New edit from knife catalog

Spent a couple hours this event editing this photo from a catalog I photographed last year.  Reminds me of Nip/Tuck, except without the weird ménage à trois vibe.  I like the texture on the metal, and played around with blending to make the background more subdued and get the knives to shine.



It's funny the different directions you can take a raw image.  The background is a light blue, button-down shirt, but I decided to make it dark to match the edgy look to knives.  Let me know what you think

Issuu - Publishing Site

I mentioned this site in my post on publishing and creativity. Just testing it out for myself now, by uploading a brochure - student work from Hallmark.

The site operates like a bookshelf. You can search or browse the library of uploaded content (that users make public), and can then bookmark the content - anything from presentations, to catalogs, to newsletters. This adds it to your 'shelf,' where you can organize things into folders (like most email programs), or share, or download.

The makers of Issuu pretty much hold your hand through the whole process with little videos, which is nice. Plus, the website interface is simple and easy to use anyway. One of the coolest things, though, is that you can implement their slick document presentation on your own site. Haven't come across any sites using this feature yet, but I'm testing it out offline.

Open publication - Free publishing - More ben and bills