Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Bouncing Baby Photography

I used to work at an early childhood center in the infant suite and took a lot of photos of the babies. So this tutorial really caught my eye:


How to Make a Photo of a Bouncing Baby


Some of the main ideas covered in creating the final photo are
  • Well lit background shot to start
  • Taking a lot of pictures for layering
  • Getting detailed in photoshop to make it look realistic
I thought this post did a really good job at showing the result of good planning for a shoot and not cutting corners in editing. The final image of the bouncing baby makes all the time spent worth it. 



Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Fun T-shirt Project

Each year I design the t-shirts for Cardinal Stritch's Alternative Spring Break trip. This year we are traveling to New Orleans and working with Camp Restore. Camp Restore is focused on restoring the spirit of New Orleans as wells as physically rebuilding. Here is the t-shirt design.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Milwaukee Syndicate Designs

Over the summer I connected with Nicholas Giombi. He is a UW Madison grad with a degree in filmmaking. He has started work on some independent projects and asked me to create some business cards for him.

I drew inspiration from the film Public Enemies because he expressed interest in films during that era.

Here is the card I created: