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Title: We're featured in Impressions, pretty cool!
Post by: Get Shirts on September 08, 2014, 12:56:08 PM
If anyone gets Impressions, check out page 50 and that's us!  Nice write up, and they used other pictures that we submitted throughout the issue.  I have yet to make an official introduction of myself or my company, so this is a start.

If you want to read the article you can do so here:impressions magazine writeup (http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/impressions/201409/index.php#/56)


Greg



EDIT: fixed the link
Title: Re: We're featured in Impressions, pretty cool!
Post by: Frog on September 08, 2014, 01:21:47 PM
Too late! The window for introductions runs out at 250 posts! LOL!

Congrats on the exposure though!
Title: Re: We're featured in Impressions, pretty cool!
Post by: mimosatexas on September 08, 2014, 01:24:27 PM
yikes, 60,000 shirts and you didn't get paid?!  Can you go into that a bit more as a warning to the rest of us...
Title: Re: We're featured in Impressions, pretty cool!
Post by: Denis Kolar on September 08, 2014, 01:25:16 PM
link does not work for me
Title: Re: We're featured in Impressions, pretty cool!
Post by: mimosatexas on September 08, 2014, 01:26:53 PM
change ftp to http in the url
Title: Re: We're featured in Impressions, pretty cool!
Post by: IntegrityShirts on September 08, 2014, 01:27:06 PM
Nice! I noticed the new site a while back, looking pretty darn snazzy! The bands part of the article reminds me of high school and shows in downtown Roanoke listening to Swank (Kingscreen on here), and other local bands rock out. I cannot even fathom a 60k piece no-pay.
Title: Re: We're featured in Impressions, pretty cool!
Post by: GraphicDisorder on September 08, 2014, 01:37:41 PM
60k no payment...
Title: Re: We're featured in Impressions, pretty cool!
Post by: Get Shirts on September 08, 2014, 02:17:37 PM
Ahh man, I missed the window!  Well, hi anyway.

Integrity - Thanks!  The site still needs a ton of content, but we're definitely excited about it.  Do we know each other?  I used to book/play some of those shows with Swank.  Did you go to their reunion last year, or the year before?

The 60k piece order was brutal hit, for sure, but for the most part we are past everything.  The customer simply overshot, big time, and in the end could only pay for a part of the total bill.  Regardless of the contract, if there is no money there is no money and so instead of pursuing legal action against them I decided to take 40% of the company and help keep the company afloat in hopes of recouping as much as I can.  So far it's working pretty well.
Title: Re: We're featured in Impressions, pretty cool!
Post by: Sbrem on September 08, 2014, 02:53:28 PM
Too late! The window for introductions runs out at 250 posts! LOL!

Congrats on the exposure though!

I was going to say "you have 323 posts!" but Andy beat me to it. It's cool to be in a national mag though, how many of your friends can say that? My old company was in there back in the 80's, I still have the copy somewhere (I like pictures of myself where I have hair on top of my head...)

Steve
Title: Re: We're featured in Impressions, pretty cool!
Post by: Get Shirts on September 08, 2014, 02:54:26 PM
Haha, I know.. it's a little late.  It's awesome, I'm going frame it.
Title: Re: We're featured in Impressions, pretty cool!
Post by: Sbrem on September 08, 2014, 02:58:44 PM
Maybe you can get it into the business section of your local paper...

Steve
Title: Re: We're featured in Impressions, pretty cool!
Post by: bimmridder on September 08, 2014, 03:00:36 PM
imPRESSive indeed. Nice story. Love seeing where all the folks here come from. And I should have said it long ago, but welcome.
Title: Re: We're featured in Impressions, pretty cool!
Post by: kirkage on September 08, 2014, 04:09:31 PM
Love the photograph. DOF is nice.
Title: Re: We're featured in Impressions, pretty cool!
Post by: Dottonedan on September 08, 2014, 09:15:22 PM
Congrats. WOW. That was a nice write up! 
Title: Re: We're featured in Impressions, pretty cool!
Post by: Get Shirts on September 09, 2014, 08:44:34 AM
Steve, great idea!  I've put those wheels in motion.

Thanks again everyone.

Kirkage - what is DOF?  I'm going to feel stupid when you tell me, I know it.
Title: Re: We're featured in Impressions, pretty cool!
Post by: jvanick on September 09, 2014, 08:59:27 AM
DOF = Depth of Field

it's a technique used in DSLR cameras and pro movie cameras to make certain areas/objects in focus and blur the rest of the image.

for those that remember old school SLR  (lens & body) cameras, you set the F-stop to a low number, bump your shutter speed slower to compensate and that's what causes the effect to happen.
Title: Re: We're featured in Impressions, pretty cool!
Post by: Get Shirts on September 09, 2014, 09:37:23 AM
Ahh, I see.  My wife took the photos, I stick to the iPhone shots.

Title: Re: We're featured in Impressions, pretty cool!
Post by: Homer on September 10, 2014, 07:47:37 AM
finally got to read it, nice write up! 60k pieces,you guys should be damn proud to have pulled out of that one alive...i think i would have went Saw II on their asses....
Title: Re: We're featured in Impressions, pretty cool!
Post by: Frog on September 10, 2014, 10:27:08 AM
DOF = Depth of Field

it's a technique used in DSLR cameras and pro movie cameras to make certain areas/objects in focus and blur the rest of the image.

for those that remember old school SLR  (lens & body) cameras, you set the F-stop to a low number, bump your shutter speed slower to compensate and that's what causes the effect to happen.

Wouldn't you increase your shutter speed since the low number f stop is opening the lens wider and letting in more light? I'm sure you meant that, and your brain and fingers just had a frog moment.
Title: Re: We're featured in Impressions, pretty cool!
Post by: turnergraphics on September 20, 2014, 02:52:14 PM
Great write up.

About the $60K thing…I learned a long time ago in business, that those who talk big and can pay, don't have a problem at all with posting a substantial deposit (unless you're talking about a large retailer, like Walmart or Walgreens…who may take a while, but WILL pay).  If they talk big, but won't give you a deposit, then run.  (Of course, I think you've already learned that lesson the hard way). Nice job in recovering from that!