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After winning Gold at the 2012 DMA Awards for Best Design and Art Direction late last year, the Untouchable Covers campaign from Lürzers Archive, the leading professional magazine for outstanding advertising worldwide, won four Golds at the “Best Awards” and one “Creative Circle Award”.

Untouchable Covers was awarded last Friday (8 March) four Golds at the Best Awards in the categories best art direction, best business-to-business campaign, best small budget campaign, best creative direct marketing. The campaign was also awarded a Merit in photography. The Best Awards are awarded by the Marketing Agencies Association (MAA) to recognise the best of British marketing.

In addition, the creative covers won yesterday a Creative Circle Award in the Design category. Creative Circle is the oldest established awards body in Great Britain. A jury of creatives recognise great ideas, fresh thinking and craft.

Leo Burnett/Arc Londons Ben Gough came up with the idea for Untouchable Covers when people kept stealing his copy of Lürzers Archive. The anti-theft sleeves hide the magazine behind fake covers with names such as Spreadsheet Enthusiast, Bucket Collector, Doily News, Account Man Monthly, De-Worming World, and Cock Handler.

“We are proud that the campaign made such an impression on the jurors at three British awards. Lürzers Archive is arguably the most stolen magazine in ad agencies around the world and we are happy that Ben Gough had the great idea to create Untouchable Covers”, says Christian Lürzer, CEO of Lürzers Archive.

The Best Awards jury commented: “It was a brilliantly written, fantastically shot, small budget, humorous and a very stand-out piece of work that really captured the market and achieved great results. We all know that the advertising community is the most cynical of audiences, so it wasnt just a brilliant piece of work but it also cut through to them.”

The campaign was promoted at Cannes Lions 2012 advertising festival. The covers were handed out to new subscribers.

About Lürzers Archive

Lürzers Archive is the bimonthly magazine for unusual advertising from all around the world. It publishes ads, posters, TV commercials, digital and interactive advertising. Editor-in-chief is Michael Weinzettl; CEO of the publishing house is Christian Lürzer. The magazine is since the foundation by Prof. Walther Lürzer in 1984 worldwide regarded as one of the most important information and inspiration source for advertisers.

It is sold in 68 countries as subscription as well as in specialised bookstores and newsstands. Furthermore the magazine can be read as digital version on iPad and iPhone. It worldwide reaches more than 150,000 readers per issue. Subscribers have via http://www.luerzersarchive.com access to the online archive with more than 65,000 pictures and video files.

Since 2004 Lürzers Archive publishes the 200 Best series. The volumes release in regular distances remarkable work from the areas of advertising photography, digital artists, illustration and packing design.

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Creative artist Pierre Kenal Louis now offers wedding photography services as an Omaha wedding photographer. Louis first launched Kenalsworld LLC in 2010 and have done a number of graphic design, and web design projects for clients all over the United States. The creative artist with over five years experience in graphic design now offers wedding photography services in Omaha, Nebraska and surrounding areas.

Kenalsworld LLC is a company first launched in order to share Louis’s creative works now feature musicians, painters, designers as well as fashion and photography blogs. This is an opportunity for many independent as well as breakthrough musicians to submit music to be possibly featured on the website by the creative artists as his way of giving back.

Although recently posting services as an Omaha wedding photographer; Louis also offers other photography-related services such as photo-manipulation, photo-retouching, photo-restoration, senior portrait photography in Omaha and much more.

Why would anyone want a creative artists to shoot their wedding? Well, Louis brings a unique eye in composition to everything that he shoots whether it be fashion, portraiture or live event photography; all which can be viewed in his online creative portfolio on Kenalsworld.

The wedding photographer in Omaha provides professional and quality services to regions in the surrounding states or Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, South Dakota and Iowa. Allow Louis to capture a memorable wedding that will last for a lifetime through his lens and photographs captured by the creative artist.

“Some of the best photography in general are the ones that are caught in the moment. Whether it be the bride dancing with the husband unaware that the photographer is the catching every moment as they sway on the dance floor or of the grooms men laughing with the groom before the main ceremony.”

