Angels in Black And White

Following our prior posts, we continue with the photography and poetry book-publishing concept.  In this post the focus will be directed towards black and white photography.

This is a concept in photography that has transcended through the ages since photography was invented. Black and white photography is an unbelievable technique which has established itself in the most influential method of expression in our history and society. This is an amazing fact, since we all see the world in colors and everything today it has to be high definition.

The black and white photography digs deeper in the mind and soul of the audience, especially when the human eye can only see colors in a range of 3 percent and 97 percent in black and white.

Having this information in hand can help you and define your audience in an unimaginable way. Knowing some statistics in the visual limitation history can improve your expansion towards a more diverse audience.

For example, we have millions of our brothers and sisters in the world that suffer from a variety list of visual disabilities or different variations of color blindness such as:

 · Red-green deficiencies (most common category)

                        I. Protanopia and protanomaly are red deficiencies.

               II. Deuteranopia and deuteranomaly are green deficiencies.

  
· Tritanopia is a less common deficiency and it is based on the color blue deficiency.

· Rod monochromacy or achromacy it is the most extreme case of color blindness in which no color is visible at all.

Having the human eye capabilities of differencing in the amount of light and darkness we can perceive, black and white will be your key point of visual communication to a bigger mass. Just remember shoot in colors, but know your:

• Compositions
• Color ranges
• Especially your gamma ranges 

Make them part of your daily work till it becomes second nature.

Using this information not just for an advantage to expand your market, but to also understand and share our visions with others can set your work apart from others.

On our next post, we will provide some tips to acquire better techniques to use in your black and white photography.

Stay close to the Tainted Angels and remember to have…

“Expressions Without Limits”

Angels on Demand

You want to publish your thoughts and experiences, maybe your pictures or poetry.

 ------- Melting -------

By David Torres

Slowly I crawl through this dusty road to a place I thought it was forsaken.

I find myself crawling under the melting sky blending away my melting eyes.

How did I found this other abyss on my path?

How can I survive another fall?

How can I........?

My feet’s are numb, I can't no more.

Why I didn't stop?

Why I follow this blur heart shape box inside of me?

When it's feel with the fear that took her away.

And now, it took me away again.

Just a place to recharge your ego?

Just one to make you feel where you go.

Why I open this heart shape box once again?

Knowing that it's full.

Knowing that no one can empty this heart shape box.

She tries, but put back something more.

Why?

She begs for forgiveness.

I just get on my knees....

I start to crawl ones again over this dusty road.

I start to crawl over the melting sky.

I feel the blending ones more of my melting eyes and the sky.

I was right. This place is forsaken...

Forsaken for me...

I can't find it...

I can't feel it...

I start to melt with the melting sky....

Well, today you can do it without having to be slaved or worry about having an agent or distributor to take your time and money, which possibly you don’t have.

Today, you can publish yourself through what is called Print on demand (P.O.D.)

This can expose your art to everyone. Imagine your work on sites like Amazon, Blurb, Lulu, iUniverse and many other sites that will distribute your work for almost no money from your pockets. 

They will help with your distribution worldwide and your royalties will definitely be over 50% for you... Isn’t this awesome, RIGHT?

There is more to know about this, so you ever thought of this, come and contact us and we can help guide you to achieve your goals.

Expressions Without Limits

VividlyVisions@hotmail.com

Skilled Angels

In our last blog we talked about self-printing. In this post we are going to give you a few tips and websites that can and will help you raise the bar in your own work.

So you want to get better at your work and projects?

Here are some sites that without a doubt will help you increase your skills in your art. You can find anything in these sites from reverb use to equalization tips and tricks.

The websites are full of information about any topic you can imagine.

Lynda.com has all types of tutorials of audio, video, photo manipulation, business tips, social networking and marketing, self-publishing, eBook creation, and hundreds of other types and forms of tutorials.

Sites like creativecow.com, advancedphotoshop.co.uk, and photolesa.com will help you with your photo manipulation skills.

If business is your niche, then you can look into sites like mint.com, fastcompany.com, brandyourself.com, smallbusiness.chron.com, and startupnation.com. 

You will find lots of information that will help you in starting and or grow your business and brand.

With the help of these sites you can gather some of the best information, tips and tricks of the industry you dream of being part of. The information that you will acquire will be top shelve quality.

 

We have used all of them as part of our personal and professional tool kits. The results are beyond expectation. Having places where the information, tutorials, tips and tricks are at your fingertips for a professional or personal use for your projects is without a doubt an amazing tool to have.

Been aware of the latest in technology, procedures, techniques, do’s and don’ts of the business industry, will set you apart of the rest. Practice and attain as much information and skills as possible.

As it is part of the Tainted Angels… Expressions without Limits… should be your mantra.

Only you can limit yourself.