Photography as a documentary throughout time

Images and time have a powerful impact on how we perceive things. Photography can be used to demonstrate ideas, a specific time, fashion and personality. Aging is inevitably and for some people who are in the spotlight we can see their evolution through time in front of the cameras. Here is a series of portraits throughout time that I have found.

Street art: Command + C, Command + V

If I would have a copy shop I would definitely use some ideas from this awesome campaign!

Hong Kong in the Rain by Christophe Jacrot.

A little delight by Christophe Jacrot,

Go away I'm reading

Browsing through different blog I came across this amazing Book covers that are for download through www.embowman.com.

I would love to sit down on the metro and wish some people to go away in a creative manner :)

How to create Panoramic Pictures with CS5 Photoshop

So we have had a lot of evolution in the last Creative Suite versions. A very easy way to do a panoramic picture with your photos is to use the tool Photomerge.

Imagine you want to do a panoramic view of a skyline. I am going to use the skyline of Dublin since I climbed a mountain this weekend outside of Dublin and we found a beautiful spot to take pictures over the city.

Heres what you have to do
1. Open Photoshop
2. File -> Automate -> Photomerge
3. Choose the files

4. Let Photoshop do the work for you.

.... wait a little bit if you have made the pictures in high quality like I did, and now I'm waiting excited to see how it looks

5. Enjoy the end result!

Shade Parade

Shade Parade video by Chanel

Facebook Timeline for pages. What does this mean for me as a SME?

This morning Facebook announced that they will start rolling out the new format of Timeline for professional pages. This is the format that you have start to see with your friends. Although it means some changes for you, it also gives you new potential and new tools to engage with your customers.
So whats the impact that this change will have on me?

Timeline Features

-Cover Photo: Its is a new wide cover image 

-Pin Posts: Anchor your most relevant posts at the upper part of your timeline for up to seven days

-Private Messages: You can improve the communication with your fans through private messages

Preview and Rollout

-Timeline will be available on March 30 but you can start previewing and making changes to your timeline. But remember on March 30 to will change automatically. 

Changes to Default Tabs
Facebok has removed this feature when a visitor hits your Fan page that he ends up first on a default landing page. The Timeline will be the default view now for your fan page. Nevertheless there will be big icons linking your custom tabs.

Changes to Wider Tabs
The available space for custom tabs has been increase from 520px to 810 px.

I will be starting early to experiment with the new features and hope to give my clients and friends a good social media experience and tips through my two sites:

mathyas: https://www.facebook.com/pages/mathyascom/245631342124719
Lopetzki: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lopetzki/159019374138474

Have a great day!

m.