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			<title>Fitzies - Access all Areas</title>
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			<description>&lt;h3&gt;MOBILE READY&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our new updated mobile device ready website makes viewing all the info you want on our site while out and about much easier to view on your smart phone or tablet device.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Be sure to check it out.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tell us what you think?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Is there anything you want to see or we could improve?&lt;/p&gt;
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			<title>Creativity runs Wild with Phototex</title>
			<link>http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/media/blog/creativity-runs-wild-with-phototex/</link>
			<description>&lt;h3&gt;PRODUCT DIVERSITY.&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here at Fitzgerald's we have a huge range of products from inkjet and photographic prints, printed canvas, to acrylic products and beyond. But nothing truly illistrates the diversity of products and a diversity in application like our Phototex (aka &quot;Sticky Pics.&quot;) &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;WHAT IS PHOTOTEX?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What is Phototex? You may ask. Great question! Phototex (aka Sticky Pics) is a peel and stick  polyester fabric, adhesive material that can be installed on virtually  any flat surface (indoor &amp;amp; out) in any weather condition and then  removed and reused many times over. Its the flexability and durability of this product that allow you to really let your  imagination run wild!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;PHOTOTEX GONE WILD!&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fitzies recently printed an exhibition that showed the diversity of the product called:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Waypoints&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; - A collaborative multi-media installation by Moira Fearby, Kate Koivisto Wheeler, Richard Munsie and Heloise Roberts.&lt;br/&gt;The collaborating Artists from the Waypoints exhibition were in need of a product that was versitile and would not distroy the gallery space. So naturally our first suggestion was the use of Phototex. Images printed on Phototex were stuck to all manner of surfaces confident that the images could be removed without destroying the walls, paint, glass, doorframes or whatever the images were stuck to. The result?   You can see below how they converted what would normally be a pretty  stark gallery space into an intriguing and engaging exhibition at the Heathecoat Museum and Gallery.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;left&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/_resampled/resizedimage559372-M3X3713.jpg&quot; width=&quot;559&quot; height=&quot;372&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;left&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/_resampled/resizedimage559372-M3X3714.jpg&quot; width=&quot;559&quot; height=&quot;372&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;left&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/_resampled/resizedimage559372-M3X3720.jpg&quot; width=&quot;559&quot; height=&quot;372&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;left&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/_resampled/resizedimage559372-M3X3726.jpg&quot; width=&quot;559&quot; height=&quot;372&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;left&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/_resampled/resizedimage559372-M3X3729.jpg&quot; width=&quot;559&quot; height=&quot;372&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;SOME AMAZING THINGS ABOUT PHOTOTEX&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here are just a few AMAZING things about Phototex ... it has NO  sticky residue, you can use it in all weather conditions, it won’t  shrink or curl, you can illuminate it with a backlight, it wraps around  wall corners, you can stick it to ceilings or poles, you can use it over  and over again and at the end of the day, the sky is the limit with  this futuristic product!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;WHAT COULD YOU DO WITH STICKY PICS?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Just imagine what is possible with Sticky Pics. &lt;br/&gt;How could you use Phototex to liven up your home, office or studio? &lt;br/&gt;Do you have a feature wall or unique space that you could fill with printed images on our Phototex?&lt;br/&gt;Print your images on phototex and you will standout from the masses. So let your imagination go wild, we can help you to make it happen.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you want to know more about Phototex you can visit our &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/[sitetree_link id=31]&quot;&gt;Digital Wall Covings &lt;/a&gt;page or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/[sitetree_link id=3]&quot;&gt;Contact us&lt;/a&gt; here at the Lab and we will be happy help you find solutions for all your printing ideas.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See some more exciting aplications for Phototex at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phototex.co.uk/&quot;&gt;www.phototex.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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			<title>New-Art Custom Wallpapers</title>
			<link>http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/media/blog/new-art-custom-wallpapers/</link>
			<description>&lt;h3&gt;CUSTOM WALLPAPER&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Client, &lt;strong&gt;Blue Stream Photographic Art&lt;/strong&gt;, recently commissioned the printing of a series of custom wallpapers for some of their recent projects including a wallpaper for “&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.two40three.com.au/&quot;&gt;Two 40 Three&lt;/a&gt;” Restaurant in the recently refurbished &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.coventrysquare.com.au/&quot;&gt;Coventry Square Markets&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br/&gt;Upon receiving the job our graphics team set to work separating the wallpaper art into panels for printing on our large format printer and within a few days it was ready to be installed! &lt;br/&gt;Take a look below at how their wall art printed by us here at Fitzgerald Photo Imaging has brought new life to the space.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3&gt;INSTALLATION&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Installing such a huge sized wallpaper on your own is no easy feat, unless you're Bob Vincent an expert installer who made the installation seem like an afternoon craft exercise!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3&gt;IS IT TIME TO REVAMP YOUR WALLS?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Do you have a wall with a need for a revamp? Not sure where to start?