FeaturePics in February
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| Valentine's Day Images
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We are offering these images to you in celebration of this most romantic of
days. These photos would be appropriate for promotions, t-shirts, or greeting
cards, so enjoy.
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| Winter Images
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Sterile, cold lanscapes, Nature is asleep, awaiting the rebirth of
Spring. Even though these images show the harshness of Winter, there
is also a timeless beauty in these photos.
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| Winter Sport Images
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Speed, ice, snow, hot buttered rum, wet socks, cold hands, all images of the
fun to be had when man plays in the snow. Lay back and enjoy the feeling
of fresh powder and the feelings afterward when the equipment comes off, and
you can relax in front of a warm fire.
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This month's issue was composed using images by:
Gracey
SBStudios
Hunziker
Olesha
Cre8tive_studios
Nikonite
Gracey
Mocker
XenLights
Hamdan
Photoclicks
Nruboc
Pelmof
AlexMax
Velusariot
Hospitalera
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| Design |
Men and women worlds apart when it comes to what catches their eye on the
internet.
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A first-of-its-kind study conducted by experts at the University of Glamorgan
has proved that men and women really are poles apart when it comes to what
catches their eye on the internet.
Where visuals are concerned, males favor the use of straight lines (as opposed
to rounded forms), few colors in the typeface and background, and formal
typography. As for language, they favour the use of formal or expert language
with few abbreviations and are more likely to promote themselves and their
abilities heavily.
To highlight some of the results:
Male subjects tended to assign higher ratings to pages designed by men.
Men responded better to dark colors and straight, horizontal lines across a
page.
Men were more pleased by a three-dimensional look and images of
"self-propelling" rather than stationary objects.
From another source (www.colormatters.com/khouw.html)
Men prefer color with stronger hue and saturation (bright colors); women tend
to prefer tints to shades (soft colors).
Men are generally more tolerant of black, white and gray than women.
One in ten men is color blind, but less than 1% of women are.:)
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We decided to check some of America's largest corporate sites at
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/
Do you think the majority of them displayed a masculine orientation?
Bright colors,straight lines, no color in the background, a lot of blues, reds,
and blacks....
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| These images illustrate male baised design. Strong lines, strong statements,
strong colors!
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If you hear "It is excellent! But, could you please to make this button bigger,
this color brighter?" - don't think twice. The images below will help you to
satisfy the client's needs.
Just remind your client that Women make more than 80% of the household
buying decisions (from Boston Consulting Group and TrendSight.com).
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The Stock Photo Saga: Masculine orientation in web-design
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