im sure ill get better at this and maybe even grad school at CCA will teach me how to revolutionize albums. i like ‘em clean and simple and heres my first self designed album!

 

btw if you guys are into full control of your slideshows and understand how xml and random internet jargon like that works,slideshowpro is insanely awesome. showit may be simple and quick but slideshowpro lets you do anything your heart desires at 5x less the cost (like insert my new logo outro hahah). 

crazy amount of shoots the next few consecutive weekends…wahhhHhhhhhH! which means more pics for you guys to see =).

one of my images is up on their site! cool! brian and charlene, you guys shall be seen worldwide! i think anyone can get their images on there too so im not that special. submit your images and share how youve processed them to inspire the rest!!

and i wish i was paid for this plug for them hahah. http://gettotallyrad.com/recipes/

and my one image is under the b&w section (http://gettotallyrad.com/recipes/80/lynn-kai-chao/). there you can find the simple steps of how i created that look (its not only post processing, its getting the look right from the get go too). i dont just post process just for the heck of it, i do it to give the photo the exact feeling i want it to portray…aka “enhance” the photo. there is much more to be learned and i am constantly learning!!! post processing aside, even looking at this photo now, i think i could have improved it 100 fold!

BEFORE

AFTER

creating a website just isnt my forte. i mean, i could do it, it just takes me forever and is not one of my true passions. the last site i created was the one for work (which by the way isnt even completed haha) some many moons ago. that one wasnt as complicated as this one though. but i just had to do it this one time for george and lisa as well as house george for the many weeks on end when he comes up to davis to visit lisa…LOL this is full service man!

the reason why i decided to do it was the overflowing excitement i got during the planning phase of the site. originally i just told them to go create a blog and not involve me in a site. haha. but i caved in as we were talking about it and got totally excited and inspired. i knew i wanted to make a quirky website that represented who lisa and george are but didnt know where to start until i saw some drawings lisa drew. instantly that one idea flourished and i had lisa draw me a bunch of stuff that i could put together in the website you guys now see. lisa is very handy at drawing little cartoons so thats all her, i just took them, cleaned them up, put it all together and animated what i could for the site.

sure its nothing compared to a website that a private design firm like AKQA could design ( dream company i want to work for!!!)….but regardless check it out and let me know what you think!

ill be rockin’ their wedding at the end of august! and dont register your name if you arent invited please haha.

(warning, since im a huge PC fan…this site runs perfect on a PC with mozilla)

and speaking of websites…i should be rockin a new blog design soon too by the crazy go nuts awesomely awesome programmer james.

I have printed these Europe shots (as well as others) to see if I can get them into a local restaurant here in Davis for showcasing. If they are accepted you may see them up at either Burgers & Brew or at Crepeville! These are two of the hippest restaurants in Davis. I’ll let you guys know if they make it in for showing so we can have a little launch party there or something haha.

You can always purchase some prints from me too. We can work out pricing for now but when my new blog is up, it will have links to where you can purchase these on-demand online!

Shoot, just thinking of Burgers & Brew is making me hungry right now.

Gone are the days of boring old guestbooks with plain white pages and “sign here” lines. Gone are the days when your guestbook gets shelved never to be seen again. Guestbooks like these will be perfect as a coffeetable book for constant display! Not only that, guests attending your wedding can sign their names with their messages and view pictures of you at the same time!

I’m definitely having one of these if I ever get married! There are a whole bunch of different styles out there. One by one I’ll get them in hand. Plus I’m a graphic designer at heart so I get so excited to design something like this and have it finally in hand

This Guestbook by Tuscany Albums comes with two archival grade pens! I remember using these pens for drafting class! Simply sweet and top quality no doubt. Inks designed to last.

Here’s a quick proof of the inside cover page!

Leather bound with inscribed names!

Sweet. Coil bound. One page of a full color spread on the left. One page where people can sign in on the right.

Thick pages and lustre coating for that shiny look! Gosh the color reproduction is awesome!

As time goes on I will be offering more products. You will now be able to find it in my redone “Links” section up top. All my inspiration links were there have been moved to their own page. You can also find these products in their own category under the “Categories” link next to the “Links” link.

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