Education is an amazing thing to have in life. It can open a lot of windows of opportunity and can lead you to new horizons of experience. Art is an amazing thing to have in life. It can open your eyes to new perspectives and can show you new things about yourself that you never would have imagined. The combination of these two things through online photography courses can truly enhance your life in some really beautiful ways. You will have a new skill, will have more opportunities presented to you, will see the world in a new and more appealing way, and will have the ability to take a hobby and turn it into something more serious.
You Will Have a New Skill
The more skills that you have, the happier you will be. A person who can handle anything because of their knowledge and skills is someone that can overcome many obstacles in life. Taking advantage of online photography courses is a great way to gain a new skill while still having the freedom to do so from wherever you have a chance.
Opportunities Will Open Up to You
When you can learn the complexities of photography, graphic design, photo alteration, and other such important skills, you will be qualifying yourself for some pretty good promotions and advancements. The business world will see you as a more well-rounded investment, and your family will be able to benefit from your newfound ability to capture a perfect moment. Between your new job opportunities and the family bonding that will result from this, you will be getting some really amazing opportunities to improve your life from all angles.
You Will Have a New Perspective on the World
Sometimes what you really need in life is simply a new way to look at the world. Putting yourself in a classroom setting and looking through a camera lens are two ways to accomplish this. While your schedule may not allow for an actual campus experience, the opportunity to utilize the Internet to gain the skills you need to build a new perspective can do some amazing things for you in your life. As you learn to see the world through new eyes, you will also be gaining helpful feedback and important certification.
Turn a Hobby into Something Serious
As you learn more about what your camera is capable of and how to use the different software programs out there, your skills will be sharpened and shaped in all the right ways. With a natural ability tempered by education and critique, you can end up taking your hobby and making it a serious moneymaker for you and your home. These are just a few of the many ways that these kinds of classes can shape your life into something new and amazing.
Selasa, 31 Oktober 2017
Rabu, 18 Oktober 2017
How Crafts and Hobbies Can Earn You Money
Crafts and hobbies are good options for passing the time for most enthusiasts. Crafts can be cultured into creative pursuits in different material projects while hobbies can be activities that can make anyone more experts in their respective object of hobby. In every angle, only being one of the best in both craft or hobby can ensure that the products or pursuits are only the best quality.
In this line, most crafters and hobbyists are prone to be proud and display what they have created, collected, achieved or even reached. But being showy with one's work can not only mean an acknowledgement of one's skills, it also can mean that having to showcase your products can become a marketing tool for you to start earning money.
Crafts has been an undying passion for some and only more and more variety has become popular. Needle works become awesome tapestries and can be quite valuable after centuries of safekeeping. Paper art has become a lucrative business for personalized scrapbooking that many youth are becoming fond about. Paper Mache has become a hit for decors and ornaments. Bead works has been noted to have reached a level of pop culture wherein most bead works has been acknowledge to rival that of professional jewelry designers.
Hobbies like photography, have become more and more diverse, leaving no stone unturned.
Photography for example has become a widely accepted hobby for almost anyone who can afford a camera and its accessories. Collecting rare items like coins and stamps have also been revived in the hope of making the younger kids aware of the importance of persistence.
Many things can be associated with crafts and hobbies and the list still goes on and on as long as human kind is still wanting to learn and develop something. But with the internet on its side, these works and products of creativity need not be forgotten, rather they need to become a source of income and inspiration to others. But how do you start making money out of your own creation or work?
Use the social networking sites around to tell something about your product or hobby expertise field. One way or the other, someone would be glad to hear from you talking about their own craft or hobby. You can put up a page or site that can showcase your best crafts and sell them online. You only need to put up a personal account with a payment processing services and then put up the craft products site. You can tell friends and family to buy from you and rely on word of mouth or references for your buyers. For example, you can showcase your products in photo features in your social networks accounts. You can even tutor some newbie stamp collector on what to look out for in starting his collection.
You can also try to put your products in shopping hosting sites and take it from there. Many sites are offering free links or postings to small companies, including yourself. You can take advantage of their free features to promote your product and directly put them up for sale.
In this line, most crafters and hobbyists are prone to be proud and display what they have created, collected, achieved or even reached. But being showy with one's work can not only mean an acknowledgement of one's skills, it also can mean that having to showcase your products can become a marketing tool for you to start earning money.