-Kenal

Louis also brags about how shooting live bands and musicians locally have helped him understand how to capture the essence of each event and location that he enters.

Visit http://www.kenalsworld.com to view his original artworks for sale, world of music, live event and wedding photography.

Request a rate and book a date for a wedding today by visiting Kenalsworld and calling for more information.

Eden Louis

Kenalsworld LLC

561-351-9224

KENALSWORLD.COM

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Graphcom Creative, a full-service marketing and creative firm, and division of Gettysburg-based Graphcom, Inc. received a total nine ADDY Awards seven gold, one silver and one Judges Award at the American Advertising Federation (AAF) of Greater Fredericks 2013 ADDY Awards held Feb. 23 in Frederick, Md. Established in 1989, AAF Greater Frederick is one of 210 local chapters of the AAF and is part of District 2, which includes New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and Washington, D.C. The ADDY Awards competition is the largest AAF Greater Frederick event of the year the Oscars of the advertising world.

Graphcom Creatives ADDY Awards consist of:

One Judges Award and one Gold ADDY Award in the category of Advertising Industry Self-Promotion Non-Traditional for the Frederick Gorilla Banana Stickers.

*One Gold ADDY Award in the category of Digital Advertising Consumer Websites for the Whitetail Resort website (http://www.skiwhitetail.com). This announcement marks the first time that Graphcom Creative has received an ADDY Award in the Digital Advertising Consumer Websites category.

Two Gold ADDY Awards in the category of Collateral Material Annual Report, Four-Color: one for the 2011Allegheny Electric Cooperative Annual Report, Staying Power: 65 Years of Setting the Pace, and one for the 2011 Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) Annual Report, The Lives We Touch.

*One Gold ADDY Award in the category of Sales Promotion Product or Service Sales Presentation for the Adams County Nursery Catalog.

*One Gold ADDY Award in the category of Advertising Industry Self-Promotion Single Medium Campaign for branded Graphcom Services T-shirts.

*One Gold ADDY Award in the category of Collateral Material Publication Design Editorial Spread or Feature for the feature story “Dividing Lines” from the October/November 2012 issue of Frederick Gorilla magazine, and one Silver ADDY Award in the same category for the feature story Houses of Wax, also from the October/November 2012 issue of Frederick Gorilla magazine.

To receive nine ADDY Awards is phenomenal for all of us at Graphcom Creative, and I am very proud of the creative teams who worked so hard to plan, design and develop these amazing projects, said Troy Dean, Creative Director of Graphcom Creative.

To be honored with these awards, in the company of such other strong award recipients, is certainly a great accomplishment for everyone at Graphcom who works so diligently to make all of these projects so visually dynamic for our clients, said Graphcom, Inc. President Matt Livelsberger.

Graphcom Creatives Gold ADDY Award-winning projects will be automatically entered into the next level of competition hosted by AAF.

About the ADDY Awards

Attracting nearly 60,000 entries each year nationwide, the American Advertising Federations (AAF) ADDY Awards have become the largest and most comprehensive advertising competition. The ADDY Awards originated in the 4th District in 1960 and became a three-tiered national competition in 1968.

Sponsored by the AAF, the awards honor excellence in advertising and cultivate the highest creative standards in the industry. Each year, the competition begins with contests in the nations more than 200 AAF member clubs, where entries must be submitted and judged to be eligible for the ADDY process. Local winners proceed to 15 regional competitions, and those winners advance to the national finals.

Proceeds from the ADDY Awards program on all levels of competition go back into the industry through the work of the AAF and its members, especially in the areas of advertising education and public service advertising.

For more details on the American Advertising Federation of Greater Frederick, visit http://www.aaffrederick.org.

About Graphcom Creative

Graphcom Creative was established in 2009 by Troy and Jessica Dean, lifelong residents of Adams County and owners of Celebrate Gettysburg magazine. Its services cover the following areas: print design, web design and development, email marketing, SEO consultation, mobile app development, copywriting, photography and public relations services.

