Week 7 EOC: Restuarant Pitch

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Java Jive located on, 4440 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV, 89119, is a coffee shop where all artists, of any kind, can refresh their creative minds and work on their next inspirational work of art. Photo-booths and large sections of literature and art books are available onsite. The shop will function while jazz and other relaxing, good vibe music play. We will also serve healthy foods including sandwiches, salads, and soups.

Week 6 EOC: Me x3

Nikon D3100

The first item that defines me is my back up camera the Nikon D3100 (Nikon D90 is now my main). I have owned several other cameras but the D3100 was the first DSLR camera I had ever owned. This item was one of the first big steps I took into making the decision of being a photographer. It was the object the directed me into the right direction and it is what I’ve built off most of my experience off of.  DSLRs allow you to manipulate and control all aspects of how the photograph is taken and how it will result when fully in manual.

 Sketchbook

Sketchbooks in general (no specific brands) are the second set of items that define me. Before I realized my passion for photography could be turned into a career, my ambitions were always geared towards the art field. Drawing, coloring, and painting in my sketchbook have always been a help in my creative thinking process. When I am stumped on a photo shoot or am lacking creativity I whip out a sketch book and begin to scribble down some ideas. I first start out with descriptive words then begin to sketch out and color in the ideas, once I am fully satisfied with the ideas I execute the ideas in my sketchbooks with my camera.

Picture Frames 

Since I was a younger teen I have always had some sort of obsession with pictures frames. Weird, I know.  I own several unoccupied frames. Now that my passion for photography has grown my obsession for frames has grown as well. Every time I roam through a store that has a home section I’m always fighting my urges to walk through the isle of picture frames. If I don’t fight the urges I end up out of the store with a bag full of frames. I’ve successfully filled up half of my wall in my bedroom of empty picture frames.

 

EOC Week 5: Super Bowl Commercial

The Super Bowl has always been filled with loads of yearly interesting commercials but this year a specific commercial has got everybody fussing about. GoDaddy's new "Smart Meets Sexy" campaign has got everyone somewhat disgusted but pleased at the same time. Tweets have been flying out the roof with lots of talk about GoDaddy’s bold advertisement.

The ad features the Victoria’s Secret beauty, Bar Refaeli and actor Jesse Heiman who plays as the “nerdy tech guy”.  GoDaddy’s commercial reveals a 20 second long agonizing imagery of this beauty and beast “working as one” by sucking each other’s face off. Although much of the buzz towards this choice of advertisement has left most in disgust, the most important of all is the fact that all the talk has been about mostly their ad whether it’s positive or negative feedbacks. After all, the more talk about the company the better. It’s safe to say that GoDaddy has certainly left an impression with their bold choice of advertising on all of us. According to GoDaddy “the Monday following the super bowl was the biggest sales day in history” within the company. Hosting sales increased by 45%, Dot-com domain sales went up by 40% and new mobile customers increased by 35% adding a whopping 10,000 customers within a fraction of a day according to Mashable. Unfortunately, the statistics on AdMeter say otherwise, displaying GoDaddy’s ad of Bar Refaeli’s make-out session as dead last on the list. Although their ad did not make the top of AdMeter’s list, their advertisement campaign was greatly successful. GoDaddy has a specific trademark, and that trademark is advertising with very attractive women. Even though many viewers don’t understand or appreciate why GoDaddy advertises the way they do, the point is that their style matches the “mainstream” of today. They’re style of advertisement and crude humor is very distinctive amongst other companies but that’s what makes their company shine! Although to be considered ineffective to some, GoDaddy has been marked down into advertisement history!

Week 1 EOC: My Voice

Click! I am a professional memory keeper. With a snap of my camera I’ve got all my memories and yours, stuffed in a pretty little digital camera. Well, not in a completely creepy way as it seems. I am a professional photographer. I focus my life helping others make it easier to hold onto special memories whether it’s capturing the moment you got your first pet, celebrated your first birthday (or 70^th), or the moment you decided to “strut your stuff”.