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20 Perfect Showcases of Bokeh in Fashion Photographs

Damien Baxter — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:41:28 +0000

There are a wide variety of online stores using these photography techniques in order to make products look better and to entice viewers to buy. Although there are not many fashion photographers who use this technique for catwalks, they however use it in the examples below for stand still models.

1. Untitled by Evan_Tetreault

2. Zac Posen

3. River Model by Mykel

4. Untitled by

5. Kim Bokeh by Justin Lucarelli

6. Untitled by Eli Santana

7. Eleanor by Faye Sampson

8. Counting Steps by BruMazurek

9. Untitled by Evan Tetreault

10. Linda by Dankae

11. Milan Fashion Week by Stefano

12. These Roads, These Sights by Batudiste

13. Untitled by ChrisSchc

14. Thai Models by Vicco Gallo

15. Allison by Stephanie Pana

16. High-Fashion by Ryan David Ahern

17. Future Star? by soylentgreen23

18. Adopt by Roberto Urso

19. Bringing it Back Home by Ren Rox

20. Old Fashioned by The Snake 12

How to insert Social Media Buttons on your website

Chris — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:44:11 +0000

Social media represents a relatively new but useful way of getting traffic. It has become an instant worldwide trend, being often presented as a viral phenomenon; in such situations it becomes obvious that this tool, when used in an efficient manner, can bring amazing results. Of all the different websites existent online, blogs are the most exposed to the traffic problems, as the level of profit depends on the number of unique visitors. Bloggers are aware that any possibility of gaining more visitors is very important, therefore they are concentrating to the max on finding the best opportunities.

Social media cannot be neglected and any blogger has the opportunity to create an account on various social networks; however, there are other types of social media that can also be used. It’s very important to make a clear distinction between social media and social networks, the latter being a special category of the first. The distribution on social networks provided to be the most efficient method for obtaining traffic, being derived from social media as well. Another mistake of many bloggers is that, in the most cases, social networks are reduced to Facebook and Twitter; there are still only a few people who have a full profile on LinkedIn. In spite of the stunning success and fame these networks have acquired, a good amount of traffic could be obtained by targeting various other networks. Many bloggers obtained a lot of traffic by promoting their posts on different social networks; for example, did you know that Stumble Upon is a real help in bringing different websites closer to readers?

The experience revealed that, no matter how grateful the readers want to be, their commodity is capital. Consequently, even though the readers might consider a post very useful and interesting, very few of them will promote it via social networks; however, by having a button that allows such a thing, the chances of being promoted are considerably increased. There may be users who disagree with the advantages offered but having a button ready to distribute a post on various networks is beneficial. Much more, across time, statistics revealed that a button for distributing posts via social networks is mandatory. Nowadays, the problem isn’t about inserting or not inserting this “magical button”, it’s about where to insert it. A wise choice will make the difference between high traffic and just another graphical construction.

The social media buttons, no matter where they are situated in the layout, must have some specific features as:

They shouldn’t confuse the readers
A button must be obvious and not confused with anything else; if it distributes posts on Twitter, then the reader shouldn’t have any problem, he knows that by clicking on it, the post will be tweeted.
It must not be embarrassing
For the most readers, the promotion of the posts is a favor made to the authors, while bloggers consider this action as something natural, similar to the applauses for actors. It’s not important who is right, but in any scenario, the button shouldn’t embarrass the visitors or else, instead of attracting readers, it will annoy them.
It must be at hand

We don’t all have time and no one will wait for few minutes to search for a button, hence it must be at hand. In order to obtain the best results, the solution is to test and carefully study the reactions of the visitors.
The standard solutions are simple: the insertion of buttons at the beginning of the posts or at the bottom; there are advantages and disadvantages. In both cases, Word Press community creates enough plugins that allow a huge level of freedom.

1. In the beginning of the article

The huge advantage of this solution is the higher visibility and the readers are more tempted to distribute, while scrolling until the end of the article is time consuming (yes, people are very lazy and parsimonious). The majority of the plugins creates a column of maximum three or four buttons, usually situated in the left of the post (quite probably because the post is read from left to right), but there are many blogs that use the right position. The distribution on Twitter, Facebook and Stumble Upon are the most common, but Google+ has a stunning expansion and it’s only a matter of months until it will become universally presented. As previously mentioned, the traffic may come from other less famous networks, but more focused; implementing a huge column with ten or more buttons is definitely a bad solution, therefore how can you use them? The next choice is far more efficient than the previous one regarding the possibility of promoting on other networks.

2. At the end of the post

Even if the reader didn’t see the button from the start, after reading it, he has a lot of possibilities to promote it, in the fortunate situation that the plugin creates an area with social networks logos or buttons. Each blogger adds here the best solutions and he must experiment to obtain more and more visitors. It has the advantage that the area of implementing the buttons may be easily customized and it may represent an eye-catching item of the overall layout.

The conclusion is simple: any blogger must experiment and constantly try to improve the solutions to distribute the post on various social networks. There is no perfect solution, the testing may offer the best answers, but these aren’t valid for eternity.

