Comments on: Your face is your brand http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/06/06/your-face-is-your-brand/ Digital Media Engineering Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:46:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Robin Blandford http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/06/06/your-face-is-your-brand/#comment-18445 Robin Blandford Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:50:13 +0000 http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/06/06/your-face-is-your-brand/#comment-18445 Background blur was done while taking photo. Maybe use some photoshop esqe blur tool? The sharpen, just run a sharpening effect on the image too. Here's one I prepared earlier :-) http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/9716/paulbmy4.jpg Background blur was done while taking photo. Maybe use some photoshop esqe blur tool?

The sharpen, just run a sharpening effect on the image too.

Here’s one I prepared earlier :-)

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/9716/paulbmy4.jpg

]]> By: Paul Browne http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/06/06/your-face-is-your-brand/#comment-18440 Paul Browne Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:29:57 +0000 http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/06/06/your-face-is-your-brand/#comment-18440 Robin, Obvious when you say it. Photo flipped. Any quick and easy suggestions on how to sharpen the face / blur the background like you did in your profile? Paul Robin,

Obvious when you say it. Photo flipped.

Any quick and easy suggestions on how to sharpen the face / blur the background like you did in your profile?

Paul

]]> By: Robin Blandford http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/06/06/your-face-is-your-brand/#comment-18439 Robin Blandford Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:13:13 +0000 http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/06/06/your-face-is-your-brand/#comment-18439 Hi Paul - Your face should face into the centre of the page. On many blogs (except mine!, and yours I think too!) mybloglog is in the right sidebar. So you could modify your avatar for different layouts. Hi Paul - Your face should face into the centre of the page. On many blogs (except mine!, and yours I think too!) mybloglog is in the right sidebar. So you could modify your avatar for different layouts.

]]> By: Paul Browne http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/06/06/your-face-is-your-brand/#comment-18438 Paul Browne Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:36:20 +0000 http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/06/06/your-face-is-your-brand/#comment-18438 Good tips. Any reason that you suggest that most people should look to the left in their photos? Paul Good tips.

Any reason that you suggest that most people should look to the left in their photos?

Paul

]]> By: Robin Blandford http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/06/06/your-face-is-your-brand/#comment-18367 Robin Blandford Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:47:55 +0000 http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/06/06/your-face-is-your-brand/#comment-18367 Yes - it's true though. I've begun updating my avatars to the same image across the board. Currently reading a book on photography. I''m thinking of running an experiment and applying it to Avatars. Maybe give users a grid of 16 random avatars and ask them to click one based on some questions. See what we come up with. Yes - it’s true though. I’ve begun updating my avatars to the same image across the board.

Currently reading a book on photography. I”m thinking of running an experiment and applying it to Avatars. Maybe give users a grid of 16 random avatars and ask them to click one based on some questions. See what we come up with.

]]> By: Eoghan McCabe http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/06/06/your-face-is-your-brand/#comment-18361 Eoghan McCabe Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:34:18 +0000 http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/06/06/your-face-is-your-brand/#comment-18361 Oops. I look a little pink in that shot. Very, very interesting way to look at it. I guess you can then apply conventional brand rules to the use of your photo like maintaining consistency and distinguishing it in some way. I've had my photo on my site for a long time and have got my fair share of slagging for it. But there's no better way to show there's a real, trustworthy person on the other side of the page than by opening-up in this way. Oops. I look a little pink in that shot.

Very, very interesting way to look at it. I guess you can then apply conventional brand rules to the use of your photo like maintaining consistency and distinguishing it in some way.

I’ve had my photo on my site for a long time and have got my fair share of slagging for it. But there’s no better way to show there’s a real, trustworthy person on the other side of the page than by opening-up in this way.

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]]> By: Bernie Goldbach http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/06/06/your-face-is-your-brand/#comment-18287 Bernie Goldbach Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:36:32 +0000 http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/06/06/your-face-is-your-brand/#comment-18287 You are so right about the 48 squared perspective. My personal avatar was a mask until last month when people who planned to meet me at an airport with free transport encountered more hassle than they deserved so it's into the headshot to modify the washed-out look that happened when I compressed the file too hard. You are so right about the 48 squared perspective. My personal avatar was a mask until last month when people who planned to meet me at an airport with free transport encountered more hassle than they deserved so it’s into the headshot to modify the washed-out look that happened when I compressed the file too hard.

]]> By: I’m on MyBlogLog, what to do? http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/06/06/your-face-is-your-brand/#comment-18280 I’m on MyBlogLog, what to do? Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:56:13 +0000 http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/06/06/your-face-is-your-brand/#comment-18280 [...] post on ‘Your Face is your Brand‘ is after forcing my hand a bit into actually doing something my with MyBlogLog profile. I [...] [...] post on ‘Your Face is your Brand‘ is after forcing my hand a bit into actually doing something my with MyBlogLog profile. I [...]

]]> By: Robin Blandford http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/06/06/your-face-is-your-brand/#comment-18275 Robin Blandford Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:34:44 +0000 http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/06/06/your-face-is-your-brand/#comment-18275 yeh Cormac - I know everyone I featured ;-) thanks for the nice comment. May do a series of some more 'tip' posts. yeh Cormac - I know everyone I featured ;-)

thanks for the nice comment. May do a series of some more ‘tip’ posts.

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