Mission: Small Business Update
Alright people, there’s just a week left in the contest and we still aren’t quite at our goal of 250 Facebook votes. This is like watching a horse race in slow motion and the finish line is juuuuuust ahead! If you have voted already, thank you for your support. Please forward the information to others who would like to lend their support and vote, too. If you haven’t voted yet, please do so NOW! We have 7 more days to get through this first phase just to be considered so please do not wait. Here are the easy, 5 second steps again for reference:
1. Go the the Mission Small Business link and click Support on the right
2. Login with Facebook account (no registration required to vote)
3. Search Casart in the businesses (no city or state needed)
4. When we popup, click vote and you’ll see “supported” to confirm your vote
5. Please share with your friends on your Facebook wall and ask them to vote.
Earlier this month I posted Ready, Aim, Shoot Like A Pro! photography tips Lauren Donaldson had given in a Houzz ideabook. Now Lauren has done a part 2 ideabook for Houzz.
These two pictures are from her part 2 ideabook. The first one is all about the architecture: the stark color contrasts of the terracotta roof tiles and the pale house facade surrounding the iron window bars.
I like this picture of varying shades of gray framed on one side by a white doorway and on the other by a hint of a window, and that chandelier off center balanced by the boots off centered on a diagonal to the lower left.
Jennifer Sergent recently wrote in DC By Design about the different perspectives of 2 photographers who photographed the same subjects. One was Thomas Arledge, an architectural photographer and the other was the landscape photographer, Roger Foley. The 2 sets of comparison pictures should whet your appetite, but you’ll see much more and learn more by reading Jennifer’s article.
Thomas focused on the woods of the walls and floor, concrete blocks, and furniture. The exterior beyond serves as a backdrop.
Roger’s picture of the same scene is more dramatic since it was taken at night. The architecture of the interior serves as a “tunnel”, guiding the eye to the outdoors, the blue sky, the setting sun and the grasses.
In the picture of the pool, Thomas emphasized the architectural elements: the pool, the deck, the steps and the snake railing, again allowing nature to serve as an accent.
Roger shot from ground level and while he also encompassed the serpent rail, it almost serves as a pointer to the grasses, water and sky beyond.
– Lorre Lei
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