About Graphcom, Inc.

Founded in 1982 by S. Gregory and Christine Allen, Graphcom, Inc. is a full-service marketing and publishing firm and G7 Master Printer located in historic Gettysburg, Pa. Since its founding, the company has evolved from a small print operation into a full-service graphic communications firm with a keen focus on delivering results for clients through the execution of various custom workflow partnerships, media campaigns, traditional marketing collateral items, and interactive/new media solutions. Graphcom believes in consistently achieving measurable results and showing a positive impact on the bottom line of its clients.

Graphcoms services include offset and digital printing, mailing and fulfillment services, online ordering, and print management solutions.

Signs by Graphcom produces a variety of banners, trade show booth displays, posters, indoor and outdoor signage, vehicle wraps, and custom fabric printing materials.

Field & Floor FX, a division of Graphcom, specializes in digital flags, backdrops, scrims, and digital floors to meet the needs of drum corps, marching bands, indoor color guard, and percussion ensembles.

Graphcom Publishing is a division of Graphcom that specializes in producing niche publications, including Celebrate Gettysburg magazine and Frederick Gorilla magazine.

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(PRWEB) September 23, 2008

On September 23, 2008, Lensbaby, LLC (formerly known as Lensbabies, LLC) is launching an entire new system of selective focus lenses at the Photokina tradeshow in Cologne, Germany (Hall 5.2 C021).

Three new Lensbaby lenses – The Composer, The Muse and The Control Freak, – make up the new line of products. Each features the new Lensbaby Optic Swap system. The new Muse and the new Control Freak replace the current Original, Lensbaby 2.0, and Lensbaby 3G lenses, which will be phased out immediately. With the Composer, Lensbaby introduces a completely new lens, based on a ball and socket configuration that delivers smooth selective focus photography with unparalleled ease of use and greater precision.

All Lensbaby lenses provide photographers with a new way to control depth of field by bringing one area of a photo into sharpest focus with that Sweet Spot surrounded by graduated blur. By bending the Lensbaby lens, the photographer moves the sharp area around the photo for customized creative effects.

The new Composer retains its position after being bent and is easy to use even with one hand. Photographers do not squeeze the lens to focus, but can simply tilt the lens to a desired angle and then focus with a barrel focusing ring. The Composer stays in the desired bent position without requiring a locking mechanism and features the new Lensbaby Optic Swap System. The Composer’s barrel focusing ring has a unique design that becomes more sensitive (requiring greater rotation to move the optic in and out) as you approach infinity, making it easer to focus on subjects from 10 feet to infinity.

“The Composer introduces a new level of ease and precision to selective focus photography,” said Craig Strong, Lensbaby president and co-founder. “We developed the Composer because our photographers are interested above all in creating powerful, interesting photos. With its greatly enhanced ease of use and more reliable results, the Composer will make it more intuitive for photographers to realize their personal creative visions.”

The Muse replaces the Original Lensbaby and Lensbaby 2.0 lenses while being very similar in appearance and functionality. Photographers will still focus by compressing the lens and move the sweet spot by bending the flexible lens tubing. The key update for the Muse is its new Lensbaby Optic Swap System.

The Control Freak updates the Lensbaby 3G by adding the Lensbaby Optic Swap System. With The Control Freak, photographers compress to focus, bend to move the sweet spot, and then push a button to lock the lens in place. Once locked, photographers can adjust the fine focus with a barrel focusing ring and fine tune the tilt by rotating its three metal posts.

“While we expect the new Composer, with its smooth and precise operation, to be our most popular lens, we continue to offer the Muse and the Control Freak because each photographer has their own shooting style. The Muse is for photographers who shoot fast and loose and The Control Freak is best for shooters who have a step-by-step approach,” said Strong.

