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		<title>Using Photography Portfolios Cases To Make A Great First Impression</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to the ease of taking photographs and sharing digital images many of the people have forgotten that photography is an art. While taking a photo of you puppy playing in the snow may be more of a personal keep safe but there are some photographs that need to be kept safe and secure.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Due to the ease of taking photographs and sharing digital images many of the people have forgotten that photography is an art. While taking a photo of you puppy playing in the snow may be more of a personal keep safe but there are some photographs that need to be kept safe and secure.</p>
<p>If you are in the business of clicking photographs, then you need to rely on quality photographs to win new clients. Without your portfolio all you have is your word to tell the client how good you are at photography. Instead of simply telling your clients that you are a good photographer, you can show him a sample of your work.</p>
<p>One way to present your photographs in a way that makes a real statement about who you are and the quality of your work is use a quality photography case.  While the case itself does not affect the quality of your work, it can have a big effect on the impression you give.  In a highly competitive marketplace the first impression you give will have already influenced a potential clients opinion long before you pull your first photo from the case.</p>
<p>It is a well known fact that most of the clients would look at the work of several photographers before choosing one. Depending upon how many photographers that have been interviewed by the clients you may end up becoming just another face in the crowd. So what is required is a way to distinguish yourself from the rest and make yourself more memorable. There are basically two ways to achieve this goal, one is by clicking outstanding photos and other is by projecting a great image.</p>
<p>Before going to a client you need to make sure that you are dressed in the right manner and that your appearance is projecting a good image of your personality. Is it worth compromising you career and your image by using a cheap portfolio case in front of clients? I do not think so. In order to display or project a positive image you need to invest in a portfolio that is at the same level as your photography when it comes to the aspect of quality.</p>
<p>The good news is that most the people carry the same kind of portfolio cases. Most people generally carry a black leather or vinyl soft-sided case. Chances are that if all these cases are put together even the photographers would have hard time finding which case is theirs. When you walk into a client office carrying a silver portfolio would get noticed immediately. Two days later when the client tries to remember the photographer you would be the most likely candidate to be remembered.</p>
<p>As a freelancer and as an artist it is very important to have a good image. In order to maximize your chances of getting hired you need to stand out from the rest and get noticed. Do not let the choice of portfolio affect your work and your potential to get new clients. Invest in a metal photograph portfolio that would protect your work and also project an image that would be remembered and noticed.</p>
<p>Protect your photos with <a target='_blank' href="http://www.mezzi.com/Art-Portfolio-Cases/">art portfolio cases</a> from Mezzi.  <a target='_blank' href="http://www.mezzi.com/Aluminum-Portfolio-Cases/">Aluminum portfolio cases</a> look great and keep your artwork safe.</p>
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		<title>Art Contemporary. What Do Your Friends Think?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you tell your artist friends that their artwork is good, are you just being polite? Similarly, if your friends tell you your artwork is actually really cool, are they just being nice?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you tell your artist friends that their artwork is good, are you just being polite? Similarly, if your friends tell you your artwork is actually really cool, are they just being nice?</p>
<p>It&#8217;s all about psychology. Take it from me, a failed artist whose friends used to pick me up constantly after I produced yet another self-portrait that showed incredible resemblance to a sun-dried tomato, it&#8217;s all in the initial reaction and the way it&#8217;s said.</p>
<p>I struggled with stumps of charcoal for hours on end trying to draw and reproduce my imagination on a 36&#8243; x 48&#8243; blank canvas, and my friends used to walk into my dorm room and fall over themselves with laughter! Now, I still have some great friends, and I have never dreamed of being a world-renowned art contemporary artist because I&#8217;ve never been any good at it. I&#8217;ve had to channel my talents in all sorts of other directions. But let e tell you, it&#8217;s a telltale sign that an artwork is not the best if it gets laughed at by everybody when they first see it! Damn art school!</p>
<p>A long pause can also say it all. If more than two seconds pass between someone seeing an art contemporary piece and commenting, then the artwork in question probably doesn&#8217;t give the audience much to talk about.</p>
