Digital by Design

We are deeply grateful for people who support our students. Paul Ambtman is an amazing photographer who helps us show our student’s work in the best way possible. He also gives lectures to help our students improve their portfolio and social media platform. We are thankful to have him as a member of the @gbcjewellery family. Pictures of jewellery by: @paulambtman @digital.by.design Poster credit: @melpan12

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The holidays are coming. Is your business ready?

The Holidays are around the corner.  Is your business ready? The holidays are just around the corner and the next two months are the most important months of the year to sell your jewellery.  You've already created beautiful jewellery - let the world know by letting us capture the beauty in your pieces. At Digital by Design, we specializes in:

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"Nailed It" pictures always make me laugh.

Simple reminder that when it counts..hire a professional! :)

Summer Sale! Pass it on!

This month could be the most important month Toronto has ever experienced as we host the 2015 Pan Am games. Thousands of visitors will experience Toronto like never before. To help our community of independent jewellers get maximum exposure we're offering a summer discount so you can have more of your jewellery pieces professionally photographed for all your promotional needs.

All DBD services are discounted 15% until August 1st!

Don't let any of your custom pieces leave without having them professionally photographed!

We also edit your existing photos by giving them a professional makeover. Through our editing process we can enhance or change the metal colour and/or the gem stones. We also fix shadows and lighting issues. From one existing photo we can create as many new combinations as you like.

If you're short on time, take a quick photo of your jewellery piece and send it to us.

Please call or email for more details.

Cheers!

Beautiful morning back in Bolton. My mug is telling me I should go back to work.

Interesting read.....

In just one hour, two Bell Labs scientists had a breakthrough that won the Nobel prize — and changed photography forever At Bell Labs in 1969, two scientists were told they had to make progress on a key research project or they would lose their funding. After just an hour of work, they had a breakthrough.This was a milestone in the invention of digital photography, one of the most exciting inventions of modern times.It has given mankind access to invaluable information about space and hugely advanced medical science. And it has completely transformed the daily life of millions around the globe. We can — and do — document our lives on a minute-by-minute basis.Here's how the story unfolded:In the winter of 1975, Steven Sasson, a young engineer working in the Applied Research Lab at Kodak, tested out a new device for the first time. Now known as the first true digital camera, it was cobbled together using leftover parts he found in the lab. Thirty five years later, President Obama awarded Sasson the National Medal of Technology and Innovation for his invention.The camera was about the size of a breadbox and took 23 seconds to take a single black and white image, which was then stored on a cassette tape (see below). While the invention was far from the digital cameras we now use, it sparked a sea change in the way images are captured. Some argue that Sasson’s invention was where digital photography begins. But to say that would be to neglect the most important part of Sasson’ rudimentary camera, buried deep inside its scrap parts: the Charge Coupled-Device.For centuries, scientists and inventors had tried to reproduce images mechanically, attempting to turn light into digital information. Over the years, great strides were taken to achieve this goal, many coming from research into space exploration, as well as spy satellites. Who would have thought that America’s Cold War with Russia would, in part, give birth to our digital cameras? But no step was more important than the invention of the Charge-Coupled Device, or CCD.As the story goes, George E. Smith and Willard Sterling Boyle, who would later win a Nobel Prize in Physics for their invention, were working in the AT&T Bell Labs during a time where different camps were working on different methods of memory technology. In 1969, they were approached by their VP, Jack Morton, who gave them an ultimatum: make something to compete with the current technology, or funds are going to be allocated elsewhere.Under the gun, Smith and Boyle went into an office and, in one hour, emerged with the basic plans for the CCD, the sensor still …

See 30 of the Best Photos Short-Listed in the Sony World Photography Awards More than 170,000 images compete for the ultimate awardFive American photographers are in the running to win this year’s Professional Photographer of the Year title at the Sony World Photography Awards.Getty Images’ John Moore, Aristide Economopoulos, Lisa Krantz, Kerry Mansfield and Jassen Todorov are among the dozens of photographers to have been short-listed for the competition’s 2015 edition.Their work was selected from among more than 170,000 images from 171 countries.The winners will be revealed at a ceremony in London on April 23, with the Professional Photographer of the Year receiving a $25,000 cash prize.

ATTENTION ALL JEWELLERS!!!!

Do you know what time of year it is?? It's jewellery selling season! Check out this bar graph showing monthly jewellery sales over 4 years. Looks like November and December are pretty darn important!

Are you ready? Is your website ready?

DBD is offering its first "jewellery-photography-holiday-promotion" to help you get all your best pieces photographed, edited and on your website. Your customers will thank you!

Here are the details:

Send us three pieces to be professionally photographed, the fourth photo is FREE!

Send us three images to be edited, the fourth image edit is FREE!

We're excited about this! We can't wait to get started! Spread the word!!

Promotion starts today. Ends December 31.

Contact us for more details.

www.digitalbydesign.ca