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Interesting card, Bjorn, but there are a few more technical kinks I'd like to mention:

Your HB PROFOTO logo has uneven kerning (the spacing between the characters) and this gives the logo less unity and contrast. More so, it might look like a mistake to some. Fixing is easy.

Your "Life is beautiful" slogan would be greatly improved by making the characters bolder, and subsequently less narrow which can lead to printing problems on the press.

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Here's my business card. I opted for the portrait orientation because, hey, why not. It makes you stand out. Also, I kept the back side white so I can use it as a bounce card. It's already sent out to the printer, to be printed on 256 g/m2 matte paper

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I take pictures so quickly, my highschool was "Continuous High".

Thats very nice I like it.

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Canon 40D + 70-200mm f/2.8L IS + 50mm f/1.8
Manfrotto 055CX3 + 496RC2
www.thomaslowe.com

Thank you Tomis

For the record: the photo was done with just one off-camera flash placed behind me in the bathroom, shot taken in the mirror. High-pass filter for extreme sharpening/toning, and some dodging and burning the highlights and shadows.

IF anyone wants to know how I did the whole business card, just ask here or send a PM and I'll make the PSD available to you

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I take pictures so quickly, my highschool was "Continuous High".

Could i get one Marijn? I'm new to photoshop so i want to learn

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Victor
Nikon D300 - Nikkor 16-85 VR - Nikkor 70-200 2.8 VR I
www.victorhoffmann.com

Here you go Victor, I named the layers in english:

http://www.mediafire.com/?tmuuzzybwtn

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I take pictures so quickly, my highschool was "Continuous High".

THANKS

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Victor
Nikon D300 - Nikkor 16-85 VR - Nikkor 70-200 2.8 VR I
www.victorhoffmann.com

The new business cards I ordered came in today, so I thought I'd share the design. Kept it simple this time.

Front side:


Back side:


EDIT: Hope the fact that tinypic is down is just temporary...

- Bjorn -

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Leica M9-P (my article on Camera Labs) | Leica D-Lux 5 | 50mm Summilux

Very clean Bjorn. Also: you can still pretty much read the blurred text.

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I take pictures so quickly, my highschool was "Continuous High".

Thanks!
Yeah, the blur and smudge wasn't quite strong enough. I'll replace it tomorrow!

- Bjorn -

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Street and documentary photographer | Google+ | Twitter | Blog | Tumblr

Leica M9-P (my article on Camera Labs) | Leica D-Lux 5 | 50mm Summilux

Here's what I'm currently using:



Just the small text on the front now says

web dev | programming | 3d

Instead of the kindof lame 'computer stuff'

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Recent pics on flickr


Canon 500D, 18-55mm IS, 55-250mm IS, 50mm f1.8 II, 430exII

I must say computer stuff DOES sum it up...

Nice card though

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I take pictures so quickly, my highschool was "Continuous High".

what format do printers want the designs inn and what size and bleeding do you need on them?

i had a go (posted result on another topic) but think i realised i shouldnt have a picture on it as it may depict i only takes photos of that subject. think i need to try and make one like bjorns, stylish but not saying 'i only take pics of one subject'

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Amateur, always learning!

My website:- www.neildavison.co.uk

@Neil

Most print shops I've dealt with locally in my area are pretty flexible when it comes to formats. .psd .indd .pdf .ai they all work

I have the same beef with business cards, I don't want 1000 cards with the same image. I use moo.com, they allow you to use up to 100 different images on your cards I think. They are kinda expensive but its worth it. and If you're a flickr user then you can pull images directly from your photostream.

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Canon 40D + 70-200mm f/2.8L IS + 50mm f/1.8
Manfrotto 055CX3 + 496RC2
www.thomaslowe.com

You can download a template from Vistaprint's site. If you scroll up a bit, you can download the PSD I made for my business card (if the link is still alive). I submitted my picture in high-quality PNG to make sure it would render correctly.

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I take pictures so quickly, my highschool was "Continuous High".