AndyPhotoSJ

Just got some good word this morning. I sent the following photos for the band to review before I continued on.  The band approved the creative direction and is curious to see what more I have
to create. so now I get to keep going, and when completed they should have about 15-20 of the best photos, 1-2 photos from each scene. from there they will take the time to pick and choose what works for their album and which one is gonna be the cover.
I gave them the full set of raws and told them to just shoot me the ones they would like to see edited so I know im giving them every option I can.. 
These 3 were a lovely bunch, with a very specific style old timey, Baroque Dark Ages as described by them music. e all just knew how to express and interpret. All I can really say is I dug deep into my inner Edgar Allen Poe and went nuts.
Their described vision is suppose to be a timeless, over exposed, very beat up photo feel. They like the out of focus but still pretty kinda photo. so basically I messed up on purpose a lot and hoped for a cookie lol
 

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They are local to San Jose, loved what I had to share with my portfolio and has asked me to cover a new set of photos for their Album cover and an editorial piece.
here are some photos I can share now. 
as always edited on our favorite Photo Editing Program.
HOPE YALL ENJOYED


 


 

HELLO AFFINITY WORLD
 
Sharing some photography I for The Improv Comedy Club in San Jose. The Club is housed in a historic building and has been doing comedy for longer than I've been alive so great honor to be asked to provide them some photography as well as do what photographers do best and that is document. 
It is said that the corporate office has decided to end its time in this great small stage, makes me feel even more special I may one of the last photographers to photograph the building as it is under the companies name. on this night OCULUS was having a convention and they hosted a Oculus networking party. The DJ utilized the VR gear to showcase how they programed a virtual DJ Construct that is reactive to input from the user. it actually was a cool thing to see. I've worked in the night club scene a long time and typically change is slow in the industry but this can be a viable option for those who perhaps are into gaming graphics and music. 
got tons of photos but here are a few i can share.
 

Thanks to Serif I officially pulled the plug on Adobe. 

yeah so interesting enough I think the first photo was kind of a unique affect actually done on AF. Photo. I used the black and white tool, because the grass was picking up more yellow when I adjusted it that affect happened naturally. I actually thought it was pretty cool and over dramatic made the grass look more like they were playing in sticks. 

Yesterday my nephews first soccer game my brother (his dad) had asked me to do the photography for his first game ever. I took this time to make a spread to show a few photography,  editing styles.
Used Our favorite program of course.
His parents were very pleased, and was kind enough to allow me to show case a few photos on here. Enjoy. 

Yesterday my nephews first soccer game my brother (his dad) had asked me to do the photography for his first game ever. I took this time to make a spread to show a few photography,  editing styles.
Used Our favorite program of course.
His parents were very pleased, and was kind enough to allow me to show case a few photos on here. Enjoy. 

Yesterday my nephews first soccer game my brother (his dad) had asked me to do the photography for his first game ever. I took this time to make a spread to show a few photography,  editing styles.
Used Our favorite program of course.
His parents were very pleased, and was kind enough to allow me to show case a few photos on here. Enjoy. 

Yesterday my nephews first soccer game my brother (his dad) had asked me to do the photography for his first game ever. I took this time to make a spread to show a few photography,  editing styles.
Used Our favorite program of course.
His parents were very pleased, and was kind enough to allow me to show case a few photos on here. Enjoy. 

Yesterday my nephews first soccer game my brother (his dad) had asked me to do the photography for his first game ever. I took this time to make a spread to show a few photography,  editing styles.
Used Our favorite program of course.
His parents were very pleased, and was kind enough to allow me to show case a few photos on here. Enjoy. 

I agree with firstdefence about making the letters in the second image smaller; I think the rest of it would work great without the filter though. Like you said, there's a lot going on and the normal amount of time people will see a logo (5-20-ish seconds from personal experience) won't be enough for them to take anything memorable from it.

The letters on the chairs need to be smaller, and likewise with the A&P on the table.
Alternatively I think it would work better if the table and chairs were shot at a lower angle with the Letters stood up and sat on the chairs, with the A & P on the table doing the same stood up.
Another option is to create a simplified version of the table and chairs in a circle.  Just tried this and it looked naff.

