Just had the pleasure of designing a fresh and new business card for Photographer David Primm or Desnae Photo. His photography specialty is creating unique portraits on-location. He wanted his branding to reflect “It’s who you are.” He had sent a ton of photos to look at and he had a logo but that’s […]
Photographer Danny Weiss asked me to design a 5.5 x 8.5 color postcard to promote his headshot business for actors, musicians etc. for the New York market. The idea was to highlight the shots, retain consistency for his branding, keep it simple but not like the other headshot comp cards that he’s used to seeing […]
Hot off my desk is the 10×15 Leather Craftsmen 3500 series album for John Riedy Photography - showcasing an amazing wedding at the prestigious Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, California. It was so much fun working with John and he certainly provided me with great shots to work with! There were a lot of […]
One of the first things I learned in design school was this: inspiration can be found everywhere and everything.
Emotion: remember how you felt during an important time of your life - maybe your own wedding or the birth of your child … these feelings are being felt by the client for which you’re designing for. […]
LA/NY photographer Danny Weiss wanted to create a killer portfolio showcase of some of his favorite shots to use as both a promotional piece and a sample album. He selected a Vision Art Book in a 12×12 size complete with dust jacket. He told me he fell in love with these books at this year’s […]
Due to popular demand HappyFish Design is now offering album design layout for top-of-the-line matted style albums - such as Queensberry and Leather Craftsmen. Photographers have been responding strongly to the way that I layout digital albums and felt that I had that eye and intuition to layout matted albums as well. Matted albums have […]
Just finished a great new album for Jason Cohen Photography from Louisiana. This was a really fun project because this will be a sample album for him - the photos were great and he’s also a super nice guy. Album Details: Art Leather iMount - 10×10; black leather; 20 page sides. Designed by HappyFish Design.
If […]
I wrote a long reply to a comment made in the Design section regarding color forecasting - and I’ll be honest, I’m new to blogging and I can’t figure out how to add images to a comment …. ?!
The post was called “Pantone Color Reports for 2006/2007” on 04-13-2006.
These are the images that […]
These numbers are an interesting alternative for your home or studio. They are solid aluminum fixtures that absorb solar light during the day - and then glow at night. They are made by a San Francisco company called Matterinc.
I had to watch the video quite a few times … this is a paint roller designed to communicate and print pixels from any digital imagery - text or photos on a variety of surfaces. It’s like a handheld printer. I found this on the rAndom international website - amazing ingenuity - I wonder how […]