This year’s Spring iPad wallpaper installment is dedicated to Aaron from MACampus, who wrote a very kind blog post about the wallpaper I gave out last year. (He also loves his iPad as much as I do and shares it’s many uses with the world.) Thanks Aaron! I opted for a bit more color this year. The orange tulips look like they pale in comparison to the other flowers, but when their tangerine-y goodness is up close on the iPad they’re outstanding. That wallpaper is probably my favorite.
Please enjoy and use whenever you’re in the mood for a little undercover Washington DC beauty. If you feel so inclined, wander over to my Facebook page and hit “Like” – I’ll be sharing more wallpapers on my wall as they are released.
On your iPad, simply touch and hold the picture that you want, then click “save image”. The wallpaper will now appear in your iPad photos, where you can set it as your background.
Tip: When you’re setting your iPad wallpaper you can move the image around with your finger to frame it exactly the way you want.
I have been offering custom designed birth announcements to my clients for awhile now, but I never actively shared them with the public. So behold, samples from my “elegant” collection! Each design is completely unique in colors, text and graphics, depending on the style that’s right for you and your family. Fifty sweet birth announcements, custom designed and complete with envelopes are $100.
There’s really no better way to show off your beautiful new portraits than with holiday greeting cards. The below templates will be custom-tailored to compliment your photos in color and style. $55 (not including shipping) for a set of 25, including blank matching envelopes. Other style options available upon request.
Message me at kristina@kristinahopper.com to discuss your order.
Christmas deadline is December 7th!
Retro Fun
It dawned on me one day this year that I don’t edit my photographs with a photographer’s eye anymore. I look at them with the mindset of a designer. Of course my photographer’s judgment surfaces during the shoot: measuring light, calibrating shutter speed, posing subjects, etc., but when I get back to the studio and sort through thousands of beautiful photos, photography takes a backseat to design. How else could I pick the best 25 out of 250?! While editing I silently ask and answer millions of questions:
Owning graphic design software does not make you a graphic designer.
The software is a tool and only a tool. It doesn’t matter if you’re a Photoshop expert or not, there’s much more at play within a successful design than pretty fonts and pleasing color schemes.
A good designer: has a high level of taste, has a mastery of design tools and most importantly is an exemplary communicator. And by communicator, I don’t mean the most entertaining person at your next cocktail party. This type of person can take a pile of information, a comprehensive understanding of the client and their needs and transform that pile of information into an easily-digestible format for the general public. In actuality, the designer is a translator.
While everyone was out taking photos of the cherry blossoms last weekend, I hid in the DC botanical gardens where it was over 40 degrees. And for some reason, the cacti were my favorite exhibit. Perhaps because they reminded me that heat is on its way…
If you’d like this wallpaper for your desktop, it’s available for download HERE. Enjoy!
I constantly find myself in limbo between my two loves of photography and graphic design. There’s actually a bit of an underlying yin/yang balance going on: One week I’ll be completely immersed in freelance headshot gigs and moonlighting as an event photog for my day job. Another week I’ll be knee-deep in working on a new layout project at my day job, but also be fiddling around with a new design experiment at home. This past weekend I ventured into the real estate realm, creating a flyer/postcard set to showcase a prospective home. My aim was to create a clean, organic design with a contemporary feel. (The photographs aren’t mine – they’re placeholder comps from istockphoto.com)