Crafts has been an undying passion for some and only more and more variety has become popular. Needle works become awesome tapestries and can be quite valuable after centuries of safekeeping. Paper art has become a lucrative business for personalized scrapbooking that many youth are becoming fond about. Paper Mache has become a hit for decors and ornaments. Bead works has been noted to have reached a level of pop culture wherein most bead works has been acknowledge to rival that of professional jewelry designers.
Hobbies like photography, have become more and more diverse, leaving no stone unturned.
Photography for example has become a widely accepted hobby for almost anyone who can afford a camera and its accessories. Collecting rare items like coins and stamps have also been revived in the hope of making the younger kids aware of the importance of persistence.
Many things can be associated with crafts and hobbies and the list still goes on and on as long as human kind is still wanting to learn and develop something. But with the internet on its side, these works and products of creativity need not be forgotten, rather they need to become a source of income and inspiration to others. But how do you start making money out of your own creation or work?
Use the social networking sites around to tell something about your product or hobby expertise field. One way or the other, someone would be glad to hear from you talking about their own craft or hobby. You can put up a page or site that can showcase your best crafts and sell them online. You only need to put up a personal account with a payment processing services and then put up the craft products site. You can tell friends and family to buy from you and rely on word of mouth or references for your buyers. For example, you can showcase your products in photo features in your social networks accounts. You can even tutor some newbie stamp collector on what to look out for in starting his collection.
You can also try to put your products in shopping hosting sites and take it from there. Many sites are offering free links or postings to small companies, including yourself. You can take advantage of their free features to promote your product and directly put them up for sale.
Rabu, 27 September 2017
The Importance of Children and Baby Photography
Maternity pictures, newborn pictures, and baby and children pictures are the all time most enjoyable subjects for me to photograph. When I started my business, I decided that I would photograph a variety of subjects. I wanted to have the option of doing something different all the time, and really just wanted any opportunity to get behind the camera. Now that I have several shoots under my belt, a front runner has certainly appeared! There is a calmness, an ease, and a never ending flow of ideas when I shoot maternity photography, newborn photography, and babies and children photography. I have to literally fight the urge to chase pregnant women and mothers down in stores just to hand them my business card!
My love of baby photography stems from the love of my daughter. There is no love that compares to the love of a child. It is a primal love. Because of that love, you want to photograph everything! By everything, I mean EVERYTHING! My daughter is so sick of seeing me point a camera at her, but if I catch her before nap time, she is usually patient with me for a few minutes! The enjoyment that I get from being able to photograph her milestones, personality traits, gestures, etc has naturally flowed into a career.
Maternity pictures are so fascinating to me! It amazes me how many women cringe at the idea of a maternity photo shoot. They literally cringe! Why? Our bodies are miraculously built in a way that allows us to bring life into the world. We can carry a child within us as they grow and develop to the point that can safely survive in the world. Cringe? NO! Celebrate! Celebrate this moment is your life! Is your body the same as it was before? Of course not! But in No way is your body unattractive! This is a beautiful time in your life, and despite how you are probably feeling this very second, this will be over before you know it! Your body will go back, mostly, to the way it was before, and you'll forget how strongly you could feel that teeny,tiny, little GIANT in your belly!! You'll forget how uncomfortable you were at night, and how you couldn't make it from one commercial break to the next without needing a bathroom break. Photograph this moment! It is such a short time period of your life, and will be over before you know it! Commemorate the way you look. If you are uncomfortable with stretch marks, So What!!! I'll photo shop them out of there! If you're having insecurities about your body, face them head on because I can promise you that a day will come where you will lay in bed at night and try as hard as you can to relieve these moments through a day dream! This is a quickly fleeing moment in your life, and the beginning to a beautiful, lifelong relationship with the most special human being you will ever meet! Believe me, maternity photography is not for amateurs! You want a professional who knows about DISTORTION. You want someone who knows what mm lens to use for this, so that you don't get a picture back that makes your belly look three times bigger than it really is, and like it three dimensionally popping right out of the picture. This is something that requires a sensitive eye, and a delicate vision! You want to look back at these maternity pictures with fondness!