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Check out our &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/[sitetree_link id=31]&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Digital Wall Coverings&lt;/a&gt; page to start or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/[sitetree_link id=31]&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Contact us&lt;/a&gt; and talk to one of our consultants about what we can do to make &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; wall a feature in your office, home or Studio.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The fantastic Wallpaper Art above was created by &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bluestream Photographic Art&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br/&gt;If  you are interested in getting your own custom design you can contact  &lt;strong&gt;Cathy Foster&lt;/strong&gt; from Bluestream Photographic Art on Ph: &lt;strong&gt;0403 821 658&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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			<title>DIVERGENCE - Photographic Exhibition.</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.midlandatelier.com/whats-on/whatson-current-upcoming&quot;&gt;DIVERGENCE: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM ELSEWHERE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;As one of the premier pro labs in Australia, we here at Fitzgerald Photo Imaging have had the honour of printing, finishing, framing and mounting a whole host of  works for the &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Divergence: Photographs from Elsewhere&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; exhibition.  You're in for a visual feast as a massive line up of photographers works from all over the world come together in one place for what is sure to be one of the highlights of FotoFreo.  Take it from us, from what we have  seen... its definatly worth heading down to the Midland Railway Workshop for what will be an amazing exhibiton in what is an amazing space in its self!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.form.net.au/&quot;&gt;FORM&lt;/a&gt; presents &lt;em&gt;Divergence: Photographs from elsewhere &lt;/em&gt;featuring over sixty photographers based in fifteen countries including the United States, Canada, Japan, Russia, Germany, India, Italy, Czech Republic, Spain, Lebanon, Ukraine, Turkey, Argentina and the UK; in addition to local and national photographers from Australia.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;A monumental showcase of international contemporary photography from over sixty photographers will be on display at the &lt;/em&gt;Midland Railway Workshop from March 15 - April 15&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;th &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2012&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The exhibition will be held in the visually stimulating panorama of the  Midland Railway Workshop, a large scale industrial and historic site,  which provides a stunning backdrop by some of the world’s most renowned  photographers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Headlining the show are leading international Magnum UK Photographer, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.midlandatelier.com/whats-on/whatson-current-upcoming/elsewhere/martin-parr&quot;&gt;Martin Parr&lt;/a&gt;, Magnum India Photographer, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.midlandatelier.com/whats-on/whatson-current-upcoming/sohrab-hura&quot;&gt;Sohrab Hura&lt;/a&gt; and the renowned &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.midlandatelier.com/whats-on/whatson-current-upcoming/ketaki-sheth/whatson-current-upcoming/elsewhere/martin-parr&quot;&gt;Ketaki Sheth&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.midlandatelier.com/whats-on/whatson-current-upcoming/bharat-sikka&quot;&gt;Bharat Sikka&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3&gt;OPEN EXHIBITION PROGRAM: FOTOFREO&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;FORM is partnering with the FotoFreo Open Exhibition Program to present a group show of emerging and avant garde photographers, from the highly stylised portraiture of orphaned children in the Ukraine, to Vita Buivid’s, fun, and playful, kitsch images from Russia, to the intimate lives and moments captured by Chandan Ahuja’s evocative black and white images of domestic life in India.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;The PILBARA PROJECT PHOTOGRAPHER'S CUT&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;left&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/_resampled/resizedimage550296-PilbaraStorm-Eastway2.jpg&quot; width=&quot;550&quot; height=&quot;296&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Closer to home, The &lt;em&gt;Pilbara Project Photographer’s Cut &lt;/em&gt;will present the dramatic photographs captured by a collective of Australia’s most acclaimed photographers during field trips to the North West. Good friends of Fitzies, Tony Hewitt, Les Walkling, Christian Fletcher and Peter Eastway, consider the collision and interconnection of the land, industry and cultures of the Pilbara.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;MORE THAN JUST AN EXHIBITION&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Photographers will travel internationally to attend the exhibition and exclusive interviews are available.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On March 17th, a comprehensive program of artist talks, presentations, and a special, site specific installation by choreographer and dancer, Jacob Lehrer, will be held at the Midland Railway Workshop. These talks are open to the public and all are welcome to sit in on what will be an informative and insightful day for photographers and visual admirers alike.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For the full list of speakers and sessions check out the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/Divergence-Public-Program.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Public Program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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			<description>&lt;h3&gt;A PERFECT FIT FOR THE JOB&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fitzies was recently approached by client &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.altonamining.com/&quot;&gt;Altona mining &lt;/a&gt;LTD, to update the look of their Perth based office foyer with some printed wall art. Upon our consultation with them we quickly realized that the high impact they wanted their photos to have would be best achieved by only one product, our new Alumalux prints.  The vivid colour, crisp detail and durability of having the photo on metal (great for clumsy cleaners) made it the obvious choice. After printing up some test samples of the images, we sent out one of our design consultants to the Altona office to show them how great the product would look in suite. In less than a heart beat they fell in love with the product. The result 2 impressive 30″x45 inch Euro framed Alumalux prints that now hang in pride of place in the Altona office foyer. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HAVE A LOOK FOR YOURSELF…&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;h3&gt;WHAT IS &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/[sitetree_link id=130]&quot;&gt;ALUMALUX&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Pronounced A-loo-ma-lux, this futuristic product is bound to stop   traffic! We infuse your print within aluminium, which then allows for a   scratch resistant, water proof product that is super light weight. Your   images will pack a punch with colour remaining vivid and details  staying  clear &amp;amp; crisp. A true printing revolution! Alumalux is  incredibly  thin, and looks three dimensional when hanging on the wall.  Our Euro  frame (As pictured above) will really finish it off with a  contemporary  sophisticated look.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;What could &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; print on our new Alumalux metal prints?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Alumalux has to be seen with your own eyes to be believed! Print your photos on Metal. Its the perfect &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/%5Bsitetree_link%20id=12%5D&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;printing&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/%5Bsitetree_link%20id=23%5D&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;finishing&lt;/a&gt; solution for whatever you want to print, be it family photos, portraits, landscapes, artwork, a graphic instalation, or for your latest &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/%5Bsitetree_link%20id=13%5D&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Exhibition&lt;/a&gt;. Be one of the first  to get your hands on this amazing product that will grab attention where ever its displayed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more information check out the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/%5Bsitetree_link%20id=130%5D&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Alumalux product page&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/%5Bsitetree_link%20id=3%5D&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;contact us&lt;/a&gt; at the Lab.&lt;/p&gt;
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			<description>&lt;h3&gt;NOT JUST A PHOTO LAB&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Another reason why Fitzgerald Photo Imaging is so much more than a photo lab. We bring you the cutting edge in printing technology with a new addition to our already extensive professional finishing range, Alumalux - A new type of print on metal, where we infuse your photo on aluminium. Yes that's right you can now get your photos on metal!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;WHAT IS ALUMALUX?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Pronounced A-loo-ma-lux, this futuristic product is bound to stop traffic! We infuse your print within aluminium, which then allows for a scratch resistant, water proof product that is super light weight. Your images will pack a punch with colour remaining vivid and details staying clear &amp;amp; crisp. A true printing revolution! Alumalux is incredibly thin, and looks three dimensional when hanging on the wall. There are two mounting options; our standard floating frame or you can try our Euro frame to really finish it off with a contemporary sophisticated look.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;HUGE SIZES&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With one of the largest Alumalux printers in Australia, we can print your  Alumalux metal print up to a huge 30&quot;x45&quot;!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We also offer an extensive range  of standard sizes listed below.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Full Frame               Cropped                    Panoramic                  Square&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;8x12&quot;                          8x10&quot;                          7x20&quot;                          12x12&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;12x18&quot;                        11x14&quot;                        10x30&quot;                        16x16&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;16x24&quot;                        16x20&quot;                        12x24&quot;                        20x20&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;20x30&quot;                        24x30&quot;                        12x40&quot;                        24x24&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;24x36&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;30x45&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;VIVID COLOUR&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See how vivid your prints will look on Alumalux...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;left&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/Alumalux2_2.jpg&quot; width=&quot;550&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;left&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/Alumalux3_2.jpg&quot; width=&quot;550&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FLOATING FRAME&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is no need to worry about how you're going to display your brand new Alumalux metal print. All Alumalux prints come standard with our floating frame mount for a complete ready to hang solution.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;left&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/Alumalux4_3.jpg&quot; width=&quot;550&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;left&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/Alumalux5_2.jpg&quot; width=&quot;550&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EURO FRAME &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To finish off your brilliantly vivid and futuristic Alumalux print ready to hang with a little more contemporary sophistication, try the option of our Euro frame mount. This frame is the perfect addition to finish your image with a range of frame colours such as&lt;strong&gt; Black, Frosted Silver, Frosted Walnut, Toaupe (Gold) and Graphite &lt;/strong&gt;that will suit just about any decor.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Alumalux has to be seen to be believed! Its the perfect &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/[sitetree_link id=12]&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;printing&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/[sitetree_link id=23]&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;finishing&lt;/a&gt; solution for whatever you want to print, be it Family photos, portraits, landscapes, artwork, a graphic instalation, or for an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/[sitetree_link id=13]&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Exhibition&lt;/a&gt;. Be one of the first  to get your hands on this amazing product that will grab attention where ever its displayed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more information check out the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/[sitetree_link id=130]&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Alumalux product page&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/[sitetree_link id=3]&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;contact us&lt;/a&gt; at the Lab.