JimJuris' Blog

Jewelry and Craft Photography, Photo Editing and SEO ebooks
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Product Discounts For JimJuris Artfire Patrons

Published: 02-24-2012 07:32am
I am now offering new discounts on all products in my JimJuris Artfire studio. I have two discounts available for every item in my Artfire studio. To be able to qualify for my discounts you only have to do two things: 1. Register with Artfire as a Patron on the Artfire home page. That is quick and easy. After you are registered with Artfire come back to my JimJuris studio and you will see the produduct prices for non Patrons and also the  Patron discounted price for every product and service that I offer in my Artfire studio. 2. Leaving a comment about one of my product listings before you purchase the product or service will giv... » Read More

SEO For Artfire Artisans

Published: 01-30-2012 01:55am
Posted In: Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
With so many new Artisans coming to Artfire to sell their handmade craft products I decided to write a third ebook.  My third ebook is titled SEO For Artfire Arisans. I have been helping Artfire artisans with their Artfire studio product SEO since I became a Pro seller on Artfire on October 1, 2010. Here is a example of my SEO qualifications using one of the products that I have listed on Artfire.  On January 29, 2012, I did a search on Google for the keyword search term-  "Colorado Railroad Steam Engine #71."  My Steam Engine, Colorado Central Railroad Locomotive #71 photo Note Card is #5 on Google for that keyword search term. ... » Read More

Google Is Shutting Down Picnik on April 19, 2012

Published: 01-21-2012 02:00pm
Posted In: GIMP Photo enhancement Software
Google has decided to streamline their business and one of the things that they will be doing is shutting down Picnik, which is a popular image enhancement software program, on April 19, 2012.Now may be a good time to learn something new and start learning how to use GIMP, which is available for free from http://gimp.org, as a replacement to Pickik to edit your digital photographs.GIMP is a very powerful photo enhancement software program that is similar to Photoshop.  Both of these software programs have a pretty steap learning curve.  I have a solution to the GIMP software learning curve.  My GIMP photo editing ebook teaches everything... » Read More

Waterfall and Aspen Trees Photographed in Black Hawk, Colorado, Matted Photograph

Published: 01-17-2012 09:54am
One of my most popular products is a matted photograph of a waterfall and some aspen trees.  The waterfall is not very large because it is a similated waterfall.  There is also a small pond in this landscape photograph.I took this photograph of the waterfall in the beautiful Rocky Mountains in the former mining town of Black Hawk, Colorado.  This landscape photograph was taken in the Spring.There is a brown mining cart at the entrance to a simulated mine on the right hand side of this image.If you like landscape photography you will like this photograph. As of February 23, 2012 I am offering two different discounts on all of the products... » Read More

Third Month of Artfire Pro Membership FREE!

Published: 01-04-2012 03:05pm
Posted In: Third Month Free Using My Referral Link
Sign up to sell your handmade, vintage and/or supplies an an Artifre Pro member using the link below and your third month of Pro membership will be free.Sign Up As A Seller With ArtfireSome of the benefits for selling on Artfire and for being an Artfire Pro members include;1. No LISTING, RELISTING, or FINAL VALUE fees2. You can offer Google Checkout and Amazon Payments options to your buyers in addition to PayPal3. Great selling tools4. Artfire provides a phone number that Pro members can CALL and talk to a real person M-F during normal business hours5. Artfire helps Pro members products rank high on Google 6. Your products are listed on Google... » Read More

Updated Inexpensive Jewelry Photography Techniques ebook

Published: 12-06-2011 12:15pm
Posted In: Jewelry and Craft Photography
  As of 12-5-2011 my Inexpensive Jewelry Photography Techniques ebok has been updated.  This is the first time that I have updated this ebook in the four years that I have been selling this jewerly photograpy tutorial.This updated ebook has 60 pages of helpful information on how to photograph jewelry and other handmade craft products.  The selling price is only $8.99 if you purchase this jewelry photography tutorial from my JimJuris Artfire studio.Here is the Table of Contents for my ebook:Buying a cameraBecoming familiar with your digital camera Using a tripod and the camera's self-timer for sharp imagesProgram, shutter priority, aperture pr... » Read More

Photographing A Wine Glass

Published: 11-13-2011 07:37pm
I was playing around late last night and this morning trying to photograph an empty wine glass.  Last night I took the photographs of the wine glass using a single light source, no flash.  I used reflective light from my goose neck halogen desk lamp for the lighting.Here are my 3 best wine glass photographs.  All of these photographs where edited using GIMP.This first photograph was taken with only reflective light and a black background.  The second wine glass photograph was also taken using a black background but the black poster board in this photograph had some blue in the background which I just left pretty much alone when I edited the ... » Read More

Buy Your Arts and Crafts Products On Artfire

Published: 11-11-2011 12:04pm
Posted In: Buy Handmade
Artfire.com is a selling venue where you can purchase handmade arts and crafts products.  One of the nice things about shopping for handmade products on Artfire is that there is no need to register with Artfire.com in order to purchase your handmade afts and crafts products.  With 15,000 sellers on Artfire you will be able to find many types of handmade products such as bath and body, jewelry, photographs, greeting cards, purses, etc. The photograph below says it all when it comes to buying handmade items on Artfire.com. In my JimJuris Artfire studio I sell matted photographs, greeting cards, photo magnets, and two photography ebooks that... » Read More

Take Incredible Close Up Photos Using Your Point and Shoot Camera By Attaching Little Big Shot To Your P&S Camera

Published: 11-09-2011 03:06pm
Posted In: Macro Photography
  I have great news!  There is no longer a need to go out and purchase a DSLR camera and a macro lens costing a thousand dollars or more in order to do macro photography thanks to a great little macro lens called Little Big Shot. This lens was invented by David, my business partner, a Nature photographer who loves to take photographs of bugs.  Since insects are so tiny you need to use a macro lens.  Who wants to go in the woods searching for bugs with a bulky and heavy DSLR camera when you can get great results photographing insects using a point and shoot camera and a small, lightweight LittleBigShots snap on macro lens. For tho... » Read More
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