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dividedsoul1: “INSIGHT”
Don’t tell me about being a man
Based on your perception of what I should be!
Teach yourself first the qualities required to be a woman
then all you’ll ever need, you’ll find in me!
Realize that you did not teach your dream man to be a man
by saying that, this is what I mean,
The man already possessed those qualities long before he
became your dream!
Therefore you cannot teach me to be what you naturally are not.
But by understanding the nature of yourself
You can receive all that I’ve got.
For it’s my nature to protect and care for who you naturally are
Cause you’re as much a part of me, as is the night sky to a star!
So at best my lady, you can help me to become a man
by becoming the best woman you can be
For only then can I become the best of what is naturally me!
- Thomas L. White-
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Lightroom for Search Engine Optimization of Images
Make Lightroom do some of the SEO heavy work for you.
Using Photoshop and Bridge for SEO
How to use Photoshop and Bridge to add your info to the images for SEO purposes.
Size does matter
FYI I just spent some quality time with The Dashboard (cue the music!)
Please there is no reason not even to ‘gift’ the image to a client to upload a 45 megabyte image.
There were several on one page.
That just slows you blog and some will wonder to ADHD land.
I first copy the icky (yeah, I use icky and what of it?) code that wordpress spews.
I prefer NOT to link to a larger image.
I upload the size that I want to and that is the end of it.(off to your room, in my best Daddy voice)
I had to click on each to make humongous and then drag onto my desk top from I dragged (I stopped the drugs, that explains things) into PS and did a quick change from adobe 1998 to srgb and a cmnd option i to bring up the image size (all about the size) but this time I was making it smaller.
I chose 900 for the landscape and 700 for the vertical.
My reasons (most are unreasonable with an untenable deposition)
Most blogs are set for 900 and 1024 is the size of the monitors that widely used (legacy era)
Now allow for some padding (don’t hate, I need to workout) and margins.
The vertical is the most browsers allow 680 depending on how many ‘things’ are sitting under the url window.
From 45 mg to 1.5mb is a huge savings.
I saved them between 8-10 if I gad at 5-7 more saving in size.
I could have stripped them of all their exif also but chose to leave them alone.
One of the pixels was Lawyering and calling the PS-Po-Po on me.
Trumped up charges that I was pushing it around and it had diminished capacities now, pish posh.
That pixel had it coming I tells ya!
Breathe Rasta Rican breathe, I did inhale while breathing officer krupke.
I need a nap Who’s down for some OPP?
Protected: Sandi
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Midnight Star
Midnight Star
I’m spilling my heart on a grassy knoll
Cuddling with my favorite blanket
Hot cocoa and crème in hand
Imagining what if – life would last forever
Praying that one-day I’d rise and shine like the stars
Though they twinkle and turn
I know they watch us from above
I’m wishing on a midnight star
She lays a in a galaxy distant and afar
I can see her bright beautiful smile
As she glimmers from a million miles
So I just lay here
And watch her all night
Her beautiful light, ebony and white
Hues of yellow, red and green
Although they infinitely exist
This star I selfishly call my own
She sits right above Venus
You can see her if you love the moon
She shines brightest a month before June
Sometimes she’ll drop a little note from the sky
It shyly waltzes it way to earth
Landing on my grassy knoll
She says she loves my soul
And she’s watching over me
Like a honey and it’s little bee
She wants to me see
Her dance amongst the heavens
So we romance to her favorite song
She knows I’m sprung
So she continues to tease
Like a winter’s warm breeze
So tonight I’ll return
12:00 a.m. of course
Like a knight on a white horse
Serenading his love from below
A million miles afar
I’m wishing on a midnight star
City
via Midnight Star.
Squirrels
These are some of my “big-boned” squirrels.
I had them hooked on Panera Bread for a few seasons.
You can see the reflection from my back porch in their eyes.
I live in Ellenville, NY and have tons of lil creatures traipsing through my backyard.
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Business Sense is Good Sense The Pitfalls of Pricing
Business Sense is Good Sense : The Pitfalls of Pricing
Marianne Drenthe,
www.marmaladephotography.com
In early 2005, when I started my photography business, Marmalade Photography, I set out to create customized photography services that were not only unique in my market share but also a service that allowed for a more luxurious experience for my clientele.
When I first set out, I encountered many of the pitfalls of pricing that I see photographers making today: lowballing, basing their pricing on what their competitors are pricing, cheap pricing just to “get them in the door”. These phenomena are not new – they’ve been around since people started taking payment for their services even long before photography became a viable profession.
Somehow early in my professional photography career I got smart. A firm believer in education and learning from people who are already walking the path I want to be on, I went to a workshop conducted by a well-admired photography studio several hours away. To this day I will swear it was the best time and monetary investment I ever could have made: by leaving my business, home and employer for several days I was able to immerse myself in the experience of education by taking time away from those things that would detract me from learning my business up close and personal
…and I’ll say it again – undoubtedly it was the best investment I have ever made for my business.
Before embarking on my little adventure I was priced to compete against the only photography experience I was familiar with: mall photography. But the mismatch of my pricing vs. service offered was made evident to me by the business guru of this photography studio: my services, my level of skill and the custom experience(s) I gave my clients was more in line with a luxury brand.
The truth of the matter is this: custom costs.
It costs TIME (on my end and on my client’s end). It costs SKILL (something that I certainly had back then but has grown exponentially as my years in business grow). It costs EQUIPMENT (every time the shutter release is clicked it depreciates and wears your equipment down just that much more).
via Marmalade’s Here to Discuss Photography Pricing and Give Away Some Goods! » Photographer Cafe.
Shadowhouse Creations Square Texture Set Vol.27
Shadowhouse Creations was created in November of 2009 and employs an army of one, myself alone. Seems no one likes working for free these days. Shadowhouse Creations is located on the outskirts of a small mid-western town, in a spare bedroom of my house, converted into an office, art room and PC room. How Chic!Here at Shadowhouse Creations we/i harness no Illusions of grandeur, all you see here, are creations of mine, such as textures, photoshop brushes, tutorials, layer masks, photoshop and artistic tips, calendars, posted web resources of interest and other things I hope of interest. it is my pleasure to provide free resources for like-minded people.Oh, one last thing, if you have the time, you might have a look at “La Cinematique” my slideshow featuring some of my artwork and photographs and leave a comment on what you think, feedback, good or bad is always welcome.Thanks, until we meet again.
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Only once in your life
“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement. They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself. Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful. There is never any pressure, jealousy or competition but only a quiet calmness when they are around. You can be yourself and not worry about what they will think of you because they love you for who you are. The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever. Memories of your childhood come back and are so clear and vivid it’s like being young again. Colours seem brighter and more brilliant. Laughter seems part of daily life where before it was infrequent or didn’t exist at all. A phone call or two during the day helps to get you through a long day’s work and always brings a smile to your face. In their presence, there’s no need for continuous conversation, but you find you’re quite content in just having them nearby. Things that never interested you before become fascinating because you know they are important to this person who is so special to you. You think of this person on every occasion and in everything you do. Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon. You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that’s so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life.”
― Bob Marley
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