photography

Gallery wrap canvas prints

I really like the way gallery wrapped canvas looks with the art or photography stretching around the sides. I've wanted to play around with some old photographs for quite some time and I've found two places that offer this service for canvas prints. One is Custom Canvas Prints (currently offering free shipping with code UB671) and the other is Artistic Photo Canvas. There's a wealth of  tutorials and tips on their blog for aspiring photographers.

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Cupcake photo with my new lens

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photo by charmingink ©2011

I got to indulge in my favorite part of my "day job" this morning. Eating—I mean styling and photographing food. I admit I did taste test these cupcakes to make sure they were up to the magazine's standards first. Did I mention I love to bake? Not cook, but bake—let's be clear.

Anyway, I was thrilled with my new camera lens (50mm Nikor) that my sweetie gave me for Christmas. Post a comment if you'd like me to send the recipe.

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Texture resource for designers and crafters

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Lost & Taken - textures and the pursuit of happiness

If you aren't aware of Lost & Taken you should be. Created by designer Caleb Kimbrough, this site offers free digital textures for download. They are high resolution and high quality and free for personal and commercial use. The above collage is composed of three of my favorites from his vintage wallpaper textures collection.

Please respect his hard work by not hosting the textures elsewhere or redistributing them in their original format, if you would like to share with others direct them back to Lost & Taken.