In this last installment of the snow globe series, the image incorporates effects from a static electricity globe, and adds the snow globe effect as well.  There are lots of other possibilities and combinations that might be created, but those will have to wait for another time.   Thanks for taking time to visit the site.

Digital Snow Globes

An electric charge effect can add spark to your globe design.

While working through a few ideas for virtual snow globes, I came up with this calendar design which seemed like a nice combination.  In this design, I took an entire photograph and placed it in the globe effect.  I have time available to work with customer requests, so be sure to connect with me if you want to get something done for yourself.  In putting together these custom offerings, I can post a wider range of design types, without having to include an exhaustive inventory of every style available in a line of matted products.  Each post gives you some idea of directions we can take with your photos, but each one we work with will get its own special treatment.  When you submit your photos, you can use my posts to give me a general idea of an item style that appeals to you, and I can use that information to develop treatements for your photos. 

When you want something you have not seen posted on the site, just let me know what you have in mind, and I will tell you what I can do to put it together for you.  Tomorrow, I will be posting another type of snow globe design before moving on to the next set of digital inspirations.  Thanks for visiting, and I hope to hear from you soon.

Snow Globe Calendars

Add a snow globe effect to calendar pages to create another nice variation.

In this installment, I used more photo elements in creating the snow scene for the globe design.  There are many different ways to utilize the combination of effects to create eye catching end results.  I am always open to legitimate feedback and questions, so you are welcome to open a dialog on this subject via comments you may have.  There are some more variations on these designs coming along, so check back and see what is next.

Digital Snow Globes

Using more elements of photo objects contribute to a wider snow scene.

In this composition, the snow globe contains a photo “cutout” which makes it look like the boy and his snowman are in the globe with multi colored flakes raining down.  This is another photographic technique which creates interesting results.  There are many variations possible with this theme, and some of them are better than the effect achieved with water filled globes.  If you are a fan of snow globes, you will love these posts.

Digital Snow Globes

A festive way to highlight winter fun.

With this installment, I provide another look at how a virtual snow globe can provide a pleasant visual experience that is not limited to holiday themes.  Taking various photographic objects and embedding them in the snow scene gives an additional sense of depth and focus on the object used.  For me, the hypnotic effect of the falling snowflakes adds dimension to the picture and makes it a nice theme for a greeting card, calendar, or other additional option for creating photo matting treatments.  So far, my audience has provided positive response to this idea.  I will have more examples to show you in subsequent posts, so keep coming back for more, and tell your friends to have a look too.  Of course I will be happy to work with your photos to create something for you.  You can get a nice array of images for your digital picture frame or computer wallpaper.  These should make nice prints as well.

Digital Snow Globes

These images make nice year round accents.

Since I was a child, I always had a certain fascination for those snow globes that are still being sold to this day.  The trouble with the real thing is that you have to shake them to see the snow swirling around inside, and there is often a little bubble in the top of the liquid.  Well, if you like snow globes like me, then consider my virtual globes.  These designs are fun to make from photo subjects, and they can be designed from almost anything you want to use.  The best part is that you do not have to shake them at all, and there are no batteries required!  Also, they will not leak or break if you drop them.  You can get lots of these for your computer desktop or digital picture frame, and experiment with the objects you want me to put in the middle.  Stare at them for hours if you want.  Can I make some for you today?

Digital Snow Globes

No muss, no fuss; just beautiful.

Sometimes I feel like relaxing and letting my mind wander to see where the day will take me.  This enjoyment is evident in a variety of my other posts.  To help me along the way, images play a role in getting me in the mood for coming up with new ideas and designs to enjoy.  Today’s post uses a single matte with a photo embedded into the background to create a simple perpetual calendar design that creates a sense of complex convolutions and  form. 

This site continues to explore different directions with digital photographs and matting techniques.  I welcome the opportunity to share this journey with you, and your input.  To me, digital photography offers a potential similar to the transition from manual typewriters to computer word processors.  Once the door is opened, there is no going back.  What can we do bring your ideas to life? 

Perpetual Calendars

This perpetual calendar design provides a nice blend of image and matting.