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;THE ULTIMATE, LANDSCAPE, TRAVEL AND FINE ART MASTER CLASS&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Husband and wife team Mike Langford and Jackie Ranken from New Zealand have each had the honour of winning the AIPP ‘Australian Professional Landscape Photographer of the Year Award' twice and Nick Melidonis three times. Mike Langford is also the current ‘Australian Professional Travel Photographer of the Year’ and Nick Melidonis, the runner-up.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With numerous other awards and achievements to their names, these three Master photographers will, for the first time, combine their expertise to provide an inspirational, fun and informative day at Notre Dame University that is not to be missed.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Topics and themes covered will include:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Essential      elements for a successful landscape image&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Translating      what you feel in the field into a powerful image&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The art of      design, composition and working the light&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Capturing      a ‘sense of place’ in your travel images that connect with the viewer&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Imagination      rather than imitation&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Finding      inspiration&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;How we see      versus what the camera captures&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The art of      fine art photography – how to make your images different and visually      powerful&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Three Masters Seminar&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mike Langford – Jackie Ranken – Nick Melidonis&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Monday March 19&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; 2012&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;9.30 am – 5.00 pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Notre Dame University, Fremantle WA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For full details and to enrol, &lt;a href=&quot;http://nickmelidonis.com/the-three-masters-seminar/&quot;&gt;http://nickmelidonis.com/the-three-masters-seminar/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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			<description>&lt;h3&gt;PERTH'S PREMIER PHOTOGRAPHY EXPO.&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Light Fantastic is the premier annual photography expo in Perth running for what is now its 7th successful year, and the program looks better than ever!&lt;br/&gt;Master photographers Nick Melidonis and Dale Neill again present a fascinating line-up of photographic talent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Join them for two days of information, innovation and inspiration as Light Fantastic showcases the best in all things photographic. Experience Light Fantastic to start your creative journey in 2012. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For the first time there will be two internationally acclaimed keynote speakers -&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mikelangford.co.nz/&quot;&gt;Mike Langford&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jackieranken.co.nz/&quot;&gt;Jackie Ranken&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mike Langford&lt;/strong&gt; chases perfection. With awards in landscape, geographica, travel, corporate, industrial, and commercial photography to his name, Mike is one of the Australasia’s most sought-after presenters. An international awards judge and publisher of more than 25 books, he will inspire and challenge you to excel in your imagery.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jackie Ranken&lt;/strong&gt; is the only person to have won both the Australian and New Zealand Professional Photographer of the Year and Landscape Photographer of the Year awards. Jackie will share her personal approach and techniques for creating photographic art.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Other highlights will include:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Peter Lambert&lt;/strong&gt; – Wildlife and wilderness photography in some of the world’s wildest and most remote areas&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;David Dare Parker&lt;/strong&gt; – Walkley Award winning photojournalist&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kevin Lucas&lt;/strong&gt; – One of Perth’s premier sports photographers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hear from designers, technicians and practitioners and learn about the latest in technology and technique.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3&gt;FITZIES SHOW OFF&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We will be showcasing a range of new and exciting printing products that will blow your idea about whats possible in printing out of the water!&lt;br/&gt;So be sure to be there for our session at 3.00pm on Sat 17 march or better yet be there for the whole expo and soak up all you can.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See the full program below.&lt;br/&gt;*&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.extension.uwa.edu.au/asset/binarydata?id=4182100&quot;&gt;Light Fantastic Program.&lt;/a&gt;*&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;THINGS TO KNOW&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Light Fantastic will be held in the new Notre Dame Lecture Theatre, cnr Cliff and Croke Streets Fremantle.&lt;br/&gt;Look for the building marked 4 on this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nd.edu.au/downloads/fremantle/Fremantle_Campus_Map_090810.pdf&quot;&gt;map&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Registration, tea and coffee will be held 9-9.30am each day.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sign up! Get educated and get inspired!&lt;br/&gt;But be quick because spaces are limited.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Click the link below to sign up for this years Light fantastic.&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/ http://www.extension.uwa.edu.au/course/CC241&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;http://www.extension.uwa.edu.au/course/CC241&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This  year's Light Fantastic is brought to you in association with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fotofreo.com/&quot;&gt;FotoFreo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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			<link>http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/media/blog/give-your-windows-a-face-lift/</link>
