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Russian "Gmail Art" Video - Life Sized Paperworks

leelefever — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:58:51 -0500

From the description on the video page, this is:

A video that Saatchi Moscow created and produced for Google to attract more Russian people on GMail.

Visually, it's a bit like our videos, but in a giant format. Instead of pieces of paper, they are using giant pieces of pre-printed fabric. The video is quite artful and well done. Isn't it funny too, that it's by Saatchi and Saatchi instead of Lee and Sachi?

Thanks to Bruno for sending over the link!

Russian "Gmail Art" Video - Life Sized Paperworks

leelefever — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:58:51 -0500

From the description on the video page, this is:

A video that Saatchi Moscow created and produced for Google to attract more Russian people on GMail.

Thanks to Bruno for sending over the link!

Russian "Gmail Art" Video - Life Sized Paperworks

leelefever — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:58:51 -0500

From the description on the video page, this is:

A video that Saatchi Moscow created and produced for Google to attract more Russian people on GMail.

Thanks to Bruno for sending over the link!

Sooo Typical

leelefever — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:45:10 -0500

Sachi came into the room where I draw and saw this piece of paper and nearly died from laughter. It's true - I'm sorry to say, I had a problem coloring a checkered flag. Such things are all too common in my world.

Photo Products to Watch in 2008

leelefever — Tue, 8 Jan 2008 21:01:04 -0500

2008 is shaping up to be a interesting year to try out new things when it comes to digital photos. From photo transfer technology, to wall hanging, to photo sharing services, here are a few things I'll be using in 2008.

Eye-Fi

I consider Eye-Fi a magical piece of photo technology. It makes it possible for me to upload photos to Flickr (or other services) and to my computer directly from my camera using my wi-fi network - no wires, no card readers. Once it's installed, you just shoot a photo and within seconds the photo magically appears on the web and my computer.

Update: I use Eye-fi on my home wi-fi network - when I arrive home, the camera starts uploading as long as the camera is on. I set it to upload to Flickr as "private" and then change permissions as needed.

For SD memory cameras, you just replace your SD card with the 2gb Eye-Fi SD card and load the software on your computer. Once it's set up, the Eye-Fi SD card makes it possible to transfer photos automatically. If you don't have an SD camera, you can use the Eye-Fi card with a Compact Flash adapter too. I first heard about Eye-Fi from Anastasia of Juxtaprose and this year, it was a Christmas gift from my Mom. Thanks Santa!

Fotoflōt

Last year I gave Flickr's photo printing service a try and was impressed. I get so used to seeing photos online that I forget about how they look on a wall. Just recently I came across fotoflōt - which takes photos and wall mounting to a new level.

Two things I love about fotoflōt:

1. Frameless design and photo protection. They print your photos on high quality photographic paper and then fuse it to 1/8" thick acrylic. This makes them low reflection, low glare and high durability. I printed some of our travel panoramas.

2. Magnetic wall mounts. Each fotoflōt comes with a wall mount that makes the photos modular. Once the mounts are in place, you can have a number of fotoflōt photos and switch them out in seconds.

Right now, fotoflōt is working directly with Smug Mug, a photo sharing service. In fact, in order to use fotoflōt I had to upload my photos to Smug Mug first. This may change soon.

SmugMug

Either way, it gave me a reason to try out SmugMug and I'm impressed so far. SmugMug is a bit more professionally oriented (and expensive) than Flickr, and I'm not a pro, but here are a few things I dig about SmugMug.

Photos really do look good on SmugMug. Maybe it's the black background or pixie dust, but I love how my photos look there.

Nice options. I like the new Picnik integration on Flickr better, but SmugMug provides a few options for online photo editing. If you become a power user (59.95/yr), you can even upload videos to your account.

Build a store. If you become a Pro user (149.95/yr) you can make SmugMug a platform on your domain. This means that I could use SmugMug to create LeesPhotoStore.com and sell my photos. They keep 15% and handle support and technical details.

The SmugMug attitude. I love their story of passion, family, being small and living a dream.

So these are a few products I plan to use this year. Maybe you have more?

(My Flickr account)

Photo Products to Watch in 2008

leelefever — Tue, 8 Jan 2008 21:01:04 -0500

Fotoflōt

2. Magnetic wall mounts. Each fotoflōt comes with a wall mount that makes the photos modular. Once the mounts are in place, you can have a number of fotoflōt photos and switch them out in seconds.

Right now, fotoflōt is working directly with Smug Mug, a photo sharing service. In fact, in order to use fotoflōt I had to upload my photos to Smug Mug first. This may change soon.

(My Flickr account)

Photo Products to Watch in 2008

leelefever — Tue, 8 Jan 2008 21:01:04 -0500

Fotoflōt

2. Magnetic wall mounts. Each fotoflōt comes with a wall mount that makes the photos modular. Once the mounts are in place, you can have a number of fotoflōt photos and switch them out in seconds.

Right now, fotoflōt is working directly with Smug Mug, a photo sharing service. In fact, in order to use fotoflōt I had to upload my photos to Smug Mug first. This may change soon.

(My Flickr account)

Photo Products to Watch in 2008

leelefever — Tue, 8 Jan 2008 21:01:04 -0500

Fotoflōt

2. Magnetic wall mounts. Each fotoflōt comes with a wall mount that makes the photos modular. Once the mounts are in place, you can have a number of fotoflōt photos and switch them out in seconds.

Right now, fotoflōt is working directly with Smug Mug, a photo sharing service. In fact, in order to use fotoflōt I had to upload my photos to Smug Mug first. This may change soon.

(My Flickr account)

Photo Products to Watch in 2008

leelefever — Tue, 8 Jan 2008 21:01:04 -0500

Fotoflōt

2. Magnetic wall mounts. Each fotoflōt comes with a wall mount that makes the photos modular. Once the mounts are in place, you can have a number of fotoflōt photos and switch them out in seconds.

Right now, fotoflōt is working directly with Smug Mug, a photo sharing service. In fact, in order to use fotoflōt I had to upload my photos to Smug Mug first. This may change soon.

(My Flickr account)

Photo Products to Watch in 2008

leelefever — Tue, 8 Jan 2008 21:01:04 -0500

Fotoflōt

2. Magnetic wall mounts. Each fotoflōt comes with a wall mount that makes the photos modular. Once the mounts are in place, you can have a number of fotoflōt photos and switch them out in seconds.

Right now, fotoflōt is working directly with Smug Mug, a photo sharing service. In fact, in order to use fotoflōt I had to upload my photos to Smug Mug first. This may change soon.

(My Flickr account)