... and
 
This is a good start for idea generation.
Mind mapping and pin boarding will develop your ideas further (as well as sketching out ideas on paper).
Here's what came up in a Google image search for  tea party with mad hatter logo  There should be something in there to inspire that'll expand your ideas to the next level.
The table and chairs, to me, are symbolic for communication ... Google search along those lines for ideas as well.
In all honesty the above images, used as a logo, just won't cut it. Good (and clever) logos are uncomplicated. They have to be as they're reproduced at different sizes, colour removed + inverted ... and so on.
I'll be quite interested to see what you finally come up with.

This is the start of another most excellent Affinity adventure! 
It appears to be worth the wait too!
I hope Beta users spend a few minutes going through your video tutorials as it will cut down on the number of inane posts here! The tutorial videos certainly explain about some of the features asked about already (i.e. personna, Affinity app integration etc) as well as gives those with some publishing background a quick and easy reference as to some of the key, basic features of Publisher.

A huge round of applause coming from this keyboard for the folks at Affinity! 

so when it comes to the ladies who have a big impact and influence on my life the two in the photo are it. we just took a seat after an award show. 
we are at the bar I once was general manager, now I run my own media and design company and on this day both Splash the Bar and 
myself "Andy Photo" received our award for top 25 Best LGBTQ owned and operated businesses of the Silicon Valley 2018 Presented by The SV Business Journal great time great honor.
second photo is their legs crossed , noticed the symmetry. plus they sport some athletic legs hopefully it becomes one of those random iconic photos lol. 
the final photo is actually one I took in the morning after around 6am after I got off of another part time job I Have in the city. 
all photos were cropped and edited by . Affinity Photo. Enjoy

San Jose doesn't have a very amazing skyline I blame the airports proximity, no building over 23 stories or something like that so planes can obviously land. 
the second photo is of what is our "Central Park" Caesar Chavez always a good spot to take photos. A lot of my photos come out looking very Gotham. I like it, feels mysterious
 
 
 
 

I keep thinking thats a giant robot in the distant cool photo

San Jose doesn't have a very amazing skyline I blame the airports proximity, no building over 23 stories or something like that so planes can obviously land. 
the second photo is of what is our "Central Park" Caesar Chavez always a good spot to take photos. A lot of my photos come out looking very Gotham. I like it, feels mysterious
 
 
 
 

That's a beast of a truck Ian.
I personally think the trees draw the eye away from the truck, I go as far as to say lose the right side land as well, if you are going for a stylised image these things don't really add much to the overall effect.
I'd love you to take a very low level shot, like on the floor and a fairly wide angle lense if you have one, you could have the truck bursting through the paper, would look fab

It’s OK for some kinds of foliage but too dark for apple trees, and it could do with being squashed down a bit. I think the grass is too light, especially against that pale blue sky.
The black things would look less like giant flies and more like birds if those fat tear shapes were replaces by thin curves.

A few pictorial tips.
Make a group of cloud shapes with about 5 or 6 bumps, arrange them how you like and select them all then boolean add them

create a rectangle, make sure its above the shape and choose boolean subtract 

You should end up with a nice cloud shape

 
Change the green on the trees, its too dark and while your at it move the apples about on one of the trees to give a slightly different look.
What about putting something in that she likes, like a character from a story or a toy something personal, I know she's only 2 but I think that would be nice.

Tryin out a few macro shots and long exposures
and one new illustration I titled "Burning Desire"
Enjoy
 
Light Rail

Burning Desire

A Rock & A Hard Place

Life Blossom

Just A Flower

Emerald Hall

Tryin out a few macro shots and long exposures
and one new illustration I titled "Burning Desire"
Enjoy
 
Light Rail

Burning Desire

A Rock & A Hard Place

Life Blossom

Just A Flower

Emerald Hall

Tryin out a few macro shots and long exposures
and one new illustration I titled "Burning Desire"
Enjoy
 
Light Rail

Burning Desire

A Rock & A Hard Place

Life Blossom

Just A Flower

Emerald Hall

Tryin out a few macro shots and long exposures
and one new illustration I titled "Burning Desire"
Enjoy
 
Light Rail

Burning Desire

A Rock & A Hard Place

Life Blossom

Just A Flower

Emerald Hall

The purpose of this project was to manipulate the photograph using just the objects with in the photo, 
test my abilities to create another environment without using clipart 
so lots of cloning and smudging yada yada. haven't titled it yet but bubble boy kept popping in my head
 
any particular reason why Designer does not have a CLONE or HEAL tool? would be nice so I don't have to bounce back and fourth having both programs running even on a new Mac burns through crazy memory.