			<description>&lt;h3&gt;The Brief.&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;One of our countless valued clients &lt;a href=&quot;http://imageperth.com.au/&quot;&gt;Image Portrait Studio&lt;/a&gt;, recently asked us to help them create some new window graphics for their East Perth studio.&lt;br/&gt;The guys from Image Portrait Studio were elated to find that we could handle the whole job right from design to final installation of the graphics on their windows.&lt;br/&gt;With some supplied images from Image Portrait Studio our crack &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/[sitetree_link id=54]&quot;&gt;graphic design&lt;/a&gt; team got to work creating a new look for their studio windows even incorporating their new logo.The graphics were then printed on our in-house latex printer on to an outdoor rated self-adhesive vinyl, ready for application to their windows.&lt;br/&gt;The graphics were then installed earlier this week.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3&gt;The result... See it with your own eyes.&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;left&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/_resampled/resizedimage550409-Windowgraphicsgraphicdesignsignageprintingphotographyinstallation05_2.jpg&quot; width=&quot;550&quot; height=&quot;409&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3&gt;So..Does your business need a face-Lift?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Are you in need of a new look for you studio or business? &lt;br/&gt;We can offer can offer a wide range of solutions for you; from pull up banners, one-way window graphics, to printed wallpaper.  We are so much more than a photo lab; we are the one stop shop for all your printing needs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Don't sit on your hands for any longer! We can help you give your business a face-lift.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more information have a look at our &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/[sitetree_link id=63]&quot;&gt;Display printing&lt;/a&gt; page or better yet, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/[sitetree_link id=3]&quot;&gt;Contact us&lt;/a&gt; by giving us a call or dropping us an email and see how we can help you create a new look for &lt;em&gt;your business&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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			<link>http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/media/blog/lomo-winners/</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;leftAlone&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/Images/Blog/lomo2_2.jpg&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;600&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;leftAlone&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/Images/Blog/lomo1_2.jpg&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;leftAlone&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/Images/Blog/lomo3_2.jpg&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;600&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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			<title>Christmas Specials</title>
			<link>http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/media/blog/christmas-specials/</link>
			<description>&lt;h1 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;iPhoto calendars &amp;gt; special price of $19.95!&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;calendars are regularly $27.95&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;reprints for calendars are $9.95 - usually $13.95&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;if you have iPhoto you are more than welcome to create your own calendar&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;additional one off cost of $30 for us to design the calendar for you&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;MUST ORDER BY NOVEMBER 30TH TO RECIEVE DISCOUNTED PRICE&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;center&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/Images/Blog/DSC0040.jpg&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;center&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/Images/Blog/DSC0039.jpg&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Christmas Cards &amp;gt; special price of 40 for $55.00!&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;medium rectangle sizing (15x20cm)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;original pricing is $103.50 - a SAVING of $48.50&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;cards must be ordered in batches of 40 i.e 80 cards for $110&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;cards are blank inside&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;price includes envelopes&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;please provide us with images sized 6x4&quot; at 300dpi&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;4 templates available - exampled below&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;deviation from template with revert back to original pricing&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;MUST ORDER BY NOVEMBER 30TH TO RECIEVE DISCOUNTED PRICE&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;center&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/fitz-1_2.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;center&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/fitz-2.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;All you need to do is follow this &lt;a title=&quot;Want to be fitzgeralds feature photographer?&quot; href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/[sitetree_link id=99]&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;, upload up to 3 photos for us to choose from. And that's it!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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			<title>Photographic Time-Machine</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;Here at Fitzies we do so much more than just print photos. Among the many &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/[sitetree_link id=9]&quot;&gt;services&lt;/a&gt; we offer here at Fitzies is our &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/[sitetree_link id=14]&quot;&gt;Photo Restoration&lt;/a&gt; service. We may not actually be able to go back in time and save your photos from whatever damage they may have incurred. (that is until &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/[sitetree_link id=17]&quot;&gt;the team&lt;/a&gt; gets the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeLorean_time_machine&quot;&gt;'DeLorean'&lt;/a&gt; up and running) But we have some amazing tools and skilled staff that practically break the laws of physics to restore your photographs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our highly skilled technicians carefully scan and digitally retouch your old prints making them look new again. We are passionate about bringing photographs back to life. Why? Because when we restore a photo, we're snatching a fading memory from oblivion and saving it for many more generations to come.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Be it from a print or a negative we can save and restore your photos and keep those precious memories alive. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Will you let the records of you or your family turn to dust before your eyes or will you save them?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you have some photos in need of restoration gives us a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/[sitetree_link id=3]&quot;&gt;call&lt;/a&gt; or drop into &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/[sitetree_link id=3]&quot;&gt;the lab&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Check out some of our recent work below.&lt;/p&gt;
