I would inevitably pick a model who photographed like another version of me. I also cherish my privacy and solitude. It is difficult for me to open up my little universe and invite someone else into my creative process without it feeling intrusive or overwhelming. Even though photographing other people has always proved to be a richly rewarding experience for me. The struggle has always been getting to the point where I commit to doing a shoot with someone, as part of me always wants to back out and cancel. Most of the models I have photographed have been friends, the shoots unplanned and spontaneous. The other models were people persistent about working with me. They nudged me enough to make the shoot happen. 03. Much of your work tends to be very stark or surreal. Why do you think this appeals to you? / I feel like a wanderer between worlds most of the time. One foot barely in reality and the other foot placed firmly in the land of dreams and nightmares. I think the starker more surreal aspects of my work appeal to me because these images mirror the way I experience my world. It is kind of stark, isolated, dreamlike and marked with intense highs and lows. The images feel like the ethereal world, in which I, choose to live. 04. When you start an image, do you have an end-result in mind, or does it evolve as you work? / There are times that I have an end result in mind. My ideas are planned out, well-crafted and defined. Other times the idea pops into my head and I will do a spontaneous photo-shoot and see what develops. Either way, the end result never matches my original imagery or vision, but it makes for a wonderful starting point. 05. How do you know when something is done? / When in the processing stage of an image it is a feeling I am chasing after. When I look at an image and it “feels right” I know I am done. 06. Where do your ideas come from? Do you ever suffer from a creative block? What do you do to keep yourself creatively charged? / Inspiration comes from tapping into a source greater than myself . . . the universal thread . . . the collective consciousness . . . Spirit . . . God . . . LOVE – whatever you prefer to identify it as. It is the of opening/expanding . . . receiving of creative energy, surrendering to it, embracing it, channeling it, processing, expressing and outputting it through my unique personality and soul imprint. I never suffer from a creative block because images, creative connections, words, and poems are spinning in my fast, hyper-active mind, 24/7. I do suffer from periods of depression, angst or high anxiety, at these times I lose my drive to create and will experience a block of inactivity. I don’t do anything to keep myself creatively charged but I have observed that when I allow other people into my world, it becomes more high-stimulus and I, in-turn, more productive. 07. Many of your images appear within the context of a series,what is it about the series that appeals to you? / I find that doing my individual images in the context of a series allows for a broader emotional canvas. I can let an idea, thought or feelings evolve, progress and move through me and in turn my images. I like the sense of completion I receive when taking a series from conception to birth. 08. Are you trying to convey a specific emotion with your work? / Most of the time i am just chasing after an image in my head and it is only in hindsight that i reflect upon the meaning/emotion. Recently, i have become more interested in making a conscious choice in choosing what message i wish to convey and what kind of feelings i want to bring to the surface. I have recently become more purpose orientated with my work. I want my images to do more than entertain the imagination. I am now at a place in my life where i desire to create art for purposes of inspiration, healing and connection. 09. What do you find the most rewarding about what you do? / I find sharing and connection to be the most rewarding aspects of what I do. My art is my link to the outside world. Sharing it feels like an intimate experience for me. I like the idea that something I created from a personal place can be a vehicle for allowing pain, joy, sensuality and creativity to surface and be experienced by others. I also like how sharing my work puts me in touch with other artists. It gives me a chance to experience new perspectives and different types of creative energy. 10. What is the role of the erotica in your work? / When it comes to erotica, I put the emphasis on sensuality. I like to take the sensuality to the edge of what would be considered erotic but not quite go over that edge, perhaps just blur the line a bit. I like pushing boundaries without quite crossing them. I feel that the most erotic feeling to be experienced is that of anticipation. For me the image of two people just about to kiss, lips so close but not quite touching, faces tilted, eyes closed – is more tantalizing than an image of two people already engaged in a kiss. The suggestion of . . . is very stirring for me as opposed to portraying/photographing some act that is sexually explicit. 11. I’m curious about your technique, can you tell me about your process for creating an image? / In the way of studio photography my technique for creating an image is a lack thereof. I do a lot of experimenting. I’m not one to document, craft or develop various techniques, it feels too tedious. How I create an image depends on my mood and materials at hand. When I first started out, I was using house lamps positioned very close to me – it was all I had at the time and I was using my sheets, comforters and table cloths for backdrops. Then I acquired one halogen lamp, purchased some backdrop materials from a fabric store and began experimenting with B/W 400 CN film. Eventually I got some halogen work lights, constructed a simple home studio and mostly shot with a digital camera. I like to keep things as simple as possible it makes the creative process feel more enjoyable for me if I am not tied up in technical aspects. I find those things tend to work themselves out. And in the way of the digital dark room . . . i do, do a lot of finishing work in Adobe Photoshop. 