Newborn pictures are so important because that is the most quickly fleeing stage. You have about two weeks from their arrival to capture the essence that a newborn has. You can take these pictures yourself. You can point the camera at them, get the angle how you want it, and shoot. But, when you hire a professional who is trained and experienced, your newborn pictures will reach another level. You will be amazed at the different way a professional will "see" the subject. They are able to capture images that show texture, create feeling, and have a mood... Those pictures will engage the senses, and you'll actually be able to remember the way your baby smells, you'll remember the coo noise or the facial expression vividly. It's an amazing thing to see how a correctly exposed, correctly framed picture will change the outcome of the image.
Baby pictures are so important because of the milestones. You do not count the age of a young child in years because a monumental amount of things change by month. Each of those milestones are photo worthy moments! Baby photography is every bit as important as the baby book. In the baby book you record the age your child is at as they reach their milestones, but the way they look at this stage seems to change weekly, if not daily. The first year of a child's life is incredibly action packed, and, with a professional photographer, you can create a visual memory book that will immortalize the way your child looked when they first learned to roll over, scoot across the floor, crawl, walk, the way they could not have had one more droplet of drool on their face when they were teething, the face they make when they try a new food for the first time, their first steps, the first time they start wanting to brush their own teeth, do the "butt scoot" down the stairs, try to escape from their crib, the list goes on and on!!! You can create a variety of artistic ways to display these memories. I can create a multi frame display of these milestone moments, or create a milestone album that can be used in place of or with a baby book, etc. These moments are priceless, and with a professional photographer you can cherish these moments for a lifetime.
Children pictures are exciting to shoot because of the element of surprise! You just never know what you are going to get! Each child you photograph is unique from the child from the shoot the week before and from the ones you'll meet the week after! Whether your child is shy or outgoing, athletic or intellectually engaged, or any combination imaginable, every child wants the same thing: to feel loved and to have fun. Those things offer every child security. When I go to photograph children, I do not just shake their hand and say, "action"! I do not expect them to just perform. Children want to feel secure before they will react well to an intimidatingly large camera in their face. I will get down on their level and have a normal conversation with them. I don't immediately act like they should think I'm their friend, nor do I act like a clown. Children are incredibly intelligent, and have keen perception when determining if someone is being genuine and sincere with them. I find that children feel patronized when you instantly start joking and being silly. Unless you're dressed like a clown, you should not act like one! I just talk to the child first to get an idea of what moves them, excites, and motivates them... We can use those answers to enhance the outcome of the photo shoot. If a child's hobby is to race boats in the nearby pond, why would you take him/her to the playground 20 minutes up the street to get pictures of them on the monkey bars and posed in front of the fountain? It makes no sense! The purpose behind a professional photo shoot is to capture the essence of who your child is at this particular stage in their life! If your child is interested in music, have them photographed learning to play an instrument, if they are athletic, photograph them in their uniform playing the sport of their choice, if they are artistic and messy, photograph them getting messy and creating what they see as art! My style of photography is not to pose a child in front of some gorgeous background. I do not enjoy the cookie cutter, same shoot as the last style. Your child is special. Your child is unique. Your child is YOURS! Remember the things that makes your child uniquely yours! Remember this phase of their life! Is that musical instrument that they are tinkering with now going to lead to something huge? Could they grow up to be a famous musician? Yes! And, if you have a professional photographer you will have pictures with the ability to take you back in time, if only for a moment!
My love of baby photography stems from the love of my daughter. There is no love that compares to the love of a child. It is a primal love. Because of that love, you want to photograph everything! By everything, I mean EVERYTHING! My daughter is so sick of seeing me point a camera at her, but if I catch her before nap time, she is usually patient with me for a few minutes! The enjoyment that I get from being able to photograph her milestones, personality traits, gestures, etc has naturally flowed into a career.
