The Carte de Visite (or visiting card) was a small calling card with a photographic image mounted on, was patented in the mid-19th century in Paris by photographer André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri. T...Read More
New Logo, New Website Layout, New Posts and a Portfolio being continually updated and with a new focus. So, in this first of new posts I thought I would I explain the logo. Firstly, the tree trunk is ...Read More
The 7 question interview with Jenny Hawkins, artist based in Widnes. WHO? Jenny Hawkins What? Artist and academic researcher Where? North West www.jahawkins.co.uk www.facebook.com/mindar...Read More
Lately, I have had a few 1 to 1 meetings with peers, prospective clients and whilst most are happy with the written content of their website, they are not so happy about the images, in particular gene...Read More
Do you do Wedding Photography? This is a question I am often asked as a follow-up to the question ‘What do you do for a living?’ and I have replied that I am a photographer. When I say &...Read More
‘A picture tells a thousand words’ was a term coined in the early 20th Century, loosely associated with an advertising campaign for the use of graphics and images in marketing and as with all good...Read More
Thinking about donating gifts to Museums and Galleries? As a follow up to the ‘Preserving Memories’ series, I have asked the Victoria Gallery & Museum’s Fine Art Curator Moira Lindsay to wri...Read More
This weeks post comes by courtesy of Adran Storey of JAK Fine Art Printing about Giclee Printing Much has been written about the origins of the word Giclee, but what does it mean and what is involved...Read More
When: 18th May – 24th August 2013 Where: Victoria Gallery and Museum, Brownlow Hill Kurt Tong’s ‘The Queen, the Chairman and I’ is the VGM’s offering for the Look 13 Festival. The exh...Read More