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One of the options for framing & matting that I came across & that's quite affordable is this online service called Documounts. They offer everything - matboards, foamboards, frames, and much more . Prices are quite nice, especially their "economy" pricing. No first hand experience - yet. Will order a set or two for our home framing, of course to see for myself and to save some $$$ because pro-framing for my shots to hang at home comes at exhorbitant price at any custom framing shops...

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Isolations (Part 2): Advanced Isolation

Did you really think I got four exceptionally well trained giraffes to pose calmly in my super-sized snow-white studio with a hundred gigantic light boxes? Na-hah! Actually, I got them in their natural habitat amidst a peaceful green-filled landscape. And then I put my photoshop hat on and went to work. The end result is much more fun and much more useful to designers. 

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Isolations (Part 2): Basics of Isolation

'How do you isolate objects off their background" is probably one of the most frequently asked post-processing questions in photography. Certaintly a lot of people have asked me that. Everybody wants to know how to achieve perfect isolations and to extract objects from their backgrounds. In this two sequel tutorial I will deal with tricks of isolation - from basics (Part I), to more advanced, such as hair, fur and complex objects, isolations (Part II).

We know that there is high demand for images "over white" : many designers want their images over white because white is what they publish on and it offers designers many versatile opportunities to be creative. Stock photographers want their images over white - they sell better as designers would much rather prefer a concept/product image over white than over gray, blue, pink, or yellow. And yet, matters of correct lighting and exposure aside, many stock photogrpahers who use home-made light tents, home-made lights or both still frequently do need to clean their images up to make surse their background is purely white. People who sell their work on ebay prefer the clean, uncluttered, professional look of "over white" isolations. And yet I've heard many times from e-bay sellers that they purchased equipment to shoot their products "over white" but could never really achieve perfectly white background and instead ended up with shots "over gray"

Strictly speaking, depending on your subject matter and your needs, some of what you may need to do can be done by pure color manipulation and the use of an eraser tool. The pen tools is necessary only in certain, more complex, cases. Let me walk you through a couple of representative examples. Starting from a basic, simple one. 

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ChasingMoments is a project in the making. The basics (layout, menus, galleries) are set-up, but I have a lot more planned for the site. Here are some things that are coming up, either in the near future or "as soon as":

- 'Buy a print' section where a selection of images will be offered as prints, framed or unframed, up to poster sized prints. I will build this section up slowly, starting from just a few prints. I am working with a printer to verify quality and to fine tune color. Any print available for order will have been proofed by me, and will be available for order directly from me. 

- 'Sign up for news and updates' section where visitors can leave their email to stay up to date with the progress @ ChasingMoments

- Pasword protected section for select customers and projects and for purchasing prints or digital files

- Option that allows "digital alteration" customers to upload their digital files directly to me

- "Free Image" of the week section

- A more formal "tutorials" section, where I will have walk-throughs from A to Z, from the original file to the post-processed file (color correction & HDR, isolation, panoramic stitching, alterations, digital make up, touch ups, face lifts & liposuction)

Feel free to leave any tips and suggestions !

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