Maternity pictures are so fascinating to me! It amazes me how many women cringe at the idea of a maternity photo shoot. They literally cringe! Why? Our bodies are miraculously built in a way that allows us to bring life into the world. We can carry a child within us as they grow and develop to the point that can safely survive in the world. Cringe? NO! Celebrate! Celebrate this moment is your life! Is your body the same as it was before? Of course not! But in No way is your body unattractive! This is a beautiful time in your life, and despite how you are probably feeling this very second, this will be over before you know it! Your body will go back, mostly, to the way it was before, and you'll forget how strongly you could feel that teeny,tiny, little GIANT in your belly!! You'll forget how uncomfortable you were at night, and how you couldn't make it from one commercial break to the next without needing a bathroom break. Photograph this moment! It is such a short time period of your life, and will be over before you know it! Commemorate the way you look. If you are uncomfortable with stretch marks, So What!!! I'll photo shop them out of there! If you're having insecurities about your body, face them head on because I can promise you that a day will come where you will lay in bed at night and try as hard as you can to relieve these moments through a day dream! This is a quickly fleeing moment in your life, and the beginning to a beautiful, lifelong relationship with the most special human being you will ever meet! Believe me, maternity photography is not for amateurs! You want a professional who knows about DISTORTION. You want someone who knows what mm lens to use for this, so that you don't get a picture back that makes your belly look three times bigger than it really is, and like it three dimensionally popping right out of the picture. This is something that requires a sensitive eye, and a delicate vision! You want to look back at these maternity pictures with fondness!
Newborn pictures are so important because that is the most quickly fleeing stage. You have about two weeks from their arrival to capture the essence that a newborn has. You can take these pictures yourself. You can point the camera at them, get the angle how you want it, and shoot. But, when you hire a professional who is trained and experienced, your newborn pictures will reach another level. You will be amazed at the different way a professional will "see" the subject. They are able to capture images that show texture, create feeling, and have a mood... Those pictures will engage the senses, and you'll actually be able to remember the way your baby smells, you'll remember the coo noise or the facial expression vividly. It's an amazing thing to see how a correctly exposed, correctly framed picture will change the outcome of the image.
Baby pictures are so important because of the milestones. You do not count the age of a young child in years because a monumental amount of things change by month. Each of those milestones are photo worthy moments! Baby photography is every bit as important as the baby book. In the baby book you record the age your child is at as they reach their milestones, but the way they look at this stage seems to change weekly, if not daily. The first year of a child's life is incredibly action packed, and, with a professional photographer, you can create a visual memory book that will immortalize the way your child looked when they first learned to roll over, scoot across the floor, crawl, walk, the way they could not have had one more droplet of drool on their face when they were teething, the face they make when they try a new food for the first time, their first steps, the first time they start wanting to brush their own teeth, do the "butt scoot" down the stairs, try to escape from their crib, the list goes on and on!!! You can create a variety of artistic ways to display these memories. I can create a multi frame display of these milestone moments, or create a milestone album that can be used in place of or with a baby book, etc. These moments are priceless, and with a professional photographer you can cherish these moments for a lifetime.
Children pictures are exciting to shoot because of the element of surprise! You just never know what you are going to get! Each child you photograph is unique from the child from the shoot the week before and from the ones you'll meet the week after! Whether your child is shy or outgoing, athletic or intellectually engaged, or any combination imaginable, every child wants the same thing: to feel loved and to have fun. Those things offer every child security. When I go to photograph children, I do not just shake their hand and say, "action"! I do not expect them to just perform. Children want to feel secure before they will react well to an intimidatingly large camera in their face. I will get down on their level and have a normal conversation with them. I don't immediately act like they should think I'm their friend, nor do I act like a clown. Children are incredibly intelligent, and have keen perception when determining if someone is being genuine and sincere with them. I find that children feel patronized when you instantly start joking and being silly. Unless you're dressed like a clown, you should not act like one! I just talk to the child first to get an idea of what moves them, excites, and motivates them... We can use those answers to enhance the outcome of the photo shoot. If a child's hobby is to race boats in the nearby pond, why would you take him/her to the playground 20 minutes up the street to get pictures of them on the monkey bars and posed in front of the fountain? It makes no sense! The purpose behind a professional photo shoot is to capture the essence of who your child is at this particular stage in their life! If your child is interested in music, have them photographed learning to play an instrument, if they are athletic, photograph them in their uniform playing the sport of their choice, if they are artistic and messy, photograph them getting messy and creating what they see as art! My style of photography is not to pose a child in front of some gorgeous background. I do not enjoy the cookie cutter, same shoot as the last style. Your child is special. Your child is unique. Your child is YOURS! Remember the things that makes your child uniquely yours! Remember this phase of their life! Is that musical instrument that they are tinkering with now going to lead to something huge? Could they grow up to be a famous musician? Yes! And, if you have a professional photographer you will have pictures with the ability to take you back in time, if only for a moment!
