September 1, 2010 | Posted in Blog, Designs

A Vintage Postcard Tour of Beantown, Boston 1905

There always seems to be a variety of postcards to pick through in most of the stationary or souvenir store when you travel. For just a dollar or two, I found myself collecting them. Especially collecting vintage postcard, which you can find through antique or museum stores. I got this Boston vintage postcards pocketbook set from a historic house museum I visit in Beacon Hill. Boston. Each card is a portrait of history in time. It describe the time period and even the latest fashion trends or architectures. It’s also lots of fun to go through them and discover the historical perspective as well.

So here are some of the Boston postcards from 1905-1920 that I scan. Most of them were hand colored, because this was before the cameras time. However, this makes each postcard an individual work of art. scroll through them and I bet you recognize most of the sites on these vintage postcards, Enjoy!

(All print belong to “A Postcard Tour of Beantown” by Earl Brechlin with John Bishop)

Oliver Wendell Holmes Called Boston “The Hub of The Universe” Shown

The Hotel Pieroni & The Old State House in Boston

Quincy Market & Paul Revere’s House

Boston Market, most famous market place

T wharf, Boston

The first underwater tunnel of its type built in America

Empty subway scene at 1914

Tremont Street known as today’s downtown crossing

Locatd Betwen Washinton Street and City Hall Avenue, Pie Alley was a favorite haunt of job printers and newsboys.

Ahh Fenway in 1912

Swan boats at Boston Public Garden

Boston Common, a neoclassical design

Boston known as the beantown.

April 11, 2010 | Posted in Blog, Life, Photography

Using my 50mm 1:1.8 lens

As the weather starts to warm up in NYC I want to take advantage of the weather, so I decided to do a little shopping. It’s been a while since I last shopped. I decided to go to the Woodbury Commons Outlet in upstate New York. On my way there, I took some photos with my 50mm 1:1.8 lens DSLR.

I always like the cross-processing techniques back in the day, which created a very retro look on my photos. To recreate these techniques now, I have to play around in Photoshop by using some adjustment layers. Check out these photos below and my vintage tutorial on how to create this photo effect.

I saw a cute French Bulldog

My fiancé walking around at Woodbury Outlet

My fiancé and my best friend Akito

My best friend

Doesn’t this look like an engagement photo?

July 20, 2009 | Posted in Blog, Designs

Some vintage advertisements.

I like traditional design also, so I like to check out stuff besides digital. I just ran into these vintage ads on the web. I have no clue why these vintage ads looks so creepy to me. What were they thinking back then? In another 30 or 40 years later, will people view our work and think it’s funny or creepy too? Check out these links for more Vintage ads.

http://pzrservices.typepad.com/vintageadvertising/creepy_vintage_advertising/index.html
http://www.weirdomatic.com/creepy-ads.html