Seriously, just to be in the top 5 was just pure awesome. But to win the Grand Prize, first place of the T-shirt logo contest, was just an HONOR! Thanks to all that voted. 
I’ve posted the press release:
![T-Shirt Contest Winner - Release with Template[1]-1](http://jsocher.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/T-Shirt-Contest-Winner-Release-with-Template1-1.jpg "T-Shirt Contest Winner - Release with Template[1]-1")
![T-Shirt Contest Winner - Release with Template[1]-2](http://jsocher.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/T-Shirt-Contest-Winner-Release-with-Template1-2.jpg "T-Shirt Contest Winner - Release with Template[1]-2")
Army Ten Miler: I won! woo hoo!
Weekly Design Challenge
There’s times that the design team in the office gets some down time, so we’ve started a weekly design challenge for us to keep our creative awesomeness in check. Constantly pumping out stuff for the same client can get kinda dull, so we like to switch it up a bit.
The goal is to create a portfolio worthy piece from the free istock image of the week from istockphoto.com and turn into a design masterpiece of your choice but the end of the week. At the end we all comment on each other’s work, good and bad. Makes us all better designers, right?
This week was a little different. We had the option to choose any photo and any end product (poster, flyer, brochure, website, etc.) but it had to be music themed. With the help of a tutorial I found, I created this, but used my own images and tweaked it a little. I think in all my time in school and work, this has to be the best photoshop piece I’ve done. So I thought it was blog worthy…
images used:
End result:
Army Ten Miler t-shirt contest
I’ve submitted my design for the Army Ten Miler t-shirt contest, and happy to say that mine got chosen in the top 5 out of over 100 entries. So registered runners have the chance to vote on their favorite design. All designs are well done, and VERY good. Mine is Design 1.
http://www.armytenmiler.com/Contests/TShirtContest2009.cfm
Legwarmers, RamsHeadLive! Baltimore MD 30 May 2009
I was invited out to take pic at the Legwarmers show in Baltimore this past weekend, and as always, had a blast. I had some trouble at first with my new lens: tamron 17-50mm 2.8, and was feeling like I should return it. But after very little processing, realized I should probably keep it.
I’ve added a few of my favorites. More on Flickr.
Wedding photography is tough.
I was invited to a wedding recently and had the opportunity to try out some wedding photography. Overall, it’s tough. To all you wedding photographers – hats off to you! Not sure if I’m cut out for it. So I’ve collected my favorites here and played around with some actions from The Pioneer Woman she offers some action sets (1 and 2) that you can download for free. As you can see my favorite ones were from the action set 2: seventies and colorized.
These first 2 are from the rehearsal.
Action set 2: Seventies (the bride)
Action set 2: Seventies (Bride and Groom)
Action set 2: Colorized (Rockstar ring bearer and flower girl)
No Actions. I liked the high key.
Action set 2: Old West
Action set 2: Heartland
I liked how these two images looked in these two different actions, so I had to post both.
Action set 2: Colorized
No Actions. All Nat-u-ral
I helped design name tags, table numbers and menu cards.
No Actions, just converted to black and white. Has the old film grain look.
First Dance as married couple.
Action set 1: Warmer. Father and Daughter
No Actions, just black and white. Father and Daughter
Action set 2: Seventies. Probably my favorite shot. Mother and Son
No Actions. Mother and Son
No Actions.
All original images can be seen on my flickr photostream
by Julie
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