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;Being one of the most professional labs on the forefront of technology on the west coast we get a lot of questions from people about some of the basic ins and outs of digital work-flow.  So we are putting together a series of blog posts on some of the basics of Digital work-flow in the hope that it will help you understand how to get the best out of your images.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We will tackle things like: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Creating a viewing environment for colour management.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Why colours sometimes don’t match.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Monitor Calibration &amp;amp; Colour management systems&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Types of Calibration Devices (screens. paper etc)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Types of Screens (pros n cons)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Shooting RAW (advantages, quality, file size etc)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;RAW conversion and processing (techniques, tips, batches, file size, quality, methods, software)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Color modes and colour spaces&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Adjusting color hue, saturation, and brightness&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Converting a color image to black and white&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improving shadow and highlight detail&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Nondestructive editing&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Smart Objects&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Adjustment and fill layers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Adding contrast&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sharpening.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Among many more...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So stay tuned, or better yet &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/media/blog/rss&quot;&gt;subscribe&lt;/a&gt; to our &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/[sitetree_link id=6]&quot;&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt; to keep up to date.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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			<title>Is your Monitor Colour Blind?</title>
			<link>http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/media/blog/is-your-monitor-colour-blind/</link>
			<description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Here at Fitzies we are passionate about Colour accuracy and want the best results for your prints.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;So we have put together a great deal where we are offering the &lt;strong&gt;X-rite EyeOne D2&lt;/strong&gt;, for as little as &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$179.90&lt;/em&gt;!&lt;/strong&gt; But even better, for just $20 bucks more one of our Calibration experts will come out and show you how to use it. (&lt;em&gt;Monitor calibration service is normally $110.00 by its-self!&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;What is the &lt;strong&gt;X-Rite EyeOne D2&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Eye-One Display 2&lt;/strong&gt; is a professional   monitor-calibration tool that lets you achieve accurate color on all   types of displays--including LCDs, CRTs, and laptops. With its advanced   controls, you can achieve the best possible match across multiple   monitors, optimize gray balance for more neutral and better-defined   grays, and even check ambient light to determine optimal room lighting   for color-critical work. Eye-One Display 2 saves time and rework so your   creative inspirations can be more easily realized. Designed to meet  the  needs of creative professionals and discerning digital-imaging   enthusiasts, Eye-One Display LT ensures reliable and accurate color   onscreen. With the software, you'll achieve  consistent, predictable  color on all types of monitors--LCD, CRT, and  laptops--with a few  simple clicks&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;So there you have it!  The &lt;strong&gt;X-rite EyeOne D2&lt;/strong&gt; and a monitor calibration expert to teach you how to do it for &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;under&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;$200.00&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Get it tested, and learn how to calibrate your monitor for the most accurate results at a price that's hard to beat.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Just give us a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/[sitetree_link id=3]&quot;&gt;call&lt;/a&gt; or ask us about it the next time you are in at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/[sitetree_link id=3]&quot;&gt;the Lab&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1 style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But hurry stock is limited!                         &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
