Paul Cushing

Paul is primarily an electrician in Boise, Idaho for TriState Electric. After his daily electrical work however, he pores over new web design technology and continually pushes himself to stay creative with the latest techniques and style. He is proficient in HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, PHP, MySQL, most Adobe software, and has dabbled with Flash and Actionscript. Paul never runs out of creativity. He loves to be expressive through, drawing, acrylic painting, photography, music, graphic design.

Homepage: http://www.rektproductions.com


Posts by Paul Cushing

Adding A Zenphoto Gallery To Your Wordpress

January 16, 2010 - 11:59 am

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I tend to be a very trigger happy photographer. Whether it is with my own Canon point-and-shoot or with my sister’s borrowed Nikon D100, I love taking a lot of pictures. I also like to share those on the web. I started getting into Flickr sharing but quickly discovered that I wanted to share more [...]

I’m Available To Design/Host Wordpress Websites

January 13, 2010 - 4:15 pm

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I’ve done web design in various capacities for about 13 years now. Until now, I’ve tended toward custom designs. The reason I’ve done things from scratch is that I can typically design a good user experience and give the customer exactly what they want to see. Recently however, more and more people don’t want just a static [...]

A Little Internet Snow For The Season

December 26, 2009 - 10:53 pm

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I came across an interesting script that adds some winter ambiance to your browsing experience. This little javascript will add a blizzard of snowflakes to any website. Just drag this link to your favorites bar or save it to your favorites. When you reach some website and feel the need for a little snow, click [...]

My First Family Photo Shoot

December 5, 2009 - 11:00 pm

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At about 10:00 am on Thursday my wife called me and asked if I could take some family photos of her sisters’ family that evening. I happened to have a borrowed Nikon D100 and 50mm 1.8 lense. The conditions were not ideal, and the short notice didn’t allow for much planning on my part. I am [...]

Easy 2 Step Photoshop Technique For High Contrast Photos

December 1, 2009 - 6:58 am

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Here is the technique I use when I want my pictures to really jump out with detail and boldness.  It requires Photoshop but only 2 really easy steps.  I’ve used on Photoshop CS4 but I’m relatively sure these are common abilities for most of the recent releases.  I’ve found that it works well on architectural [...]