I really like working on small business websites. The owners have a sense of pride. A sense of excitement. A true passion for their business. They most definitely have a desire to play a hands-on role during their website's development. And I like that! As I mentioned in [...]
Well this is pretty exciting... I was treated to a nice surprise the other day when I saw that one of my sports photography photos was used on the Scottsdale Soccer website! My 7 year old started playing soccer years ago and this year she made the jump the Blackhawks. [...]
119 degrees. No, this is nothing like 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon nor does it have anything to do with some optimal lighting angle for fashion photography. I'm talking about HEAT. Stifling HEAT. Record-breaking HEAT. Stay indoors HEAT. But there we were - myself, Melanie, Bronte and newcomer Lauren - [...]
Sometimes I like to share some personal experiences. I don't feel that all my posts have to be related to a project that I have worked on or a photo shoot that just wrapped up but I do like to work in some connection to photography or website design because [...]
Today is a big day for 4Ds Creative Solutions... it's the launch of our completely redesigned website 4DsCreativeSolutions.com! When I say completely redesigned, I really mean COMPLETELY redesigned. Our main site - 4DsCreativeSolutions.com - is now built on the powerful WordPress platform giving the company website a fresh, modern look [...]
"This season my focus is more casual with a hint of romance. I went with more relaxed, every day pieces that can be interchangeable depending on the moment. With my primary color being blue this season, I have branched out using different shades such as chambray, heather and navy." That's [...]
I recently had the privilege of shooting senior portraits for an amazing and friendly high school senior, Megan. She's off to Colorado University in the fall but one of her final 'to-dos' as a high school senior was to get her portraits taken. After meeting up a Starbucks one afternoon [...]
I'm excited to announce my latest web design project: a WordPress blog / website for Holistic Health Coach Featherleaf Dunigan. On this project, WordPress provided the framework and I mixed in a premium template along with some great plugins. Working with Modern Tribe's Events Calendar plugin as well [...]
Sometimes I just can't figure out where the time goes! I was keeping true to my 2013 goal of posting on my blog regularly and then all of a sudden nearly a month has gone by! Not that I haven't been busy - quite the opposite! On February 24th, myself, [...]
My typical workflow involves Lightroom and Photoshop but occasionally I like to mix things up and add some specific effects to photos that I think could benefit from a little creativity. Last summer I bought Nik Software's Complete Collection which integrates nicely into Lightroom. At first glance, their set of [...]