<p>Art contemporary is for everybody, and any form of self-expression in the current day is art contemporary, but some things just don&#8217;t make the grade on levels set out by anybody. Don&#8217;t worry, my art was like that! It&#8217;s important to remember that an artist shouldn&#8217;t set out to please anybody with his or her work if it is true art contemporary, because it is all about what is inside the artist and nobody else knows that.</p>
<p>ArtTraffic.co.uk is home to the best art contemporary available on the internet. Online artwork is taking over from buying and selling at galleries and museums. Art Traffic is right there at the centre, showcasing the best art contemporary on offer, and Art Traffic showcases any form of art contemporary. So don&#8217;t fear, even if your friends don&#8217;t like your work, or if you&#8217;re not that into your friends&#8217;, others probably will do. Get involved at Art Traffic.</p>
<p>R  Graveyard 6, by Ryan Middleton</p>
<p>Want to find out more about <a href="http://www.arttraffic.co.uk">art contemporary</a>, then visit Arttraffic&#8217;s site and discover future talent! <a href='http://www.arttraffic.co.uk/members/new/subpage'>Get involved</a> and tell us what you think.</p>
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		<title>Contemporary Art And The Legalities</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contemporary art, as we all know, is the ultimate way to express yourself freely. Along with the limitlessness of contemporary art, it is inevitable that some artists might go ahead and push the boundaries too far.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Contemporary art, as we all know, is the ultimate way to express yourself freely. Along with the limitlessness of contemporary art, it is inevitable that some artists might go ahead and push the boundaries too far.</p>
<p>If you wanted to be stereotypical, you would think that all artists are leftist, extreme hippies; that&#8217;s not the case. Artists come from different walks of life and use the contemporary art form as the ideal way to express themselves.  The President Barack Obama by John Drew</p>
<p>It is true, however, that art and contemporary art is, and always will be, an eternal way of communicating views to the masses. Art, I&#8217;m sorry to say, will always be used to preach; political activism will always be found somewhere near the painter&#8217;s pallet, and some artists will always attempt to provoke the thoughts of others; they&#8217;ll try to enforce their own ideas on you. It&#8217;s inevitable, as long as artists can express themselves by any means that they feel necessary. Rebellious artists go way too far sometimes, and we can all come up with examples of this, but I don&#8217;t think that there&#8217;s anything we can really do to solve this problem. If we put limits on the artists and boundaries in contemporary art, then we&#8217;re spoiling it for everyone to get at a mere few. That cannot be allowed, otherwise the foundations of contemporary art would crumble.</p>
<p>Contemporary art exemplifies the idea of true of self-expression. If some people do express the wrong ideas, or if they produce works that insult or cause harm, then the authorities should deal with these problems individually. Laws shouldn&#8217;t be created in art world; that would render the idea of real contemporary art impossible.</p>
<p>ArtTraffic.co.uk gives you guys, the buyers and sellers, the best selection of limitless contemporary art available anywhere on the internet. You, and anyone else, can buy and/or sell stunning contemporary art, all of which has been screened and checked by the Art Traffic team and monitored for unlawful images, online. It&#8217;s all available at prices that suit you, whatever your income.</p>
<p>Contemporary art is self-expression. Sometimes (not very often but sometimes) artists do take that definition too far; they stretch and bend the rules and go way overboard. But let us remember not to let these few offside individuals affect the beautiful work of thousands of talented artists.</p>
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		<title>5 Wonderful Facts About Pablo Picasso</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He was one of the world's most influential artists, the first true artist-celebrity to change how painting and sculpture were perceived.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He was one of the world&#8217;s most influential artists, the first true artist-celebrity to change how painting and sculpture were perceived.</p>
<p>Personally, he was also an incredible man, with a legion of wives and lovers and wronged friends &#8212; he created the modern image of the volatile, crazy artist.</p>
<p>Here are 5 crucial things you likely haven&#8217;t heard about Pablo Picasso.</p>
<p>#5: His name is gigantic.</p>
<p>Seriously, his name, which sounds so succinct and nice to our modern ears, was actually a stunning 23 words long. That&#8217;s right &#8212; this paragraph is about forty-six words, and Picasso&#8217;s name &#8212; if written out fully here &#8212; would take up around half of it.</p>
<p>#4: He was crazier about the women than you probably expect.</p>
<p>Picasso was a womanizer &#8212; this, everyone knows. But the extent of his philandering, and his taste for women several decades younger than him, is more extraordinary than you might realize. In fact, his last four wives/lovers (besides all the rest on the side) were consistently in their 20s, even as he aged into his 70s. There&#8217;s no denying he was a charmer, old Pablo was.</p>
