Video, Photography and Design by Simcoemedia

Graphic Design

15th March 2023

Airbus A350F Freighter Design Competition

Airbus have launched their new A350F freighter aircraft which includes the integration of new materials technology and engine design. These advances in design and engineering will provide up to 40% greater efficiency in terms of fuel burn and carbon emissions…

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Freelancers Guide To Surviving A Recession

Business Development

8th March 2023

Freelancer’s Guide To Surviving A Recession

Good times, bad times. Every so often on a global or national scale we experience what is described as a recession and having technically narrowly escaped one in the UK (with 0% growth in the last quarter), it would be…

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Miscellaneous

11th February 2023

Exploring ChatGPT AI Technology

Chat GPT's meteoric rise on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) scene has made numerous headlines, podcast debates, commentary in the broadsheets and studies in academic journals across the globe. So, what’s the big deal and why are people viewing the release…

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Graphic Design

5th January 2023

Amazon KDP Book Publishing

Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) is the service provided by Amazon for content creators publishing paperback and hardback books as well as Kindle eBooks. Both fiction and non-fiction books can be published on the platform. The service is accessed via the…

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Graphic Design

12th December 2022

What Is Figma and Why Did Adobe Buy It?

Figma was recently purchased by Adobe for $20billion in cash and shares. It is a browser based collaborative design tool utilising WebGL technology (using a computers graphics card for complex, processor intensive web applications) to enable designers, illustrators, UI /…

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Graphic Design Video Production

3rd November 2022

NetThreat Character Animation For New Minisite

Following the production of a music video using Adobe’s Character Animator software in February this year, NetThreat asked Simcoemedia to produce an animation highlighting various online security issues such as malware and encrypted threats whilst offering a solution in the…

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Triumph car shining in the sun after cleaning and repair at Brothers Custom

Photography

18th October 2022

Custom Brothers Car Photography In Chinon

I recently visited Chinon in France as part of my summer travels this year. Chinon is located in the Loire Valley, famous for its wine, old Châteauxes and great weather. During my stay I visited Brothers Custom, a car customisation…

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Business Development Graphic Design Photography

4th October 2022

Freelancer’s Handbook Book Launch

Simcoemedia has just published Freelancer’s Handbook: A Survive And Thrive Guide For Beginners In Creative Industries, a 130 page full colour paperback written and designed by Peter Simcoe. It is available on the Amazon bookstore website at http://mybook.to/freelance. The book…

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Vision of a futuristic city created with Midjourney.com

Graphic Design Photography

7th September 2022

A Journey Into Midjourney AI Art

I've recently been experimenting with Midjourney, an online app designed to create images from text descriptions provided by the user. According to their home page "Midjourney is an independent research lab exploring new mediums of thought and expanding the imaginative…

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Business Development

30th August 2022

The Curse Of Social Media

According to reknowned author, computer scientist, technologist and futurist Jaron Lanier, social media has had a significant impact upon the political landscape, social cohesion and our personal relationships. Lanier states that the algorithms used by websites, such as Facebook, were…

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Business Development

25th July 2022

The Importance Of Personal Projects

The importance of experimentation during a creative person's career should not be underestimated. It is often up to the designer, video producer, animator or photographer to challenge themselves and flex creative muscle with their own project. A personal project...self funded…

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Graphic Design Photography Video Production

28th June 2022

Design Inspiration On The Web

Raising Your Ambition In the early days of my design, video and photography career, I used to consider the standard or "bar" set for my own design to be the activity of those companies or individuals around me in my…

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360 Photography Graphic Design Photography Video Production Virtual Reality Virtual Tours

25th May 2022

360 Video Handbook 5th Year Anniversary

Motivation It is 5 years since I began writing my book, the 360 Video Handbook. The book was written over a period of 8 months alongside my freelance project work. Here are several reasons for undertaking such a large project:…

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Business Development

28th April 2022

5 Ways To Attract New Clients

Generating new business as a freelance designer can be tough, so here are five ways of attracting new clients: Create Examples Creating project examples independently of clients (self funded) similar to the type of work you are looking for can…

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Gary The Guitar graphic created with Adobe Character Animator

Graphic Design Video Production

13th April 2022

Gary The Guitar Makes A Discovery

https://youtu.be/LQ4bcyi6VLo Gary The Guitar made a discovery: Adobe Character Animator now has a new feature called "Starter Mode" and theres no subscription required to try it. Starter Mode allows you to create animated videos with a selection of free puppets.…

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Business Development

31st March 2022

Simcoemedia 20th Anniversary

In February 2022, Simcoemedia celebrated its 20th year in business. The company was created in 2002 by Peter Simcoe and functions on a freelance / sole trader basis. From those early days designing posters, flyers and creating photographs for Joogleberry…

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Airbus A350F Freighter Design Competition

Freelancer’s Guide To Surviving A Recession

Exploring ChatGPT AI Technology

Amazon KDP Book Publishing

What Is Figma and Why Did Adobe Buy It?

NetThreat Character Animation For New Minisite

Custom Brothers Car Photography In Chinon

Freelancer’s Handbook Book Launch

A Journey Into Midjourney AI Art

The Curse Of Social Media

The Importance Of Personal Projects

Design Inspiration On The Web

360 Video Handbook 5th Year Anniversary

5 Ways To Attract New Clients

Gary The Guitar Makes A Discovery

Simcoemedia 20th Anniversary

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