It’s not Helvetica

Roland forwarded me a link to Font Conference, a video from CollegeHumor. Like most things CollegeHumor, this video is hit and miss, but you might be able to tease something out of it to enjoy.

From Roland’s email: “…some type humor, except it glorifies the wrong typeface.”

No, no! Not more posts about Helvetica!!!

It's happened. The movie about the ubiquitous typeface is now approaching ubiquitousness. See the latest addition to the iTunes movie store. Since we Design Alliancers have so sadly not been able to wrangle a date for a screening, we can now huddle alone over our iPods and watch the thing. (I'd much prefer to banter about it afterwards with you all!)

But is it Garawood, or Zebramond?

Not terribly hot off the presses (April), but this is a funny entry on an interesting blog I just found from a type designer/manager at Adobe... Typblography.

"Garamond and Zebrawood walk into a bar, they have a few drinks and one thing leads to another… (yes they were hanging out at the same bar, believe it or not)."

"Create from scratch, the typographic love child of:
Garamond and Zebrawood"

See what Christian Robertson and other type designers came up with, on Typophile.

Final Cut Pro Guru Plug

Just want to say that I'm pleased to have noticed on the Berkeley.edu main page, a listing for a Final Cut Pro class being taught by a friend of mine. If you have a need to learn what to do with video, she's your girl. Smarter than smart, with Berkeley creds herself, and experience with non-profit orgs, she also happens to be a damn good bartender, which guarantees she'll charmingly be sure you have everything you need before class is through.

ASUC Art Studio: Introduction to Final Cut Pro with Joanna Silber, begins 7/14

***NOTE/UPDATE 16:48:00: ASUC informs me that her class was cancelled for lack of enrollment. I'll let you all know if I find out that it's on again sometime this year.

My portrait photography sucks…

…by which I mean, “The portraits I shoot suck,” vs. “Portraits of me suck.” Well, the second part is up for debate.

Hot on the heels of the July 4th tips for taking better fireworks photos, here are some portrait-taking tips from digital Photography School: 10 Ways to Take Stunning Portraits.

Now, I wonder if I can use these tips to take better portraits of myself?

My fireworks photos don’t suck

At least, I hope they don’t.

I used the tips from Lifehacker (see previous post) and think my fireworks shots came out pretty good. Judge for yourself: 40 July 4th, 2008 photos.

My fireworks photos suck

Have you ever tried to take pictures of fireworks? I’ve been trying for years. Years! I haven’t had a successful photo yet.

Well, this Fourth of July everything’s going to change. My fireworks photos are going to be awesome! Why? Because of this fine article from Lifehacker: “Get Better Fireworks Photos This Fourth of July.”

This is going to be the best fireworks holiday ever. Ever!

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