12. What would you identify as some of the key milestones in your evolution as an artist? / The influences of others have manifested as key milestones in my evolution as an artist, including; models I’ve worked with, along with friends, love relationships and fellow creatives. Each person offered me new ways to approach my photography. They provided me with a link me to the outside world and gave me different ways to look at and live my life. Another milestone was almost four years ago when I took time off from relationships’ and went into seclusion for several years. During that time I started taking good care of myself emotionally, spiritually and mentally. I opted for a natural, holistic approach to my overall health. I became a vegetarian, then a vegan and embraced the benefits of yoga and meditation practices. I gradually worked through my destructive behaviors and the reasons behind them. This changed the creative process for me. I let go of the belief that I needed to create from a place of dysfunction, darkness and despair. 13. How did you become a photographer? / Quite by accident . . . . in my early twenties I had dreams of being a writer, perhaps a great novelist dreamy sigh. Around that time I started putting together the book, “Haunting Hands”. Initially intended to be a collection of poems I had written about surviving incest. I decided it would feel more personal if I created the cover for the book myself. I purchased a camera and turned my living room into a makeshift studio. I did a series of self-portraits and then another and another. The process of creating and putting myself in front of the camera was cathartic, liberating and healing. The photographic medium opened up a whole new world for me and ignited a kind of passion within that I didn’t even know I was capable of experiencing. My book transformed into a photographic essay and that started me down the path to becoming a photographic artist. 14. I see that you have a book out now. Can you tell me a little bit about it? / Yes, I am very excited about it! J A E D A – shades of the soul was published in December 2008. Through my poetry and artography i bare my body and unravel my soul. It is comprised entirely of my self-portraits and in it, i share my spirituality, sexuality, pain and triumphs. 15. From your web-site, it is clear that you are a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. How has this influenced your work? / What does it feel like for this to be public knowledge? My earlier work greatly consisted of survivor-related photography. It is a recurring theme for me. Yet as I progress, heal and evolve my work has started to reflect other aspects and themes. Having it public knowledge has been an empowering experience. It took away the negative power incest used to have over me. Negative power such as keeping secrets, keeping silent, unsuccessfully trying to repress and bury my feelings. I no longer felt isolated or alone in my experience. I was able to let go of the shame. It gave me a chance to turn my pain into something productive instead of destructive. 16. So, would you say that, to some degree, your work is therapeutic? / Yes, my work provides me with a safe way/place to express and store my pain. The process of creating is cathartic in and of itself. Once my feelings and experiences are expressed through images or words . . . I feel this tremendous sense of relief as i release my feelings out into our loving universe. Then our universe is able to shoulder some of my pain, which in turn, helps pave the path to healing. 17. Do you see a relationship between emotional pain and your creativity? What about love, when you are in love how does that impact your work? / Yes, for the most part, pain has been the prod when it comes to my creativity. In my earlier works I created from a place of destruction and dysfunction. It has only been within the last couple of years that I have been able to create from a place of peace, balance and awareness. When I am in love, my creativity goes into overdrive, most noticeably when in the initial stages of infatuation. I am in a blissfully altered state, feeling euphoric as my emotions and senses heighten – combined with a pace that is frenetic. 18. Can you tell me a bit about your book, “Haunting Hands”? / I published a small run of, “Haunting Hands” back in 1996. I was in my mid-twenties and at that time, i felt a desperate need to process what happened to me in some tangible form, such as poetry. Then came the need to get this story to others and raise awareness to childhood sexual abuse/incest, from an adult survivor perspective. I also wanted to feel connection to other survivors. The book is visceral, raw and dark. It mostly expresses what it felt like to be victimized and to try and live day in and out with the pain attached to being victimized and the destructive ways in which I tried to numb or manage that pain – as an adult. I created more survivors related photographic art and poetry after publishing that book. In hindsight, the book feels incomplete to me. 19. What would you like to say to your viewers and readers of your artwork? / I would like to let my viewers know that i feel blessed to serve them with my passion. And I hope my art serves them emotionally, spiritually and mentally. I want to reach into their hearts, invite deep emotions to surface and inspire them. My art is about being one of the connecting factors in the universal thread we share. / Purpose + Passion = BLISS :) 20. How do you like living in Seattle, Washington? / I love living in Seattle, it is the perfect city for me. I love the melancholy lullaby of the rain and the overcast skies.

