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”

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.

Protective Blanket

As we become part of the vast world of skin arts and body alterations few things are very important if you chose to make this a path to a career and or business. Having your work and property protected has become more and more necessary on today’s world. 

Your creativity, professional, and personal lives become intertwine with others as their wrong sense of decency become nothing more than words barely learned. Many of us have download or utilized someone’s work for a base or point for creative inspiration, but many use these, as they were their own. This creates many ripples and liabilities throughout the industry with copyright and trademark infringement.

As you create designs, styles, shapes, and any other artistic vision you put down on paper it is your work and creation. Many cases surface throughout the year and around the world for infringement of others work: music, lyrics, poems, drawings, logos, and so much more. You are protected under the federal blanket as long as you register, copyright, and trademark your work.

Here you can follow entertainment lawyers Gordon Firemark and Tamera Bennett, as they talk about copyright court disputes in Canada in their podcast episode 32 in the Entertainmentlawupdate.com.

He advised to have a good defense or someone that can protect you or walk you through the right path to protect yourself.

Gordon also gives a little taste in subjects that are very relevant to anyone that consider creating anything. In his podcast number 27, Gordon discuses other problems with copyrights terminations and acquisitions.

More advice and lectures can be found throughout many sites from law universities to lawyers sites and podcasts.

For the Tainted Angels we can see liabilities with our work and content, so our protection will start with trademark our logo and copyright our work as we will become part of peoples lives that as today are in some kind of way pushed or not tolerated because of their choice of art on their bodies.

Always remember to protect yourselves, your work and most of all your loved ones from situations that could have been prevented by basic steps as you build your career and business. 

NO MORE

During our lives, we are exposed to many events that reveal the truth about people. We see cases of racism, gender discrimination, prejudice, religion persecution, and many other reasons. These are the things people use to attack or diminish others. Even in our working place, where other employees and even management create these situations against others.

Why do we have to stand for this?

Ignorance and stupidity of others hurt those that  do well, just because they don’t look, talk or share beliefs. Many go through a hard time because of this, not just here but all around the world.

In the UK, a case about religious discrimination takes place when the British Airways airline fired four employees for wearing their crucifixes during work time, while others wear their religious symbols like Sikh turbans, bracelets, Muslim hijab and others... (www.euronews.com).   

In New York, we witness a racial discrimination case in the federal court between Chisholm and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in November 2011 (http://nydailyrecord.com).

In this case, we have a disability discrimination case, Roy M. Victor versus the State of New Jersey in October 2009. Roy M. Victor, an employee of the New Jersey State Trooper was not properly accommodated for his disability at work.

How can we secure our jobs, companies, families, and even ourselves if we do not take a second to see, hear, and understand others?

These issues can create such a dark cloud over your business, and yourself. Preventing such, can bring many people together in harmony.

These are only a few reasons why the Tainted Angels are here, one person can change the world. So imagine, what all of us can do together with our love, understanding, and passion for the arts, music and more?

Spread the wings of knowledge and educate others with reason and facts, but specially understanding and love.

Do not let others stop your dreams just because of your race, religion, ethnicity, beliefs, or looks. 

We can never judge a book by its cover, but we can be judge by our doings.

Express without limits!