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March 2nd, 2010

Photoshop bloopers

There are many different ways to Photoshop an image. The key is using your judgement and eagle eyes as to which methods you see fit within the timeframe/budget while still making the end product look seamless and believable.
Always take ownership of your work by taking the extra time at the end to check your work [...]

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January 18th, 2010

Golden Globes fashion

Fashion enthusiasts - including myself - weren’t disappointed with the spectacular frocks on display at the Golden Globes. Despite the rain, Hollywood’s finest showed off their dazzling style on the red carpet. Some of the stunners were Emily Blunt, Toni Collette, Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, and Penelope Cruz.
For a list of the night’s [...]

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November 2nd, 2009

Faux Food

 
Judging by the picture on the front of my pre-packaged roast meal, I was expecting to find something inside that George Calombaris would be proud of. Instead, I peeled back the wrapping to find something that resembled the bog of eternal stench (well, at least in appearance, perhaps not in scent).
The deception involved in some [...]

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September 28th, 2009

Home

I have just returned from a holiday in Perth. What a great place! The flight over the Nullabor and Lake Eyre is just breathtaking. Our landscape is like no other place on this earth. A fact that was further confirmed when I visited the Art Gallery of Western Australia and was pleasantly surprised not only [...]

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June 29th, 2009

Curious…

A new colour palette is on the way for Arjowiggins Curious Collection and the wonderful photography for the marketing material has me curious as to what we will be seeing soon here in Oz.
Arjowiggins, the international paper company carried here by Spicers and Doggetts Paper, has teamed up with trend experts Studio Edelkoort to developed [...]

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June 29th, 2009

Alice in Wonderland!

Only nine more months until we can see Tim Burton’s beautiful new take on Alice in Wonderland! Johnny Depp is the Mad Hatter, Helen Bonham Carter is the Red Queen and Anne Hathaway is the White Queen. The movie is currently in post-production. Live-action sequences will be merged with whimsical motion-capture creations and then the [...]

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May 27th, 2009

Pecha Kucha Volume 11

Yes, it’s that time again! Pecha Kucha is back in Brisbane and back at the Powerhouse for this installment on the 3 June.
Starting at 8.20pm, speakers include the Director of the Queensland Museum, Ian Galloway; local textile designer, KT Doyle; and founder of In Finland Records, Nick Smethurst. Along with eight other equally diverse speakers, [...]

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April 16th, 2009

UnderExposed

Something about music photography is truly captivating, the reflection and intimacy that is gained through freezing such intense emotion has always grabbed me. UnderExposed is an exhibition featuring some of the best - established and emerging - music photographers in Brisbane. Bringing together those select shooters who have captured the visual side of Brisbane’s aural [...]

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The new issue of Blanket magazine has just been posted. Click here to visit the site and download the magazine.
Yours in design, Janet-eratops

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