San Francisco’s People. Canon 5DmkII 24p from Philip Bloom on Vimeo. I was chatting with a good friend yesterday about how much fun I’ve had with my camera over the past year when we started discussing how all these DSLRs are now coming packed with video shooting capabilities. Quite a few people had dismissed this as a gimmick, but I’ve...
Read MoreConsumer Service Analysis
Finished a website officially in time for Christmas. I’ve gotten to know the owner of Consumer Service Analysis enough that I’d call her a friend. She seems to be really taking off with this mystery shopping business which is fantastic. I’ve been thankful that she’s been letting me guide her a little bit with some of her logo and...
Read MoreUnder the Dome Bookcover
I don’t have as much time to read as I used to. Which MAY possibly be just another contributing factor to my design blocks in recent weeks. I’m thinking about this new book from Stephen King called “Under the Dome” which sounds like a good read. Interesting that Amazon had this little tidbit about the design of the bookcover:...
Read MoreNew Lightroom
I just finished my last evening of a series of non-credit photography classes yesterday. Overall I found it to be fun. In the 2nd class I don’t think I learned quite as much as I’d like to simply because it was a critique class and as these typically go…critique is often not quite as direct and harsh as is helpful. You know, sometimes you...
Read MoreMistakes in Typography
The NY Times had this recent article about Typography purists…you know, those guys I’ve mentioned here and there that know everything and anything about fonts. I think the article’s got a point about the issue that as a purist you might have a tendency to “spoil pleasant moments” Kinda like how my dad can’t enjoy 9 out...
Read MorePhotosketch
So say you wanted a beautiful wedding shot with a perfect sunset, some sailboats sailing past and some lovely birds flying overhead…what do you do? Hire a pro photographer and wait for it to never happen? Well, according to a group of Chinese developers, you can get this program called Photosketch. With this program, you can sketch out the way you...
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LoweStudio Inc was founded by me, Raphael Lowe, a Honolulu based illustrator and web designer. I presently design and manage a few dozen commercial websites, but my main focus these days is acting as the head developer for Kapiolani Community College and teaching New Media Arts.