The Wind: instant action shots for a photograph & ideas

I had dinner with a friend the other day and he spoke of his landscape photography class. The instructor said it's always better to have a cloudy sky as a back drop and I agree – except with the always part. But what if it's a clear sky day and windy like it is here [...]

Posted by Ruth Butler on February 21st, 2012 | No Comments Posted in Photography ideas, Portrait ideas, Website Images - Ideas

A Creative Facebook Page from a Digital Image

I saw this Facebook page last week and I think it inspires ideas for webpages and more.Uncle Ben's Rice Facebook Page. But Is it a digital image? Yes. Regardless, if the box was cut out and reassembled then photographed – that photograph is a digital image. I think it lends itself to so many ideas. [...]

Posted by Ruth Butler on February 12th, 2012 | No Comments Posted in Facebook Page, Website Images - Ideas

So you want to create a Facebook page

A picture is worth a thousand words. How many times have you been compelled to delve into a website because the text looked compelling versus a photographic image drawing you in? This is the basis of a Facebook Page, expressing your self through an image. There are the mechanics to creating the images and technical [...]

Posted by Ruth Butler on January 30th, 2012 | No Comments Posted in Facebook Page, From color to black & white, Website Images - Ideas

Creating a Web Page based on one Photograph

I was taking a web design class and from the midterm assignment’s list of themes I chose the tango because I always had a fascination with the dance. For the design I wanted to break away from the usual header at the top, navigation bar columns and this was my chance. Because  I didn’t have a photograph [...]

Posted by Ruth Butler on May 8th, 2011 | No Comments Posted in Website Images - Ideas

Black and White Photography Contest – A Win

Turquoise Trail Storm This New Mexican distant storm which evolved from a color photograph then a sepia tone to finally a black and white image found glory last night in Santa Fe, New Mexico. KBAC Radio BLACK & WHITE LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY OF NEW MEXICO On this warm summer’s night my friends Cynthia, Donna, Tom and [...]

Posted by Ruth Bilowus Butler on June 28th, 2008 | 1 Comment Posted in From color to black & white, Photography contests, Website Images - Ideas