<p>#3: Did Picasso rob the Louvre and take the Mona Lisa?</p>
<p>Back in 1911, someone swiped Da Vinci&#8217;s famous La Giaconda from its home in the Louvre. Picasso&#8217;s good friend was arrested by the Parisian police on suspicion of the robbery, and to try and divert attention away from himself, he led the police to Picasso. While old Pablo got released shortly after, the rumors stayed with him for life.</p>
<p>#2: He could paint &#8216;traditionally&#8217; without a problem.</p>
<p>Picasso often came under attack by critics for not being able to paint in the traditional ways that were expected of an artist &#8212; accused of being more interested in ideas, he nevertheless could do great things, he just didn&#8217;t think he had to do them in the old style.</p>
<p>#1: His last words? Yep, about having a drink.</p>
<p>Did he say something great to his friends, or make a declaration of love for everyone that loved him, or what? Well, the &#8220;great&#8221; thing is debatable, since he said &#8220;drink to me, because I can&#8217;t do it anymore myself,&#8221; which really is quite lovely, when you think of it.</p>
<p>If you are an artist or an <a href="http://www.artdealers.com/about_us.php">art dealer</a>, you should understand how important your online presence is. <a href="http://www.artdealers.com/">Artists websites</a> can be easily created with the help of the latest technology &#8211; great designs, an online art gallery and tools you need to share your works with others can be easily found online. So go on, create your website now!</p>
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		<title>Art Contemporary And The Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know that art contemporary is the ultimate way to express yourself freely. With the limitlessness of art contemporary, it is inevitable that some artists may take the boundaries a bit too far.  The President Barack Obama by John Drew]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We all know that art contemporary is the ultimate way to express yourself freely. With the limitlessness of art contemporary, it is inevitable that some artists may take the boundaries a bit too far.  The President Barack Obama by John Drew</p>
<p>It would be extremely stereotypical to try and tell you that all artists are hippies. They aren&#8217;t all extremists and unrealistic leftists; to anybody who does think that: it simply isn&#8217;t the case. Artists, especially followers of art contemporary, come from all different walks of life and they use art contemporary as the best way to express themselves.</p>
<p>However, it will always be the case that art will be used as a communication tool for getting your views across to the masses. Art will always be used for over-the-top preaching and political activism. Art will always provoke others&#8217; thoughts because of artists who try to enforce their ideas onto others; onto you. This is inevitable. Artists can express themselves freely. We can all think of examples where rebellious artists have gone too far, but I feel that we can&#8217;t really do too much to sort this problem out. We can&#8217;t take away an artist&#8217;s freedom! The only way to remedy the troublemakers would be to limit the artists; to install boundaries in art contemporary, the newest current art form. That can never be allowed, or the foundations of art contemporary itself, the freedom to express your innermost feelings through your artwork, would collapse; the art world would die.</p>
<p>Art contemporary is the right to totally express yourself freely. Even if some artists do express the wrong, or possibly overly controversial, ideas, then, in my view, the authorities should deal with these problems individually, and as infrequently as they occur. There shouldn&#8217;t be laws within the realms of the art world; otherwise real art contemporary would be impossible.</p>
<p>ArtTraffic.co.uk gives you guys, the buyers and sellers, the best selection of limitless art contemporary available anywhere on the internet. You, and anyone else, can buy and/or sell stunning art contemporary, all of which has been screened and checked by the Art Traffic team and monitored for unlawful images, online. It&#8217;s all available at prices that suit you, whatever your income.</p>
<p>Art contemporary is self-expression and sometimes, not often but sometimes, artists can take that definition too far, but let us remember not to let the offside few affect the beautiful work of many.</p>
<p>Go to http://www.arttraffic.co.uk R</p>
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		<title>Art Contemporary Talent, What&#8217;s New?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Art contemporary is a movement, an ongoing community of artists, that began in the aftermath of WWII and has spanned up until the present day. There are millions of artists around the world that express themselves in more ways and utilize more techniques than it would be possible to track. It is this fact, this ability to be free, that makes art contemporary so incredibly interesting. There is no uniform style or technique that brings art contemporary together as a community. The only tie between everybody is that anybody can do anything to express their emotions and thoughts.]]></description>
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