Recently, I’ve had several people ask questions about how I shoot – from equipment to software to camera settings to technique. I have no problem telling people about my workflow because it’s uniquely mine. It’s how I prefer to have my camera react when I press the shutter. It’s how my presets are set in my software to cut minutes off the hours of post processing I go through after a game. Read more »
I’ve decided to refine the scope of Speaking Digital’s professional offerings. With a much higher work load for my full-time position, I feel I need to focus the services I offer. The photography portion of my services will never go away as I’m pretty sure there’d be a revolt at the local high school where I spend the vast majority of my time shooting. The computer services portion of my services are a light enough load that I will continue to offer that as well. That leaves web design and development.
For years, web design and development was a big focus of my professional career. It is a fickle beast in an ever-changing environment. It demands a lot of time to keep up on design and development techniques, in addition to the time it takes to physically craft a site. Adding up all that time, in addition to my full-time tasks, came out to more hours than there were in a day. Something had to change.
With that said, from this point forward, I will no longer be offering web design and development services. I will not be leaving my current and former clients by the wayside on this and will continue to support the endeavors we launched together. I will gladly provide guidance to anybody that needs a new site developed or old site renovated, but will step aside when it comes to the physical development process.
We’re now roughly a week away from kickoff of the 2010 high school football season and I am so looking forward to getting behind the camera (mostly) every Friday night under the lights. I’ve got a couple of football-related projects in mind for this season, so stay tuned as they get churned out.
Oh, and by popular demand, here’s highlights from last year’s season.
Starting today, you’ll find a couple of new sizes and three new design options available for purchase over in the Photo Gallery.
You can now easily order oversized prints through the Photo Gallery. The new sizes are 20 x 24″ (same size as the photos I have hanging at Buffalo Wild Wings in Mattoon) and 20 x 30″. The costs for these new sizes are $48 and $60, respectively.
Along with the new sizes are three new design options for your prints. The first option is called Color Focus. Color Focus takes the main subject of the photo and keeps them in color while converting everything else to black and white. This option looks really sharp and provides for an eye-catching photo. Color Focus is available on any size print at no additional cost.
The second option is called the Chalk Board Series. Pulling from times since passed, the Chalk Board Series uses “chalk” writing and diagrams in the border to give the photo a very unique look. The border can either be colorized or stay black and white. Please let me know when you place your order if you want the border to be colored. If you don’t specify that you want color, the photo will be printed with a black and white border. The Chalk Board Series is available in 5×7″ (vertical orientation only), 8×10″ (vertical and horizontal), and 12×18″ (vertical and horizontal.) There is also a special 8×10″ film strip design option. Pricing for the Chalk Board Series is as follows:
The third and final design option is the Signature Series. This option only comes in 12×18″ (vertical and horizontal) and features the subject’s name, year and sport name below the photograph. For an added touch, I can use your actual signature where your name would sit. Special arrangements are needed for this option, so please be sure to contact me if you want to take advantage of this capability. The Signature Series prints are $25.00.
You will find the new options available in the shopping cart after you add a photo to your cart. All prices mentioned above do not include tax (6.75%) and shipping ($4.00). If you should have questions, please let me know.
Now that the winter sports season at CHS is wrapped up, I’m running another contest. The winter sports photograph with the highest number of votes wins. Whomever the main subject is (as determined by me) will receive a 20″ x 24″ print for themselves to match the one to be hung in Buffalo Wild Wings in Mattoon. There are no limits as to who can vote or how many times you can vote, so enlist your friends and family.
The deadline for voting is Sunday, March 21st at 7:00p.m. At that time, the photo gallery will be shut down and the winner determined. All voting is to be done through the photo gallery (http://www.speakingdigital.com/photography/) and any votes or “likes” cast on the Speaking Digital Facebook page will not count. You can keep track of the voting by heading to the Rating Album.
If you should have any questions or problems voting, please let me know ASAP, because you may not be the only one with that question or problem. Good luck and get voting!