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			<link>http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/media/blog/weekend-lomo-workshop/</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Over the weekend the Atelier hosted a Lomography Workshop, with 30 participants from a range of backgrounds came together with a shared interest in learning more about this lo-fi phenomenon. Ian Tatton from &lt;a title=&quot;Lomography Australias website&quot; href=&quot;http://lomography.com.au/&quot;&gt;Lomography Australia&lt;/a&gt; tutored the class in the basics of lomo film photography. Each member was supplied with a Holga 135 camera and was then set free to experiment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The grounds of the Railway Workshops, though still under repair with a lot of areas still not able to be accessed, were a great choice and provided some great opportunities for creative lomo shooting. Everyone went home with their minds full of ideas, and returned the next morning ready to try them. The class then went on excursion to the local growers market, finding the change in scenery both refreshing and challenging.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Returning back to the Atelier, the class had lunch followed by some group experimentation with 2 other kinds of lomo cameras; the &lt;a title=&quot;Lomography Australias website&quot; href=&quot;http://lomography.com.au/actionsampler/&quot;&gt;Action Sampler&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a title=&quot;Lomography Australias website&quot; href=&quot;http://lomography.com.au/fisheye-2/&quot;&gt;Lomo Fisheye&lt;/a&gt;. Groups took portraits of each other, rewound the film, swapped cameras, reloaded and kept on shooting. This double exposing technique allows for a number of creative possibilities not necessarily considered by those working normally with only digital applications of photography.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After two days of learning, 30 new lomographers went home with new creative possibilities now available to them. Hopefully we will be seeing some of their continued lomo work coming through the lab soon.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;leftAlone&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/Images/Blog/lomo2.jpg&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;leftAlone&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/Images/Blog/lomo3.jpg&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;leftAlone&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/Images/Blog/lomo4.jpg&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;leftAlone&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/Images/Blog/lomo5.jpg&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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			<title>The Apple that Fell far from the Tree</title>
			<link>http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/media/blog/the-apple-that-fell-far-from-the-tree/</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Its quite clear that Apple has built something special. Something so much more than a financially successful business. Their accomplishments aren't grounded in number crunching, cost cutting, or audit controls... No bogus deals-of-the-day, scam-the-customer or Stock market gaming. Instead, they've developed an enduring brand and culture that is now renowned as the most valuable technology company in the world today.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here are five simple Keys from Apple that we can all embrace to initiate more success in our own careers, companies and communities:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3 style=&quot;padding-left: 60px;&quot;&gt;1.  Shatter conventional wisdom.&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;padding-left: 60px;&quot;&gt;So often our fear of failure masks itself as wisdom.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;padding-left: 60px;&quot;&gt;Apple doesn't waste their time trying to lower their costs by using cheap materials. Instead, they direct their focus toward changing the world's idea of what is possible.  While some people cower at the thought of stepping outside the box, the folks at Apple practically live outside it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;padding-left: 60px;&quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style=&quot;padding-left: 60px;&quot;&gt;2.  No Restrictions.&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;padding-left: 60px;&quot;&gt;If you can dream it, there's a way to make it happen.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;padding-left: 60px;&quot;&gt;So often in our fear-based society, we focus on all the reasons something can't be done.  We let imaginary hurdles restrict us in reaching our true potential. Not Apple. They refuse to be derailed and let those seemingly impossible challenges drive their cause instead of quench their dreams.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;padding-left: 60px;&quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style=&quot;padding-left: 60px;&quot;&gt;3.  Innovation Triumphs.&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;padding-left: 60px;&quot;&gt;Nothing of significant value is ever achieved without a degree of risk.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;padding-left: 60px;&quot;&gt;Apple celebrates risk takers, visionaries, and radical designers. They have realized that creativity and innovation are the lifeblood of the organisation, and have built a culture and philosophy that rewards it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;padding-left: 60px;&quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style=&quot;padding-left: 60px;&quot;&gt;4.  Design matters.&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;padding-left: 60px;&quot;&gt;There is always a way to improve it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;padding-left: 60px;&quot;&gt;Apple know that design is as important as function. As a result their products are beautiful works of art rather than utilitarian machinery. Their focus is not just on what their products do, but how they make their customers feel, and customers are willing to pay handsomely as a result.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3 style=&quot;padding-left: 60px;&quot;&gt;5.  Passion first.&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;padding-left: 60px;&quot;&gt;Don't pursue Money over purpose.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;padding-left: 60px;&quot;&gt;Apple connect passionately to the impact their products will make on customers.  They follow their hearts instead of earnings-per-share.  Apple's passionate desire pursues perfection, and perfection attracts people who are willing to pay for it.  An ancient proverb comes to mind. &quot;Do you see someone diligent and skillful in their business? They will stand before kings; they will not stand before unknown, obscure people.&quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Prov%2022:29&amp;amp;version=AMP&quot;&gt;*&lt;/a&gt; Or as Apple sees it: If you fight your fear, dare to dream, take some risks, handle your passion with humility (enough to see where things could be improved) and allow your purpose to be your passion, then people of significance will be drawn to you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;padding-left: 60px;&quot;&gt;I’d say Apple has the fruit to show for it. (Pardon the pun.)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h4&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;  So what can you apply to your business from Apple's keys to success?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;No one can deny the rise of social media has done &lt;em&gt;great&lt;/em&gt; things for the photographic industry in promoting and displaying photographers’ work to more people than ever before. But when coupled with our consumer driven, throwaway society, are we at risk of creating a disposable image culture that has no value for a well-crafted photograph?