• Aaaaaaaaaaaacccccccccck!! what ABOUT dpi???
  by robpixaday

  I’ve got the dimensions OK, because the information was in the help area here. / But what about the resolution? I didn’t know there were s…

  I’ve got the dimensions OK, because the information was in the help area here. / But what about the resolution? I didn’t know there were so many choices….is 72 enough? what the heck is 300 for? It makes the images TINY on my screen…..whimpers.....I don’t want to have something turn out bad in printing if someone DOES order it…....maybe I’ll try the FAQs again….......

• Do you TAG? - Getting your work Out there!
  by Alan Rodmell

  I’ve noticed several times while browsing RB that not everyone utilises the TAG’s very well. When I joined RB I distinctly remember be…

  I’ve noticed several times while browsing RB that not everyone utilises the TAG’s very well. When I joined RB I distinctly remember being told to TAG my work effectively in order for it to be visible in searches. I did not TAG as well as I should have and as a result for a few weeks my work was only viewed by those that had stumbled upon it. Of course I browsed around other peoples portfolios and commented frequently on their work. This of course gets you a little interest as I’m sure there is a whole “you look at mine and I will look at yours” thing going on here on RB. But it doesn’t get your work the exposure it should do. Ask yourself – don’t you want everyone possible to be looking at your work? Then TAG people. TAG everything. Colours, shapes, objects, moods, style, locations, artist focal lengths, genre etc – the more you tag the more “searchable” your work is. After correcting all my tags I found a dramatic increase in the number of views my work received. Its worth it believe me. Mel Brackstone wrote a Tag your Work blog a while back. Take a look and while you do take a browse f her work – notice the TAG’s. See – even the Pros do it.

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  Brighton SM5 Skylark
  by Dominic Kamp

  US$6.62–US$151.24

  An old fisherboat I shot on my trip through Brighton. It’s quite nice there in late summer!

• FAQ's
  by BreakagesINC

  New Design Now In Stock 5 New Designs Coming Soon Keep Watching; / Broken Hour Band Design Ready Uploading Monda…

  New Design Now In Stock 5 New Designs Coming Soon Keep Watching; / Broken Hour Band Design Ready Uploading Monday sometime

• Voice Blast Dialer information and FAQ by TeleTree.com -
  by teletree

  Web-based autodialer by Tele Tree, Inc. / More powerful than the most expensive auto dialer.

  Free information on: voice broadcasting, voice broadcast, voice mail broadcasting, telemarketing services, telemarketing service, telemarketing, telemarketing campaign, call center, voice blast, voiceblast, auto dialer, sending voice messages, predictive dialer, fax broadcast, market research, polling, survey, questionnaire