Anthony palmieri

People find many ways to express their personality, whether it
is through sports, music, art, or another outlet. In any case
the creative nature that we have comes to the surface once we
have the tools and developed ability to accomplish this. One
area that has continued to grow as a result of technological
advancement is with computer enhanced graphics. Faster home
computers coupled with programs such as Adobe Photoshop and
Illustrator have taken the high end graphics work once limited
to corporations to smaller businesses. The most basic photo
manipulation is to correct flaws in the picture, which can be
expanded to the more advanced creation of fantasy scenes, such
as overlaying multiple images and the addition of special
effects.



These changes have enabled businesses to start in the areas of
custom portrait and pet photography, to wildlife and even
automotive areas. For those of you who are familiar with the
classic and collector automotive areas, this level of
photography is a natural fit. I have traveled to many car show
events over the past 20 years, learning a lot about how car
owners add that personal touch to their car. As with an artist
holding a paint brush, these owners look at their vehicles as
the canvas, and leaving nothing overlooked. Attention is taken
by these owners to ensure that there is a blinding shine on the
chrome and paint, and every component, even the underside is
perfect. As with the painter, they are expressing their
personality and creativity.



This desire for creativity by these automotive owners has
spurred an industry that caters directly to them. The car
enthusiast is a proud group that often has many unique ideas
that would differentiate their car, but they may not be sure how
to accomplish it. They go to the experts for advice on how to
enhance their vehicles look and performance, so now they have
started to turn to the artistic experts on how to display their
vehicle. One company that understands this area extremely well
is www.PalmieriConcepts.com. Besides the founder being an owner
of collector cars, this company has spent years talking with
owners and listening to them to understand their needs and wants
before it even became a company. Often the owners knew they
wanted something different, but was not sure exactly what or how
to accomplish it. By listening to them, and understanding what
could be done, their needs were met. Some of the non-traditional
examples included the idea of having small circular photographs
of the owners car that can be inserted in the center of wheels,
to having custom step magnets for placement on the running
boards of that custom coupe to keep people from stepping on it.



For the serious owner, most have a theme garage or office with
pictures and posters of their car and similar cars. Often these
pictures were done in the traditional style of
"point-shoot-develop-print-frame". The custom graphics companies
that specialize in the automotive industry have now taken the
"develop" stage to the next level with custom image
enhancements. These enhancements could be as simple as a picture
of your car overlaid on the engine compartment, or a key element
such as the gas cap of that Mustang GT. By combining this level
of graphics, a plain photograph is transformed from just a
photograph to an expression of personality.



There are many examples of what I have described on line and
Palmieri Concepts has a large selection of examples that will
give you many ideas that you can incorporate into your own
works.



About the author:


Anthony Palmieri founded Palmieri Concepts,
www.PalmieriConcepts.com after 20 years of creating custom art
work for his own pleasure and enjoyment. This business grew out
of a love for pets and vehicles and was started to share with
others what started out as a hobby. After taking how his own
pride and joys and combining them with creativity, it became
obvious that many others would like to do the same.





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