Quietly sitting on my garden bench drawing a picture from a photo that I had taken of the island of Capri in Italy, when I was living there, I was feeling into the thrill of the moment of standing in that spot to take the photo, mind body and soul I was back there, when I heard a voice say, why don’t you share these photos with everyone? In that moment, in that space of love for my subject it seemed a perfectly easy step, why yes, of course I’ll share them.
As I returned to the present moment, all manner of questions started coming into my head, mainly how? I was like a chimney pot with ideas smoking out the top of my head and my charcoal was writing so fast it’s amazing it or the paper didn’t self combust. Just how would I share them? The easiest and cheapest way without giving me overheads was obvious; a website, but oh my goodness! How do I even begin to do that? Could I maybe build one myself from scratch? If any web designers are reading this I hope you didn’t just choke, I was, I think, touchingly naive, surely anything is possible? That is what we are taught.
Over the next few weeks I will share with you the steep learning curve I’m taking from the aha moment to actually getting a professional ecommerce site up and running. From how to find a trustworthy web designer to all the essential things you need to know about being found on search engines, do you have to pay to appear on Google? How to market your website and use social media effectively, how to work out pricing for your product and most importantly how to feel comfortable about asking for money for your photos, yes I know, that’s a biggie. Read More→
Living in the beautiful rural county of Yorkshire it was perhaps natural for Ruth to have an affinity with the countryside and its wildlife. Creativity is Ruth’s driving force finding an outlet in television & radio she worked for many years as producer for BBC & ITV.
However a love of photography and for being surrounded by nature called her to go back to her photography training and bring pleasure and joy to people through her connection with our planet.
Staying in the moment when taking her images allows her to experience the natural magnificence unfolding before her eyes. It is this moment of mediation, of gratitude, that she evocatively conveys through her images.
Of course, Walgreen’s uses the cheapest paper and processing they can get away with and the result is prints that won’t be around in 50 years.
PRESS SUMMARY – An annual survey of 1,139 Graphic Design USA (GDUSA) readers shows designers rely on stock imagery today more than ever. The survey, which the magazine has been doing for 24 years, shows that 95 percent of designers use stock in their work and more than half use stock at least 20 times a year. Both represent new highs in the survey.