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Posted by sam hicks on February 06, 2011

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A good book by the fire on a wet day !

“ Welcome to the age of emotion – how to attract and connect with customers using video” a new book by M ichael Langdon, 2018, McPhersons, Australia., This is a book I received in the mail as a Marketing magazine subscriber. I thought oh here is a free book ??This may be interesting. I was surprised, it actually was a great read and timey given the need for research for clients and study. Plus it was a perfect day for reading.. So with hot coffee and a roaring fire alongside me I read about the opportunities that come with video and the benefits to business. We all know that video is a higher viewed medium than an image. Just look at UTube, noted as the biggest search engine by Langdon in his book. Or even check out your insights behind your Facebook or Instagram accounts to see how video performs in posts compared to a link or an image. The author, Michael Langdon has a wealth of experience in video and selling em...

Scan art? To scan or not to scan.

that is the question.... Scan art? What the fudge? Its a fun way of using your scanner for less serious things. http://www.scannography.org/ is a website devoted to the art of scanning, there is some interesting effects I must say , I have only just scraped the surface. From abstract, animal, botanical, illustrative, movement, objects and painting on scanner to portraits…weird and wonderful! There are some interesting portrait works by Cassandra Leopold, check her blog out: http://cassandraleopold.blogspot.com/ See Jamie’s unusual technique for painting on glass on his scanner and the results he has come up with : http://www.jaimeruas.com/ On http://www.chris-staebler.com/ , Chris’s ability to turn everyday objects in to scan art, animals and insects help him to be ever so creative. Lots of explanations as well. See my first attempts with the leaves. Now I can begin to play with beads and nuts and seedpods on sticks..... what fun!!

I like it better behind the camera...

According to https://www.scancorner.com.au/history-of-the-cameras-timeline/ the first camera ever invested was a pinhole camera...thanks to Ibn Al-Haytham. Thanks to him I get to play with cameras every day in some form or another. My favorites are the ones from 1930 those and polaroids in 1948...something about being able to instantly print an image.....oh and wetback Reise's...ok ill just stop now. Everyone now has the ability to capture a moment in time, memories in an instant, some never get printed, some never get shared... Back in the old days, a lot more thought went into the composition of each image as it was a lot of effort to produce an image. Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in about the mid-1820's produced the first image in France with the daguerreotype by Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre in 1839 also in Paris.. The French had great art, wine and cameras..... I feel things didn't get really interesting until 1851, according to Harvard library, ...

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