Something is really starting to bother me. Either I am having an identity crisis, or the world is really confused about my line of work. Yesterday, Twitter announced that they are looking to hire a creative designer. I thought, how cool is that? I could work for one of my favorite companies! So, I click [...]
A while back I wrote the title of this article as a lead into a paragraph for another article. Judging by the comments the article received, it seemed to strike a cord with a lot of readers. The idea behind the notion, is that from time to time, we all need a little help with [...]
Hey all! Just wanted to post a quick note that I, indeed, have returned to work! Yey!! And with my return come two new posts – a “Quick Tip” in the tutorial’s section on how to create a color complimentary vignette for your photos, and the first installment of a new brush series that I [...]
Hi all! Happy news! My doctor has given me the all clear to return to work! He does, however suggest that I go a little slow at first, and not wanting to press my good fortune of being able to avoid the surgical table, I am going to follow his advice. This week, I will [...]
Dear Readers, I am down with a painful injury to my back, neck, & arm that prevents me from being on the computer for longer than ten minutes at a time. DBF will return when I can get this injury resolved. In the mean time, I apologise for the absence and thank you for your [...]
Hey all! After PSW, the NAPP team got super busy with the release of CS5 promoting it and developing their live webinars to show all of the new and totally killer features. If you didn’t get a chance to see them, click the link, you still can! And if you do watch them, you will [...]
The expression “I’m my own worst enemy” is one that I have found that most designers, developers and freelancers relate to. There is no other career related community that I know of that has a running habit of self sabotage the way that we do. And no one seems to be able to avoid it. [...]
A while back, I won the lottery. Ok, so it wasn’t the real lottery, but it sure felt like it. I was invited to stay with Robert Vanelli for a weekend and go on a photo shoot with the official photographer for the St. Louis Rams Cheerleaders – Michael Green, who I knew and already [...]
Hey all! Today I am downtown for an appointment all day. And unless we happen to wrap up early, I won’t be back until late. I will return tomorrow with the Top Ten Re-Tweet post. Thanks Much! ~Firgs
Hi everyone! When I announced my new affiliation with B&H, I promised you all some training videos. When I checked out their library I found out that there are hundreds of videos to choose from. It was a bit daunting, and not being a photographer myself, I decided to ask around to see if anyone [...]
