PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER

I am a doodler! I always have been and probably always will be. In my doodling career I have learned some useful tips. I thought perhaps it may be helpful to pin them down here. They certainly helped me.

Doodle Tip 1:

Have fun! This is not a serious thing and no-one will be harmed if you are not perfect. Just let yourself go and be delighted by what your hand produces!

Doodle Tip 2:

Aim to add an idea to your doodle with the patterns you choose. For instance I once drew a skull (very scary) but filled it with little hearts and flower patterns (very twee). The juxtaposition entertained me. I went looking for it and found it. So here it is:

Doodle Tip 3:

Doodle on good paper. Every now and then, you will create a masterpiece. It will be a real pity if it is in the margin of the telephone book!

“But I doodle when I am on the phone,” you say. So keep a clean pad of good paper near you always!

I mean always! I have several: on my desk, in my purse, by my bed and in the car!

Doodle Tip 4:

If a pristine white page is sitting there terrifying you, just close your eyes and draw a squiggle on it. Now it is “ruined”. It can only get better from here on in. This is a great way to fake out your own mind. It is only the chatter inside your head that says the page has to turn out to be a masterpiece – ignore your mind and enjoy the process!

Doodle Tip 5:

Try doodling with really skinny markers. Try some that are 1.0, 0.5, 0.3 and even 0.1 It is very interesting how the different thicknesses produce very different feelings when you draw. You get to play and figure out which one suits you best today.

Doodle Tip 6:

Play the scribble game. Get someone to just do a simple scribble on a piece of paper for you. Then you take it back and turn it about until the image appears to you. You can add a level of fun, by getting them to name a creature, say a dog or elephant or fish, and then you have to find a way to turn the scribble into that!
Have heaps of fun doodling today!

Paper and other related materials are still widely used even if portable media devices and computers are becoming more popular. It is what makes printed media possible and it comes in a lot of forms where you can see all sorts of interesting designs with flashy colors or informative text. It is quite easy to print these types of media on paper if you have a printer but that only covers the basics. When you go to a more professional level, you have other options for printing as well. Digital printing is always here to stay but don’t count out the other methods like litho printing.

Digital printing is the most common form because of all the consumer and business printers being sold today. There are a lot of printers that can be purchased for a low price while the more expensive printers get plenty of extra features. Other high-priced printers normally have greater outputs and/or faster speeds. The slower inkjet printers make use of an ink cartridge that sprays out ink while laser printers print much faster rely on xerographic printing with a toner cartridge.

Litho printing works differently because computers are not directly involved and isn’t something that you can actually do at home. It is also known as offset printing where it takes an inked image and then transfers it to a rubber blanket from a plate. The lithographic process is performed where chemical processes are involved to make the image.

Modern computers still play a role with litho printing as there are desktop publishing applications that create special files that lead to the creation of plates. Digital presses rather than digital printers are used to put the image to paper or other forms of material.

Both methods have their own advantages and disadvantages so both printing methods are here to stay. When it comes to flexibility, digital printing wins because the outputs are more direct and do not require plates.

This makes the digital method of printing most ideal if you want to do a very quick run or operation. When changes need to be made to the output, it is just as easy as editing the digital file. Litho printing depends on plates which you cannot edit after they are made so new plates are required. Digital printing is also better if you are on a tight budget as those plates significantly add to the cost.