All three lenses – the Composer, Muse, and Control Freak – feature the Lensbaby Optic Swap System and will ship with one optic installed. Additional optics are available as optional accessories. When a photographer wants to change the optic in their Lensbaby, they will simply pop the optic out and drop in a different optic using an Optic Swap Tool supplied with the new optic. Each optic has different features and image qualities, allowing photographers to choose the look that fits their creative style.

At launch, the Lensbaby Optic Swap System will include four interchangeable optic options:

1) Double Glass: A 50mm multi-coated optical glass doublet that is the same optic that was in the Lensbaby 2.0 and Lensbaby 3G lenses. Retail price: US$ 85.00

2) Single Glass: a 50 mm, updated, uncoated optical glass singlet similar to the optic that was used in the Original Lensbaby. At f/2, the Single Glass Optic is one full stop brighter (2x as bright) than the previous Original Lensbaby Optic. Retail price: US$ 35.00

3) Plastic: a 50 mm f/2 plastic singlet that maximizes blur and diffusion in a dreamy way that Holga and Diana camera lovers will especially appreciate. Retail price: US$ 35.00

4) The Pinhole/Zone plate: an optic cup with an f/177 aperture hole to allow for pinhole photography and an f/19 Zone plate opening. Users can slide a toggle inside the optic to change to back and forth between Pinhole and Zone plate mode, allowing further artistic exploration. Retail price: US$ 35.00

The first three optics listed above are all 50mm fixed focal length. They all feature magnetically levitating interchangeable aperture disks that allow aperture settings from f/2 to f/22.

The Single Glass, Plastic, and Pinhole/Zone plate optics will be sold individually as well as in an Optic Boxed Set to retail for $ 95.00.

Lensbaby President and Co-Founder, Craig Strong, stated, “Lensbaby photographers tend to be very creative. The new Lensbaby Optic Swap system will give photographers greater freedom to take photos that reflect their unique visions.”

Strong continued, “With the new Composer lens and the Lensbaby Optic Swap System, photographers will be able to choose a lens body that fits their bending style: fast and loose, smooth and precise, or step by step. Then photographers can choose an optic that expresses their individual artistic vision.”

Product Pricing and Specs:

The Composer – Smooth and Precise

Priced at US$ 270
Ships with the Double Glass optic installed (a multi-coated optical glass doublet)
Features the Lensbaby Optic Swap system
Focal Length: 50mm
Focus Type: Manual
Features a unique barrel focusing ring that becomes more sensitive (requiring greater rotation to move the optic in and out) as you approach infinity, making it easier to focus on subjects from 10 feet to infinity.
Aperture Type: Interchangeable levitating aperture disks
Apertures: f/2, f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6, f/8, f/11, f/16, f/22
Minimum Focus: about 18″ (46cm) / Maximum Focus: Infinity
Size/Weight: 2.5″ (6.35cm) high x 2.5″ (6.35cm) wide / 5.5 oz (155.9g)

The Muse – Fast and loose

Priced at US $ 150 with the Double Glass optic installed; US $ 100 with the Plastic optic installed
Ships with either the Double Glass optic installed or the Plastic optic installed.
Features the Lensbaby Optic Swap system
Focal Length: right around 50mm
Focus Type: Manual…Fingertip, actually
Aperture Type: Interchangeable levitating aperture disks
Aperture: f/2, f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6, f/8
Minimum Focus: approximately 12″ (30 cm) / Maximum Focus: Infinity and beyond
Size/Weight: 2″ (5.08cm) high x 2.5″ (6.35cm) wide / 3.7 oz. (104.9g)

The Control Freak – Step-by-step

Priced at US$ 270
Ships with the Double Glass Optic installed
Features the Lensbaby Optic Swap system
Focal Length: 50mm
Focus Type: Manual/Fingertip, with barrel fine focus
Aperture Type: Interchangeable levitating aperture disks
Aperture: f/2, f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6, f/8, f/11, f/16, f/22
Minimum Focus: approximately 12″ (30 cm) / Maximum Focus: Infinity
Size/Weight: 3″ (7.62cm) high x 3″ (7.62cm) wide / 5.7 oz. (161.6 grams)