Jumat, 08 September 2017
How To Enhance Your Automotive Hobby Experience By Collecting Car Art
What with the explosive escalation of labor and parts costs to build a collector car or do a proper restoration of a car or truck, collecting automotive art and prints may be a substantial alternative to actually owning a great automotive icon. Artists from around the world are currently selling great works, and you can utilize them in collecting reasonable and provocative car art. You just have to be willing to make the effort to find them. Perhaps this article may prove helpful to you in that pursuit.
It matters little what type of car or truck you love to follow. There are artists who have depicted your favorite vehicle in one form or another, and you can find those artists using the resources suggested here in this article. You may favor restored vehicles, or maybe custom cars, hot rods, muscle cars, pickups, legal classics, vintage racers, drag racing vehicles, vintage antiques, or even foreign sports cars. Trust me.....it has been rendered in oils, water colors, or ink art work by someone somewhere, and you can buy it now. You just have to be able to locate what you want.
Thanks to the wonderment of the internet, typing in just a few key words into your search engine can reveal page after page of resources to review. You don't want to look at just the first page that pops up. You may find that the first five or ten pages reveal hundreds of sources of art work. Take time to look at a lot of these sources. Behind non-descript titles might lay fabulous renderings, many of which have found their way into the leading automotive magazines in America and other countries.
It amazes me how much it costs to get prints of the top art work when that art is done in color by a "name" car artist. Original works can run into the hundreds of dollars or even the thousands of dollars. But there is one way to enjoy it all much more cheaply.......buy the print of the original art. I know of famous painters who sell the actual original for $5000-$40000, but the print may cost only $35-$150 each. And the print may look every bit as stunning when hung on the wall and viewed from ten feet out. Many artists provide 10-20 printed renderings, while others sell up to 40-50 different prints on their website.
The artist who resides overseas from America can give you an exotic take on certain foreign sports cars and legal classics, and I find that particularly attractive if one is to diversify the type of vehicle held in one's collection. Some of the greatest prints or originals of Ferraris, Mercedes Benz, Masserati, Lamborghini, Jaguar and others come from those who reside overseas. Their inspiration probably comes from national heritage or from photography taken at some of the greatest concours competitions held overseas. Of course, many mingle with wealthy car owners and use photography of the cars owned by their friends as inspiration.
Here in America, older cars have always held court in the arena of favorable public opinion, and there seems to be a tremendous surge in custom cars, hot rods, muscle cars, trucks, and drag racing vehicles specifically. It seems everyone is into nostalgia, and what better way to preserve it all than through art prints or originals. Outdoor and indoor shows across the USA are filled with vehicles that look like they stepped right out of the fifties or sixties. The automotive hobby is alive and well, thank you very much.
Ever hear of a "rat rod"? This is a fairly new phenomenon. These are cars and trucks that have been heavily modified, made reliable with late model drivetrains but don't have much in the way of power accessories. And these vehicles are just as likely to be unpainted as painted. Primer finishes seem to prevail. If rat rods give the impression that unfinished is cool, they have succeeded in their message. And the lower you can make the vehicle by top chopping, body sectitioning, and chassis lowering, the better. Rust is the patina of choice, and headers packed with muffling steel wool (because there is no muffler system) is the order of the day. These cars and trucks look pretty obnoxious, and of course you'd be stylin' to the max if you had tattoos up the gazzoo and your lady had a pin-up demeanor about her. Go to any super market or bookstore and you'll see at least three or four publications devoted to rat rods. Be prepared to grin.
What did you drive in high school or slightly beyond? You'll find artists drawing up a storm doing Chevelles, Corvettes, Mustangs, GTOs, Buick Gran Sports, El Caminos, Dodge Chargers, Rivieras, Gran Prixs, old shoebox Fords, early Mercurys, etc. And then there are the incomparable inline six-powered Chevys, Chevy stepside pickups, Ford and Dodge trucks, and the wide range of drag racing cars out there. Top fuelers, funny cars, altereds, gassers, super stocks, and modified street machines were all the rage from about 1957 through 1975 or so.