In response to popular demand, I have decided to publish some of my original digital series, “The Adventures of Littlehead.”  This first installment finds Littlehead floating in a sea of glunk, smiling because he knows he is not going to freeze.  Our friend fell into the muck while panning for gold, hoping to find some riches for his britches.  Being a little head, there was no way to avoid tumbling into the glunk, because he could not use his hands to catch himself, so in he went.  Luckily in his earlier years, Littlehead was taught to float by his mother, which has kept him from drowning on more than one occasion.  After spending more time than he cared to count in this sea of green and brown, Littlehead’s photo was taken by someone looking down from above, and the photo was forwarded to us for inclusion with this part of the story. 

I will make an effort to follow the trail of the bobbing head, and keep everyone informed as to whether or not he makes it out of the glunk, and what his next super cool moves might be.  For the moment, when you fall asleep at night, you might want to count your blessings and be thankful that your own circumstances are more upbeat than the life and times of someone who is just a head.

Littlehead Falls in the Drink

Good floating little fellow.

My wife was recently talking with me about some people we had known from past travels.  As she got deeper and deeper into the list of this person or that person I had brief contact with, I started fading into that territory where the name sounded familiar, but I could not associate a face with the name.  As she continued telling me about some of the other people she remembered, I found myself not only losing my facial association with names, but the names were also becoming unfamiliar.  It was almost like she was recalling things from some other dimension, because I could not remember down to that level of day to day detail from over ten years ago. 

Photographs can also become obscured by time after they have been put away for a while.  In my own collection, there are pictures that look familiar, but I do not remember where they were taken or why, unless I refer to other written information I associated with the shot.  With my digital photo treatments, it is possible to incorporate information into the photo file or into the photo matting of a picture itself.  In this way, I do not have to rely on my outdated photo album organization system, or prints of photos that become separated from the information I wanted to save.  As long as the file survives, I can look back and remember the part my photos have played in my experiences. 

Digital Photo Matting

Are you asking what dimension your photos came from?

If you want me to create a unique or custom design from your photos or specifications, just send an email to jdir@bhotechnologists.com and tell me what you have in mind.  Please do not attach photos to your email.  I will tell you everything you need to know about how to start getting the most from your digital picture frame content.  If you want to use any of the work posted on this site, just pay $3 per image at how to buy matting services and then send me an email to let me know what you use or want to download.

One of the most under utilized areas for business improvement lies in the way companies recognize the accomplishments of employees.  In fact, employee recognition is an important part of morale building, encouraging achievement, and building productivity among workers.  There are many ways to recognize employee contributions through salary increases, promotion, and programs, but these methods can be costly when compared to the good old-fashioned concept of sincere praise and presentation.

Many companies use prints of homemade recognition certificates signed by a director, supervisor, or company officer to acknowledge a superior project achievement, productivity, product development, years of service, and other occasions worthy of note.  Unfortunately, the quality of these moments is diminished by the lack of care given to creating the means of recognition, and the impact is lost after the award is presented.  Awards of this kind do not give an employee something to cherish for a job well done, because the inferior quality speaks volumes about how little regard the accomplishment has been given by the company.  A poorly designed recognition certificate is no better than writing “Thanks!” with a signature on a dirty napkin. Poorly designed recognition awards will most likely wind up meeting the same fate as a pile of dirty napkins. 

With the quality of an award being just as important as the content, one might question how a cost-effective alternative can be made available to meet the requirement to improve end results.  One solution I found on a number of different levels was in creating digital award products.  Digital certificates or awards provide the ability to raise the quality of the visual image, whether awarded electronically, or issued in print form.  Digital awards provide the benefit of making compositions look richer, last longer, and provide a higher value of image for employees to share with others in showing off their accomplishments. 

Since starting my digital award designs, the feedback I have received from recipients has been consistently positive.  One person told me the award I made for them was more impressive than the one she received from the company she worked for in recognition of 10 years service.  In another instance, I made a joke award for a friend of mine that she printed and put up in her cubical at work.  She reported that she still gets people coming by to congratulate her for receiving such a nice award. 

The point to all this is that there is a hidden gold mine of employee appreciation waiting for companies that take the time to pay attention to detail when it comes to praising employees.  This benefit does not require a high cost investment to achieve.  Good digital award designs can cost the same or less than those homemade PC certificates, but have an impact that gives an employee the impression that they have truly been noticed.

Digital Awards

Reward employees with something they will cherish.