Strobist goes Iphone | Great Type Tutorial | Layers Blog Contest Winner

CATEGORIES: Living In Layers | RC | August 15, 2008

Happy Friday everyone. I was sitting around reading The Strobist, and I noticed that he too has now gone all iPhone. Back in ‘07, I talked about using the iPod Touch or iPhone as a portfolio tool, but I never would have thought that this would prove to be so beneficial. The Strobist talks about the importance of keeping a Lighting file, and shows off a couple of different apps that help in the photography process. Awesome stuff if you ask me. While I currently have an iPod touch, I am keep eking closer to wanting to make the switch. The Strobist just makes yet another case for me to do so.

Click here to go to the Strobist site.

The Art of Type Column
James Felici has got a really neat article talking about typography and to how it pertains to checks, boxes, and outlines. Who knew typography would be so cool…

“In honor of this election year, I would like to dedicate a column to a humble bit player in the typographic repertoire: the ballot box. A linchpin of democracy, it doesn’t get the respect it deserves, and learning to use it well teaches some important typographic lessons.”

The problem starts with finding one at all. It’s not in any standard character set, and fonts including Symbol, Monotype Sorts, and Zapf Dingbats don’t include one either. Of the popular pi fonts, only Webdings and Wingdings offer them. The Webdings ballot box is a full em square, meaning that it reaches from above a typeface’s ascenders to below its descenders. That’s big, for a ballot box. Wingdings offers three models, which range in weight from normal to horsy to even horsier. These sit on the baseline and are more or less cap-height… (read more of the column here).

D700 reviews are coming in
Quick mention here - If you haven’t been to Scott Kelby’s blog recently, you might want to go check it out today. Scott’s taken the new D700 and put it through its paces. He gives it really high praise. Check it out at the Photoshop Insider.

Moose Peterson also has a couple (his frame counter now says 10,000) shots, and he’s got some feedback on the D700. Make sure you see what he has to say here: The Moose Peterson News Blog

Click here to go to Terry White’s Tech Blog and read about the assorted projects that he’s worked on with the D700. Terry is pure technology. Much of what he talks about I just go out and get because he really knows his stuff.

Layers Blog Contest Winner
Congratulations to Carolyn Lim for winning this week’s Layers Blog Contest. Carolyn, you’ve walked away with a 1 year subscription to the National Association of Photoshop Professionals as well as a signed copy of Scott’s upcoming Lightroom 2 Book for Digital Photographers.

That’s it for today. Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

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