Where do we find these artists and their works? Well, start by going to your local bookstore and reviewing what is on the newstand featuring the current monthly series of car magazines. There are easily 30-40 different magazines out there, and it seems the editors can't do some articles without help from an artist submitting a rendering or two to emphasize the article or accompanying pictures of particular car or truck types. Then there is the internet, within which you will find lurking all types of art, online magazine issues, and websites of the artists themselves. You'll find great renderings submitted by such artists as Thom Taylor, Dave Bell, Kenny Youndblood, Rick Wilson, Steve Sanford, and dozens of other household names in car art.
Some artists produce books filled with art work by not only the author but by many others in their chosen field of influence. Thom Taylor in particular has some great stuff out there for you to research and view. My personal favorites are Steve Sanford, Dave Bell, Chip Foose, and Darryl Mayabb. Then there are the high end artists who produce iconic art depicting the greats in autodom, artists like Kenny Youngblood. And don't get me started on all the tremendous artists who specialize in cars favored in car auctions and foreign racing cars. The list seems endless.
One of the deterrants to collecting auto art is price. Assuming the original piece is out of the question for you, your next logical step is to buy prints of original artwork. But there are choices here, too. Do you want color, or is line art without color sufficient? Colorization will lead you down a path of print cost ranging from $10 per print to $125 or higher. The problem with this is that everybody seems to regergitate the same subjects presented the way in the same size format. The best prices seem to come in the smaller sized renderings. This can be disappointing, to say the least, if you want a wall hanging to be of decent size and presence.
It matters little what type of car or truck you love to follow. There are artists who have depicted your favorite vehicle in one form or another, and you can find those artists using the resources suggested here in this article. You may favor restored vehicles, or maybe custom cars, hot rods, muscle cars, pickups, legal classics, vintage racers, drag racing vehicles, vintage antiques, or even foreign sports cars. Trust me.....it has been rendered in oils, water colors, or ink art work by someone somewhere, and you can buy it now. You just have to be able to locate what you want.
Thanks to the wonderment of the internet, typing in just a few key words into your search engine can reveal page after page of resources to review. You don't want to look at just the first page that pops up. You may find that the first five or ten pages reveal hundreds of sources of art work. Take time to look at a lot of these sources. Behind non-descript titles might lay fabulous renderings, many of which have found their way into the leading automotive magazines in America and other countries.
It amazes me how much it costs to get prints of the top art work when that art is done in color by a "name" car artist. Original works can run into the hundreds of dollars or even the thousands of dollars. But there is one way to enjoy it all much more cheaply.......buy the print of the original art. I know of famous painters who sell the actual original for $5000-$40000, but the print may cost only $35-$150 each. And the print may look every bit as stunning when hung on the wall and viewed from ten feet out. Many artists provide 10-20 printed renderings, while others sell up to 40-50 different prints on their website.
The artist who resides overseas from America can give you an exotic take on certain foreign sports cars and legal classics, and I find that particularly attractive if one is to diversify the type of vehicle held in one's collection. Some of the greatest prints or originals of Ferraris, Mercedes Benz, Masserati, Lamborghini, Jaguar and others come from those who reside overseas. Their inspiration probably comes from national heritage or from photography taken at some of the greatest concours competitions held overseas. Of course, many mingle with wealthy car owners and use photography of the cars owned by their friends as inspiration.
Here in America, older cars have always held court in the arena of favorable public opinion, and there seems to be a tremendous surge in custom cars, hot rods, muscle cars, trucks, and drag racing vehicles specifically. It seems everyone is into nostalgia, and what better way to preserve it all than through art prints or originals. Outdoor and indoor shows across the USA are filled with vehicles that look like they stepped right out of the fifties or sixties. The automotive hobby is alive and well, thank you very much.
Ever hear of a "rat rod"? This is a fairly new phenomenon. These are cars and trucks that have been heavily modified, made reliable with late model drivetrains but don't have much in the way of power accessories. And these vehicles are just as likely to be unpainted as painted. Primer finishes seem to prevail. If rat rods give the impression that unfinished is cool, they have succeeded in their message. And the lower you can make the vehicle by top chopping, body sectitioning, and chassis lowering, the better. Rust is the patina of choice, and headers packed with muffling steel wool (because there is no muffler system) is the order of the day. These cars and trucks look pretty obnoxious, and of course you'd be stylin' to the max if you had tattoos up the gazzoo and your lady had a pin-up demeanor about her. Go to any super market or bookstore and you'll see at least three or four publications devoted to rat rods. Be prepared to grin.
