No Bueno

No Bueno

Well I put out some flyers, around town haven't received one nibble yet. I am going to design a new one and try again, but time is running out on my idea of freelancing instead of getting a part time job. School starts on May 19th so after that it will be too difficult to keep up my efforts. I paid for an on Facebook for my side company Photo Saver (check it out and like my page please) which got me a lot of paid views but not one single person contacted me about it. I think that in the case of that page I need to educate people a little more on the services I provide. So I will continue to try, because I will never give up, however there is some good news, the weather here is finally starting to improve, which has given my motivation a boost.

B&W Photo Challenge Day #22 - Coming Home From Chicago 2008

Coming Home

This is the joy of living in the Mid-West, after driving really slow for over an hour and almost crashing, from listening to Eli Manning's ESCAPE in the Superbowl. I finally got a chance to stop and clean off my window and wipers. My wife took this photo, and I think the blur is a nice touch, reminds me of a book cover. This is another photo taken with the HP PhotoSmart Mz-60 (I never planned on having so many photos from this camera, but that's just how it has worked out) 

B&W Photo Challenge Day #20 - Sue the T-Rex

Sue The T-Rex

This was shot in Chicago, back in 2009 of good old Sue the T-Rex. I converted to B&W in Photoshop, using a gradient map. I removed the date from the bottom left corner using content aware, which didn't come out that great and as you can see I didn't fix it (hey it's my challenge my blog) I got lazy didn't feel like messing with matching up lines clone stamping, etc... 

Thank God I only have ten more days (actually ten more photos because I've past the month mark, but hey you get it.)

B&W Photo Challenge Day #19 - Scurvy

Scurvy

Yes I know that this is a very strange title for a post but you'll see why when you look at the picture. This is a guy I worked with, back when I was a taxi driver, he chose this as his nickname for a motorcycle club. I won't tell you his name but his last named kind of resembled Scurvy, and I think the fact that he is missing teeth may have helped too! I'm not making fun of the guy I just think it's funny, he's actually a cool dude, and hey I think this picture is pretty neat too. As far as what I did to this picture I used a Gradient Map in Photoshop this is my new preferred method of making colored images into B&W, since I can get a more pure black and white image instead of that kind of greyish looking crap that I usually end up with. Shot this about 4 years ago, with my Sony DSC-HX-1.

Photo Saver Page Launch

Photo Saver

Today I launched a page on Facebook which you can find here https://www.facebook.com/PhotoSaverBiz  it is the first branch of my refocus Graphic Design business or you might call it a Jump Starter to my freelance career. I am trying to gain a bit of a fan base so if you would, please like it and share with your friends. I enjoy fixing photos and making them look good again, at the same time I'm not trying to take advantage of people either like a lot of the other businesses that provide this type of service. For example I think that it is insane to charge people $35 for one picture and that is actually a low prices considering some places charge by the hour with rates as high as $200 Hr! That's just craziness I don't really have set pricing system but it will be way cheaper than these crazy prices. Depending on the amount of work that needs to be done to each photo the prices will vary, but I will quote you a price before doing any work. 

As for my other services I provide, photo CD/ DVD's set to music, for example I made one for a funeral (which I know is not the happiest thing) but there are good things like Birthdays, Graduation, Weddings etc. VHS to DVD conversions (another costly service at other places) I know a lot of people have old movies (home or Hollywood) that are just sitting there collecting dust and at the same time rotting, well I can help you save those too! Anyways please like my page and use my service, really I'm here to help not only preserve your memories but also your bank account. ( don't get robbed by these other guys!)  

B&W Photo Challenge Day #17 - Muscle Up

Muscle Up

Although this photo is not of the highest quality, since it was taken with my old HTC EVO, I still believe it looks better in B&W. I have learned that you can save or at least not make them seen so bad or boring by converting to B&W; I knew this before my little challenge, but now it just reinforced it in my mind. So maybe the next time you look at a B&W image just think what it would look like in color and I bet at least 50% of the time the photo would not look even half as cool as it does in B&W. Well anyways hers the pic I shot at a car show about 4 years ago in my city.

Got Muscle?

 

B&W Photo Challenge Day #16- Photoshop Rescue

Photoshop Rescue

Okay so this post will be a little different than my other posts during my challenge (a little longer than 30 days, but hey I'm trying) I will first post the original photo of me and my wife, in which I ruined a good picture by closing my eyes ( have no fear Photoshop is here.) I used a different picture from the same night, although not in the same location (inside) but that didn't matter that much because I was going to convert it to B&W so not much to worry about when it comes to white balance/ skin tone etc.

So I basically ripped one of my eyes off of a photo and then just duplicated it and put into the picture I ruined! So here we go 

Original

As you  will notice in the next few pictures I also cropped them, to get rid of the annoying old people that help ruin my shot (it wasn't just me!) Just kidding I like old people (just not in my pictures, okay I'm done another joke.) On to the fixed version.