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Content Creation Milestones

Dancers in black and white - ©TimeLine Media

At the end of 2013, I looked back, and I realized that I kept a resolution that I stipulated a year prior to blog at least once a day. To say that I learned a lot would be an understatement of a large degree. I was thinking so much more about why I do things, I sought the opinions of other bloggers and what they wanted to accomplish with their writing. With my focus on photography, I had lots of content that I had not written about as these events and projects were progressing. I thought that I would need to dip into that pool of projects to keep going when new ideas or images were not made throughout the year. In fact, I still have a list of things that I have not blogged about event after a year of daily postings.

Washington, DC

Lincoln Memorial - HDR Image - ©TimeLine Media
Lincoln Memorial – HDR Image – ©TimeLine Media

There are a few content makers out there that really crank out posts multiple times a day. I knew that I could not do that being just one person. When would I have time to make new photos? There are many photographers, writers, comedians, sports reporters, that blog articles daily. It took me a while to see what they were doing, and to jump in myself. This was despite the fact that I would read their content multiple times a day. I knew I had some things to contribute, and I had a WordPress blog already setup. It was only the commitment that was needed to really get the ball rolling. It is now a part of daily routine. If it is getting late in the afternoon, I feel the tug of the keyboard to get something down. It is as much for me as for anyone else that happens to come across the site.

©TimeLine Media - Piano Keys
©TimeLine Media – Piano Keys

For everyone that has come across my posts and written comments and urged me to continue – Thank you! To all the writers, photographers, podcasters, and other content creators that are sharing their creations online with their audiences – Thank you! I hope that I can contribute more than noise to the online community. I love creating and sharing new images that hopefully get better as I write and analyze the photos over time. And it is my hope to make them better each time I hit the “Publish” button.

Dancers in black and white - ©TimeLine Media
Dancers in black and white – ©TimeLine Media

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Photographic Gifts

©TimeLine Media - source files for greeting cards

It is my mother’s birthday on Monday! I have given her many photo gifts as you can imagine – from canvas prints, to albums, to prints mounted into frames. This year, I am giving her something that she requested a while ago. She really like to send out greeting cards for birthdays and holidays, but she cannot find ones that have lines printed on the inside for writing. It seems like this would be something that would be easy to find! So for her birthday, I made some custom cards. The photos were of flowers from the garden at her house that her brother manages. He is quite talented with caring for these – I am trying to learn his tricks! Most of the printing houses online can print both the outside and inside of cards in case you want to add text to the inside of the card. Instead of text, I just added a page with lines that my mom could use to write her notes.

5x7 card with lines
5×7 card with lines

Custom Postcards

Then, I made some covers for the cards with the flower photos. I took my longer than I want to admit to make sure the flowers were on the correct side as they were folded. It was not until I saw the cards delivered that I was completely sure I did it correctly.

©TimeLine Media - 5x7 greeting card
©TimeLine Media – 5×7 greeting card

I also wanted to ensure that they printed well on the paper. Optical prints are printed on photographic paper, either matte or glossy, and I am familiar with how my images look out of Lightroom translated to that kind of paper. The cards are pre-press printed onto card stock. Check with your lab before you print to see how to setup you software to soft proof how they will look prior to ordering. There are some slight change you may have to make in contrast and sharpening to ensure a good transfer. These turned out nicely! I hope my mom enjoys them. Maybe I’ll start a greeting card business line.

©TimeLine Media - source files for greeting cards
©TimeLine Media – source files for greeting cards
©TimeLine Media - source files for greeting cards
source files for greeting cards to give as gifts ©TimeLine Media
©TimeLine Media - source files for greeting cards
©TimeLine Media – source files for greeting cards

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