What did you drive in high school or slightly beyond? You'll find artists drawing up a storm doing Chevelles, Corvettes, Mustangs, GTOs, Buick Gran Sports, El Caminos, Dodge Chargers, Rivieras, Gran Prixs, old shoebox Fords, early Mercurys, etc. And then there are the incomparable inline six-powered Chevys, Chevy stepside pickups, Ford and Dodge trucks, and the wide range of drag racing cars out there. Top fuelers, funny cars, altereds, gassers, super stocks, and modified street machines were all the rage from about 1957 through 1975 or so.
Where do we find these artists and their works? Well, start by going to your local bookstore and reviewing what is on the newstand featuring the current monthly series of car magazines. There are easily 30-40 different magazines out there, and it seems the editors can't do some articles without help from an artist submitting a rendering or two to emphasize the article or accompanying pictures of particular car or truck types. Then there is the internet, within which you will find lurking all types of art, online magazine issues, and websites of the artists themselves. You'll find great renderings submitted by such artists as Thom Taylor, Dave Bell, Kenny Youndblood, Rick Wilson, Steve Sanford, and dozens of other household names in car art.
Some artists produce books filled with art work by not only the author but by many others in their chosen field of influence. Thom Taylor in particular has some great stuff out there for you to research and view. My personal favorites are Steve Sanford, Dave Bell, Chip Foose, and Darryl Mayabb. Then there are the high end artists who produce iconic art depicting the greats in autodom, artists like Kenny Youngblood. And don't get me started on all the tremendous artists who specialize in cars favored in car auctions and foreign racing cars. The list seems endless.
One of the deterrants to collecting auto art is price. Assuming the original piece is out of the question for you, your next logical step is to buy prints of original artwork. But there are choices here, too. Do you want color, or is line art without color sufficient? Colorization will lead you down a path of print cost ranging from $10 per print to $125 or higher. The problem with this is that everybody seems to regergitate the same subjects presented the way in the same size format. The best prices seem to come in the smaller sized renderings. This can be disappointing, to say the least, if you want a wall hanging to be of decent size and presence.
Rabu, 23 Agustus 2017
Turn Your Hobby Into a Career With a Photography Course
We're often told that success comes from pursuing what we want, and doing what we love doing. If you're stuck in the daily grind, however, and working 9-5 everyday, this may seem like an idealistic sentiment that in reality is hard to make happen. But for many people, their hobbies and personal interests are their saving grace, and it's probable that those unhappy in their day job have considered a life in which they pursue what they are really interested in. But if you are committed to making the change and starting a career in something that truly interests and inspires you, then there are a number of avenues that you can go down. Online and distance education is a time friendly and cost-effective option that lets you study from home on your own time, when it suits you, without having to commit to a university schedule or face to face class time. Such courses make it possible to study what you love and make the first steps towards doing what you love without having to stop working.
The proliferation of personal cameras on the market today has made photography a popular hobby. Most people today own a digital camera, with which they capture memories and special moments. In many cases, this casual interest has turned into a more serious hobby - the equipment, effects and power of the camera can be intoxicating. So why not pursue this passion with a photography course? There are a range of different photography courses available:
Digital photography course: If you love photography but are new to its digital evolution, a digital photography course will help you to understand digital concepts and techniques - as well as how to operate your digital camera, how to transfer images from your camera to your computer, and how to digitally print them. Furthermore, you can get advice on which digital camera to choose, and what the differences are between different models.
Freelance photography: To make photography a career, many photographers have chosen the freelance route. Freelance photography courses focus on not only the essential skills of location shooting, current technologies and different styles of photography, but also the business element of freelancing - such as negotiating contracts, understanding your markets and knowing how to sell your services. A freelance photography course will put you on the right path to turning your hobby into a career.
Traditional photography courses: Often combining the use of SLR and digital cameras, these photography courses are perfect for those interested in the art and science of photography. You'll learn about light and gain a solid grounding in the fundamentals of the lens. With the basics behind you, you'll be able to decide whether photography is merely a hobby, or something you are interested in exploring as a career path.