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Whether we like it or not the digital age is here to stay and the advancements in photographic technology and dropping prices of digital cameras have meant that just about anyone can get their hands on a good quality digital camera. The possibilities of how photographs can be captured, stored and viewed are endless in today’s modern age.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Like a Dry sponge in Water&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We have become a generation that soaks up visual media like a dry sponge in water. Every day we soak up images on billboards, signs, magazines, and newspapers, on TV and computer screens.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But which ones do we actually remember?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Which ones do we value?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What happens when we get to image saturation point?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Like a Louis Vuitton bag amongst a pile of fakes, are we running the risk of loosing the value of good quality images?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;An Insecure Future&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you are anything like most of us, a majority of your precious photographic memories are on a not so secure hard disk or floating around the Internet somewhere on your website, facebook profile or other kind of social media site. But as you look around, scarcely will you find a printed image to be found anywhere, be it in an album, in a frame or on the wall. Meaning images are here today and gone tomorrow into the abyss of the digital world, stored on some far distant server on the other side of the globe.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So it is that several troubling questions keep me awake at night…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What is permanent in this Digital age?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What happens when the next social media craze hits?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What happens to all those images that you have posted on your facebook profile after you have moved on to Google+ or whatever the next social media &quot;in&quot; thing is?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Look at what happened to Myspace.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Could this be the beginning of a &lt;strong&gt;digital photo Armageddon?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There is Hope&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But wait…  Before we all start to panic and start stockpiling a film camera arsenal and rolls of film like ammunition in an underground bunker somewhere, all your digital hopes are &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; lost. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Every week we see thousands of images on our computer screens here at Fitzgerald Photo Imaging. But I’m still astonished at how a beautifully printed image will stop us in our tracks and have us gazing into its complexities for what seems like an eternity. However I might see the same image on screen give little thought about its intention, execution and communication. But a physical print demands my attention.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is something about a printed image that you can see, and tangibly feel that is beyond comparison. It’s more than pixels, its information that we can see, touch and experience, and here in lies the hope for our photographic future.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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			<description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;center&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/Images/Blog/fathers1.gif&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;center&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/Images/Blog/fathers2.gif&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;gt; Canvas Prints  - Ready to Hang - Prices starting from $75&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;center&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/Images/Blog/fathers5.gif&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;center&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/Images/Blog/fathers6.gif&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;gt; Ice Blocks - Prices starting from $38&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;center&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/Images/Blog/fathers3.gif&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;center&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/Images/Blog/fathers4.gif&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;gt; Brag Book - Fully Assembled - Prices starting from $24.90&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;center&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/Images/Blog/fathers9.gif&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;center&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/Images/Blog/fathers10.gif&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;gt; Frames - Ready to Hang - Prices starting from $47.10&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;center&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/Images/Blog/fathers7.gif&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;center&quot; src=&quot;http://www.fitzgeraldphoto.com.au/assets/Images/Blog/fathers8.gif&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;gt; Photo Books - Lustre Finish - Prices starting from $80.00&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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			<title>All is Fair in Love and Coffee</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;One of our talented team members &lt;a title=&quot;Link to Wes Coopers website&quot; href=&quot;http://wesleyjamescooper.com.au/&quot;&gt;Wesley Cooper&lt;/a&gt; is very passionate about Fair Trade &amp;amp; Organic produce. So after bringing it up at a recent Staff Meeting, we all decided to make a change by introducing Fair Trade Organic coffee into the office.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;After a little research we discovered &lt;a title=&quot;Link to BioBean Coffees website&quot; href=&quot;http://www.biobeancoffee.com.au/&quot;&gt;BioBean Coffee&lt;/a&gt; ...&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;which is the only exclusively Organic roaster in Western Australia with ACO certification! The coffee arrived this afternoon and it smells AMAZING! We are currently waiting for our previous coffee beans to run out so we can dive into the new batch, we will let you know how it goes.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, here is a photo of Murray (Canvas Stretcher Extraordinaire) and I giving the coffee some love.&lt;/p&gt;
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