25 Beautifully Designed iPod-iPhone Themes

Stratos Iordanidis — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:27:44 +0000

Simple Style

Deja Vu

my ipod is better than ur ipod

My iPod Theme Wooden

Forest iPod

Studio

Fusion theme for Iphone

Classica – Theme Screenshot

Stack Ipod Touch

iPhone Pinky theme

iPad theme for iPhone, Suave

iColl iPhone Theme

iPod Setup – Mix It Up

iPhone theme 01

Sangano iPod Touch

Babo – iPhone Theme

iPod Screenshot

Momentum iPhone theme

Pre-tend – Theme Screenshot

first ipod shot Soda

Sista Release

iPod Touch Shot

The Theme

iPod 6 June

Gladhander Theme

15 of 2011′s Popular Modern Book Covers

Jon Baxter — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:47:30 +0000

I have put together some books that I have read in my spare time and various that have great modern but simplistic book covers. Some have designs that are way ahead of their publishing date – hence why they are continuing to be as popular today.

1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

2. The Help by Kathryn Stockett

3. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

4. Divergent by Veronica Roth

5. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

6. One Day by David Nicholls

7. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

8. Across the Universe by Beth Revis

9. Where She Went by Gayle Forman

10. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

11. I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

12. Smokin’ Seventeen by Janet Evanovich

13. What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen

14. The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen

15. Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins

40 Brilliant Sunsets to Inspire you

Stratos Iordanidis — Sun, 22 May 2011 15:13:59 +0000

A Sunset

Sunset

The Sunset

Sunset

sunset…

sunset

Sunset

Sunset.

Sunset

a wonderful sunset

Sunset

worm of the sunset

Sunset Skyline

sunset

Sunset

The Sunset Strip

Sunset

Frostastadavatn sunset

Columbine Island Sunset

Sunset

kuta’s sunset

Sunset

Alnmouth Sunset

Sunset Horseman

sunset

Sunset.

Sunset Wind

beach sunset

Sunset in SA

Lupins Sunset

A cold sunset

Sunset in the city

Sunset

a Boat at the Sunset

sunset IV

Bat Sunset

Golden sunset

25 Wonderful Drawings by Randy Atwood

Stratos Iordanidis — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 10:20:17 +0000

Hugh

Adriana

Adriana_II

Ashley

Candice

Daywalker

Dennis

Edward

Harry

Jackie

Jackman

Jules

A King’s Downfall

Mary Winstead

Matthew Bellamy

Matthew Bellamy II

Michael

Minerva

Mr black

Natalie

Purefoy

Sir Sean

Taylor

Victoria

Walken

The post isn’t a advertisement. I published it because I love that portraits! Visit Randy’s profile to see more!

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Freebie: Golden Ticket (PSD)

Stratos Iordanidis — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:30:48 +0000

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20 Beautiful Video Players from Dribbble

Stratos Iordanidis — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 20:12:00 +0000

Video Player

Video Player Complete Concept

Video Player Idea

Video Player

TR Player

Video Player

Video Player Controls

Video player

Video Player – Light v2

Video Player

Video Player WIP

Custom Video Player

Custom Video Player UI

t11 video player

Video Player UI

Playing it Old Skool

Video Player PSD

Video-Player

Vegetative Player

How to create a box icon with Adobe Photoshop

Stratos Iordanidis — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:38:45 +0000

1. Creation of the box

Create a box with Rounded Rectangle Tool (Radius: 20px)

Then, use the following Blending Options:

(You can download the pattern that I used here.)

2. The tape

Our box is ready and now we need a tape. Use the Rectangle Tool to create a parallelogram shape like this:

and then use the following Gradient Overlay:

Now, use the Pencil (Color: #905e28) to draw some lines on the top and the bottom of the tape like them:

and two more near the middle of the tape (First color: #9e6d38, Second color: #dfbd90):

3. The creation of the tag

Let’s create a tag in front of the tape. Take the Rounded Rectangle Tool and create a shape. Then, use the Blending Settings as shown below.

That’s the result so far, with some text inside the tag.

4. The other two tapes

Now, we should add two more tapes on the top and bottom of our box. Take the Rectangle Tool and create a small parallelogram on the top of the box (Color: #cc9e6e). Then, add an 1px stroke (Color: #af8961).

Now, to make the tape more realistic, we will crop a part of it. Take the Eraser Tool and erase some parts of the tape like here:

Select the top part of tape’s stroke with the Rectangular Marquee Tool and fill it (Edit > Fill…) with a lighter color (Like: #d9c5a9).

Then, copy the current tape to the bottom of the box and rotate it to 180° (Edit > Transform > Rotate 180°).

The Final Result

(You can use any background image and color to enchant it!)

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Stratos Iordanidis — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:22:21 +0000

To start with, let’s look at Website Templates. These are web designs that enable you to easily build websites and blogs. Each website template can be modified to fit your needs. Just replace the default content with your own one and your website is ready to go.

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