As with any career, practice makes perfect. But understanding the essentials is crucial to producing quality photographs. A photography course - whichever stream interests you - is a good way to master such skills. Furthermore, you'll be doing what you love and making your dream a reality or your passion into something that you can professionally pursue.
The proliferation of personal cameras on the market today has made photography a popular hobby. Most people today own a digital camera, with which they capture memories and special moments. In many cases, this casual interest has turned into a more serious hobby - the equipment, effects and power of the camera can be intoxicating. So why not pursue this passion with a photography course? There are a range of different photography courses available:
Digital photography course: If you love photography but are new to its digital evolution, a digital photography course will help you to understand digital concepts and techniques - as well as how to operate your digital camera, how to transfer images from your camera to your computer, and how to digitally print them. Furthermore, you can get advice on which digital camera to choose, and what the differences are between different models.
Freelance photography: To make photography a career, many photographers have chosen the freelance route. Freelance photography courses focus on not only the essential skills of location shooting, current technologies and different styles of photography, but also the business element of freelancing - such as negotiating contracts, understanding your markets and knowing how to sell your services. A freelance photography course will put you on the right path to turning your hobby into a career.
Traditional photography courses: Often combining the use of SLR and digital cameras, these photography courses are perfect for those interested in the art and science of photography. You'll learn about light and gain a solid grounding in the fundamentals of the lens. With the basics behind you, you'll be able to decide whether photography is merely a hobby, or something you are interested in exploring as a career path.
As with any career, practice makes perfect. But understanding the essentials is crucial to producing quality photographs. A photography course - whichever stream interests you - is a good way to master such skills. Furthermore, you'll be doing what you love and making your dream a reality or your passion into something that you can professionally pursue.
Selasa, 01 Agustus 2017
Home Study Photography Course - A Whole New World
There are many hobbies that people pursue in their free time to keep themselves engaged, and to give wings to their creativity. However, some hobbies transcend the boundaries that define hobbies and verge on passion.
For those who are truly passionate about making their mark in the field of photography, where the lenses become sets of second pairs of eyes, a home study photography course is a good way to get going.
Hobbies such as photography are enthralling and deeply engaging. Those who have been bitten by the shutterbug would no longer be able to stay away from their camera. When the right moment arises, and when the right images catch their eye, the instincts to catch them on camera and give them life would turn irresistible. However, why be amateurish in what you do, when you could turn into a pro with a home study photography course?
The best part of a home study photography course is that you would not have to part with what you do and take your time off your busy schedule. The course is built on actual, real-life classes that are conducted by experts at various locations, and has its modules painstakingly put together to produce the same effects as those of classroom courses. And the course is complete with illustrations, photographs, and step by step instructions on how to go about the art of photography to become an expert from being a novice.
The home study photography course is divided into easily digested modules, which are, in turn, segregated into individual lessons or chapters that deal with the various aspects of photography.
There is much difference between clicking on an object using a viewfinder and knowing what happens when you actually click. There are so many aspects involved, including focal point, light variations such as artificial and real lights, white balances, and enhancing image quality.
Moreover, you need to move over from being an observer who snaps up objects and turn into an artist who looks at things from a photographer's perspective.
For those who are truly passionate about making their mark in the field of photography, where the lenses become sets of second pairs of eyes, a home study photography course is a good way to get going.
Hobbies such as photography are enthralling and deeply engaging. Those who have been bitten by the shutterbug would no longer be able to stay away from their camera. When the right moment arises, and when the right images catch their eye, the instincts to catch them on camera and give them life would turn irresistible. However, why be amateurish in what you do, when you could turn into a pro with a home study photography course?
The best part of a home study photography course is that you would not have to part with what you do and take your time off your busy schedule. The course is built on actual, real-life classes that are conducted by experts at various locations, and has its modules painstakingly put together to produce the same effects as those of classroom courses. And the course is complete with illustrations, photographs, and step by step instructions on how to go about the art of photography to become an expert from being a novice.
The home study photography course is divided into easily digested modules, which are, in turn, segregated into individual lessons or chapters that deal with the various aspects of photography.
There is much difference between clicking on an object using a viewfinder and knowing what happens when you actually click. There are so many aspects involved, including focal point, light variations such as artificial and real lights, white balances, and enhancing image quality.
Moreover, you need to move over from being an observer who snaps up objects and turn into an artist who looks at things from a photographer's perspective.
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