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Martin Guitar Saved From Wood Chipper!

It is always interesting to visit with my friend and neighbor, Johnny Meah. I find I enjoy the company of artists… always have and I don’t know why. I seem to have become Johnny’s ad hoc photographer. This is kind of funny because I worked for Adolph Studly, a New York City photographer of art [...]

Extreme Perspective Correction Using Photoshop

The other day I was faced with having to photograph a painting that was mounted on a frame very close to a building. I arranged for the artist (Johnny Meah)  to call me when the sun covered the entire canvas. When I arrived I realized that my 21mm lens would not be wide enough to stand [...]

Cake City Logo (part 2)

I know you are all saying, “OK, we get it!… Nel is a great graphic designer! Enough already”. I just have one more thing to add to my earlier post on the Cake City logo that she drew on the back of envelope one morning while in the middle of her first cup of coffee. [...]

100 Drawings by Johnny Meah

Recently, I scanned a whole bunch of drawings by my friend, Johnny Meah. These represent sketches and drawings  made over many years. Some were done in preparation for making banners, some were proposals for projects. Since he is putting these drawings up for sale, I thought it might be wise to scan them as a [...]

Perfect Gift for Gifted Child

 Stan Vernooy, one of the top reviewers on Amazon.com leads his review of this book with “You want your 10-year-old to win a Nobel prize some day?” and he may be only slightly overstating the importance of this book in forming the lives of some of the best of our generation. I often tell the [...]