another annoying business card thread

11/03/2005 07:04:24 PM · #1

here is my most recently made business card. what do you think? any tips?

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11/03/2005 07:09:14 PM · #2

Can I be brutally frank?
Sorry but I don't find it at all attractive. The colours are dull, it gives me no impression of photography and shouldn't it be "freelance" without the space? The wavy lines seem to be superfluous and add nothing nor does the silhouette figure.
Sorry this is really damming but you did ask!
:)
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11/03/2005 07:15:06 PM · #3

Originally posted by Riponlady:

ouch!

no for serious it's ok. I have gone through mabey 30 different looks and not found one I like yet. I am looking for something that is creative and shows off my style. I'm not your average photog, (though I don't post much on here). I think the siloute says alot about my style and the colors though they are not excatly what I was thinking of, I use a lot of earthy tones.

thanks for being honest

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11/03/2005 07:19:19 PM · #4

Sorry, but it doesn't do much for me at all. The colours are too dark. It's almost sinister!

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11/03/2005 07:23:00 PM · #5

Thank you for taking it in the way it was meant! I was really worried about posting such a damming critique but I didn't want to lie. Perhaps I should have softened the blow a bit!

Could you use something you have shot on the card? Brighter colours may attract prospective customers purely by making them pick up the card or even notice it. If you want to go with earthy colours then lose the black and make it more subtle.
Your name in bigger or a stronger font across the top rather than in a box perhaps?
:)
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edit
in fact lose the black boxes altogrther!

Message edited by author 2005-11-03 19:24:11.

11/03/2005 07:23:25 PM · #6

I wish I had a copy of sexton's business cards. lol don't we all though.

I want my business cards to stand out from the pack but I think I always have a way of taking that idea a little too far. can someone who is making their living post a copy of their card...do you even use cards at that point? I know all of the guys I have interned for don't...

this is almost becoming work...

11/03/2005 07:24:51 PM · #7

Originally posted by Riponlady:

great Ideas, I'll see if I can post some older outakes with an image on it...I think I may have some on my old photobucket

11/03/2005 07:28:01 PM · #8

yeah, here is a (very) old out take. I used to really like this...but that is a pic of me almost two years ago and I don't look like that anymore...

(sorry it's just a link, I can't find the original on my hard drive)
here

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11/03/2005 07:37:14 PM · #9

Originally posted by gi_joe05:

Like this better - looks classier!
Do you have any abstracts that might work ? If you are advertising yourself as a multi-purpose photographer you may not want to define yourself on your card as dealing with one particular aspect.
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In two years have you changed that much???? MORE handsome???
:)

Message edited by author 2005-11-03 19:38:31.

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11/03/2005 07:37:22 PM · #10

Okay, I couldn't resist having a go at this - Hope you don't mind;

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11/03/2005 07:40:28 PM · #11

Originally posted by jhonan:

Okay, I couldn't resist having a go at this - Hope you don't mind;

well done, John -I'm full of ideas but no skills!
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Kavey

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11/03/2005 07:41:42 PM · #12

Additionally to the problems Riponlady pointed out, is the rather haphazard placement of text. I know you didn't DO it haphazardly but after a lot of thought - I'm talking about how it looks.

It's not balanced, it's too close to the edge of the card and it's been aligned in a weird mix of ways.

Think of the composition of your card in the same way as the composition of an image... all the normal compositional rules - balance of various items (in both size and position), space, colours, contrast and clarity.

11/03/2005 07:43:25 PM · #13

Originally posted by Riponlady:

Originally posted by gi_joe05:
yeah, here is a (very) old out take. I used to really like this...but that is a pic of me almost two years ago and I don't look like that anymore...

(sorry it's just a link, I can't find the original on my hard drive)
here

Like this better - looks classier!
Do you have any abstracts that might work ? If you are advertising yourself as a multi-purpose photographer you may not want to define yourself on your card as dealing with one particular aspect.
P

In two years have you changed that much???? MORE handsome???
:)

heck yeah more handsome! I cut my hair because I was getting to old to swing the hippie look. I also have lost over 50 pounds since then, that is what being a poor college student does to you, no money for junk food or fast food. not that I can complain!

lol...this is just fun

11/03/2005 07:45:10 PM · #14

Originally posted by jhonan:

Okay, I couldn't resist having a go at this - Hope you don't mind;

wow, I did something that looks very close to this. I used a more recent pic and it's a 3/4 height image of me holding a friends camera (it's also a d70).

that just crazy

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11/03/2005 07:49:08 PM · #15

Originally posted by gi_joe05:

! I cut my hair because I was getting to old to swing the hippie look.

If you getting too old at 18 to have long hair -God help the rest of us!!!

:)

edit - I've just realised why I don't like your original idea - it looks very old fashioned! It reminds me of something from the 50's/60's particularly the sihouette. Perhaps you are going retro????
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Message edited by author 2005-11-03 19:52:32.

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11/03/2005 07:52:44 PM · #16

Referring back to the originally posted biz card - Who is "lance"? And why should he be set free? ;-)

11/03/2005 08:03:49 PM · #17

Originally posted by kpriest:

Referring back to the originally posted biz card - Who is "lance"? And why should he be set free? ;-)

ha ha! thats funny...sorry about the typo I fixed it don't worry.

11/03/2005 08:05:32 PM · #18

Originally posted by Riponlady:

Originally posted by gi_joe05:
! I cut my hair because I was getting to old to swing the hippie look.

If you getting too old at 18 to have long hair -God help the rest of us!!!

:)

edit - I've just realised why I don't like your original idea - it looks very old fashioned! It reminds me of something from the 50's/60's particularly the sihouette. Perhaps you are going retro????
P

yeah I guess you call me retro. I personly have been called a "beatnick" (sp?) lately. I don't know what it is excatly that makes me get that, but I enjoy it...that is how I would best define myself anyway.

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11/03/2005 08:08:42 PM · #19

Originally posted by gi_joe05:

Sloppy sweaters, tight jeans and unwashed!!!
Oh yes and a liking for smokey dark bars and jazz!!
:)))
P

11/03/2005 08:10:06 PM · #20

Originally posted by Riponlady:

Originally posted by gi_joe05:
yeah I guess you call me retro. I personly have been called a "beatnick" (sp?) lately. I don't know what it is excatly that makes me get that, but I enjoy it...that is how I would best define myself anyway.

Sloppy sweaters, tight jeans and unwashed!!!
Oh yes and a liking for smokey dark bars and jazz!!
:)))
P

yeah, that decribes me pretty well. I'm not into the bar thing, but I do go to jazz clubs on the weekends and am a part of a biweekly drum circle in dayton....

ohh and my love for coffee helps a little too. I spend more money in coffee than I do in gas...and I spend more time in coffee shops than I do at home.
life is good, I just can't complain

Message edited by author 2005-11-03 20:11:12.

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11/03/2005 08:11:13 PM · #21

Originally posted by gi_joe05:

Originally posted by Riponlady:

Originally posted by gi_joe05:
yeah I guess you call me retro. I personly have been called a "beatnick" (sp?) lately. I don't know what it is excatly that makes me get that, but I enjoy it...that is how I would best define myself anyway.

Sloppy sweaters, tight jeans and unwashed!!!
Oh yes and a liking for smokey dark bars and jazz!!
:)))
P

yeah, that decribes me pretty well. I'm not into the bar thing, but I do go to jazz clubs on the weekends and am a part of a biweekly drum circle in dayton....

You're a beatnik!