About Lensbaby:

Lensbaby, LLC (formerly Lensbabies, LLC) is a Portland, Oregon based manufacturer and marketer of award-winning selective focus SLR camera lenses. Lensbaby was launched in February 2004 by Craig Strong, a professional photographer and the inventor of the patented Lensbaby selective focus SLR lens. Lensbaby sells to photographers all over the world through its website, http://www.lensbaby.com, by calling 877-536-7222 / 971-223-5662, at t

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Loris, South Carolina (PRWEB) December 31, 2012

CMMS Studio offers some tips that have helped them in 2012.

Power OFF technology devices.

Every Monday for two hours the professionals at CMMS Studio, come together for an uninterrupted meeting to exchange creative ideas. They constantly improve their techniques with up-to-date technologies that are implemented in their photography, videography, advertising, and graphic design business workflow. Consequently CMMS Studio has become a technology-driven business whose team are glued to either their computers or cameras all day which shortens the time they verbally communicate with one another. A breakthrough was made during one of their weekly meetings when they all took part in an informal Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assessment to measure their various personality types. This served as a team-building exercise which, as a result has made each team member aware of their various traits and personality characteristics and use them in ways that help address and cope with situations in a more positive and effective manner. Due to the sharing of ideas amongst the staff and their constant awareness of current technologies they are experiencing an increase in productivity and profit.

Live the opposite.

Whether a person fits the personality type of an obsessive compulsive or a messy compulsive, it is good to reverse the normal flow. Graphic designers have the stereotype of being extremely orderly with a feng shui practice because of the invisible x and y grid they live every day. They need to let go of feng shui and loosen up to some “messy” shui. Changing the routine up every day by allowing dishes, laundry or other household items to just exist without order helps. Painters, especially men, get the bad wrap of living too “free” with their chaotic piles. Devoting some time in the week to make sense of those piles and organize them as if they were a Pinterest board is a good excersise. They recommend evoking creativity by changing up the flow of the predictive sense. Use smart and easy feng shui tips to create vibrant energy in the office. “Feng shui is all about great energy, and it is needed when it comes to productivity and business success”, says Megan Parker. At CMMS Studio Feng shui is practiced by following these 10 practical tips found at: http://www.workhappynow.com/about/

Give Your Desktop a Facelift.

There are times when a person subconsciously meditates on a mundane desktop background. Everyone does this at one time or another. Imaginations can be rejuvenated by finding a colorful image that goes to another time or place. Computer monitors can be set to change scenes every so often with full-spectrum images that can be rotated every 30 minutes. Exposing the eyes to different hues serves as therapy and is essential in working through the creative process. Remember the world is not simply black and white. It is filled with an array of colors and images that stimulate the psyche.

Speak with kindness to everyone

A person can look in front of a mirror daily and verbally compliment him or herself and thank God for their gift of creativity. The art realm is full of criticism whether constructive or destructive. The use of creative friction is always helpful to see different sides of the same triangle. Even when creative disagreements arise with someone, always speak with kindness and gratitude. Ask them about their lives instead of always being all business. This doesnt mean a person needs to pry into another’s personal matters; it just shows an interest in who they are as people. This allows the artistic energy to flow without ruffling any feathers.

About CMMS Studio

Located in Loris, South Carolina, Custom Multi-Media Solutions, Inc. was founded and incorporated with the objective of providing cutting-edge multimedia services ranging from Photography and Video to Graphic Design at affordable rates to people everywhere. CMMS Studio offers a wide variety of photographic services from Commercial Modeling to General Portraiture. We believe that every customer is unique and has specific needs. We provide personalized attention to all of our clients to help meet their personal budget. Our professionals include a video production team that films weddings, dance recitals and family events as well as producing high quality TV commercial spots, documentaries and industrial/training videos. CMMS Studio offers Graphic Design solutions for small and large business with three designers that can design anything from business logos to signs, brochures, billboards and web sites. No job is too large or too small.

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