Beautiful time lapse photography showing how L.A. would look like without cars. Very inspirational work. Director Ross Ching’s got information about how it was all done too. Shot with a 60D and then masked in Photoshop and stitched together using Final Cut Pro. Makes me want to try this in Hawaii. Oh what would Hawaii look like without cars? HEAVEN!...
Read More5 networking tips
My brother overseas got a good promotion recently where he’s now in charge of business outreach for the company he’s been working for. Problem is this is the highest position he’s held yet and requires him to jump into the deep end of business networking. So naturally he calls me… Whodathunk I’d be any authority in the matter?...
Read MoreFive Copywriting Errors
I’ve never professed to be a good writer. (hmm…can’t you tell from my blog?). Funny enough I actually did very well in English writing classes during my college days. Over the years, I just got lazy and carefree with my writing. In any event, when I look at some of the copy my clients provide to me for their proposed projects, it often...
Read MoreKill Adobe Flash
Just the other day a colleague of mine was looking for something to help him convert Flash SWF files into HTML5. I knew I ran across a converter before…but lo and behold it turns out Google is helping out too! Buh bye Flash. (via AppAdvice)
Read MoreComprehensive Website Planning Guide
I’m thinking this “Comprehensive Website Planning Guide” will be required reading in the first day of my coming semester’s Interactive Design class. There’s very little I disagree with there…I had to learn some of these issues the hard way. I particularly liked some advice about photography: Twelve professional images is...
Read MoreKickstarter
I sit in this little awkward space between being a full-on geek to being completely behind the times. It’s like, I stumble across stuff that the average Joe I interact with doesn’t know about, but by the time I’ve discovered it, it’s probably something that many people online have known about for a long time. Take Kickstarter for...
Read MoreAbout Me
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.