Brisbane Internet Marketer & Photographer
Christian
Originally starting work in 1995, I was a freelance worker in multiple disciplines for various local agencies and small businesses. As a young professional at the age of 15, I was a Video Camera Operator, Visual Artist and Computer Technician. Towards the end of my high schooling I won the prestigious Education Queensland, "Minister's Award for Excellence in Art" in 1997 for an untitled Digital Print. I was also a Caltex "All-Rounder" award winner in 1998. My recognised interest in Creative Arts encouraged me to continue in this line of work. I then started Design studies and Griffith University on the Gold Coast and then completed my degree at the Queensland College of Art (QCA) in Brisbane. This enabled me to become highly developed in Visual Communication & Design. I then started graduate studies at Griffith University part-time in Entrepreneurship and Venture Development. In 2001 I registered Christian Bowman Productions as my design business and then in 2003 entered in a partnership in a video production business. Bowman Digital is a culmination of the two operations in one. I look forward to presenting new and creative approaches to the Graphic Design and Video Production needs to businesses in brisbane.
Homepage: http://www.christianbowman.com
Posts by Christian
Looking for MSIT Fashion 2010 Photos?
Jul 27th
MSIT Fashion Photos from the 2010 Graduation parade will be up on the weekend on Flickr and you can download high-resolution photos free of charge.
http://fashionscene.com.au/photos/msit-fashion-photos-2010/
I’m also looking for anyone who has MSIT Fashion video footage that would be kind enough to send me either a youtube link or disc to put up to share
Ferrari Marlboro Barcode Claim
May 5th
Ferrari have been under fire over their F1 car branding as being subliminal to the tobacco brand Marlboro. In 2005 tabacco sponsorship of F1 was outlawed but it appears that these recent claims aren’t as “rediculous” Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo comments.
Check out the photo above to make up your own mind as to whether or not they are playing silly buggers with their branding.
To me, its a bit convenient and it’s definitely worth investigating. Visual branding is definitely reliant on proportion, colour and composition and Ferrari “barcode” satisfies all of these criteria.
Would love your comments!
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Christian Bowman is a Design Graduate from the Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia and has over 10 years experience in the are of visual communication, photography and design. For more information or media enquiries email support@christianbowman.com or Phone +61.405157417
Top US Fashion Website Refinery29 in Australia
Mar 11th
I’ve just put up a quick notice of fashion events happening in March in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. The founders of Refinery29 are guests at events run by Portable. Check out more details about times and tickets here:
http://fashionscene.com.au/events/refinery29-talking-about-fashion-online-in-australia/
Let me know if you’re going!
The Pyjama Foundation Event Photos
Sep 11th
Sign up now to be on the photo notification list and get updates on photo availability and future updates on events and photography that I am associated with. Photos will be up in the next 72 hours. Fill in your details below so you can be on the notification list.
Internet Marketing Package for Australian Small Businesses
Sep 8th
I’ve just finished developing a product with Gail Geronimos at Achaeus featuring the launch of her new book “Our Internet Secrets”, the video from our workshop in March – “How to Boost Sales Using the Internet which is a 6-Disc DVD set which I also produced.
I am also a guest speaker at at the March workshop on Day 1 and am also one of the panelists for the website makeover session. My talk revolves around the use of technology to automate your marketing, demystifying the jargon and I introduce some quick and easy tools to check the performance of your website against your competitors.
If your interested in finding out more about how to boost your sales using the Internet, click here
Movie Review: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Apr 8th
Posted by Christian in General
1 comment
Here’s what should have happened…
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
This review is intended for those who have seen this movie already.
In summary the movie was well considered, and the convergence of the characters was done without any noticeable problem. As the story revealed itself, it produced some powerful scenes and thrilling moments.
The movie touched on just enough uncomfortable activities such as rape, violence, racism and corporate malpractice to make the movie engaging.
However, I believe as the viewer of this film, it would have been MUCH more powerful if we saw a change in Lisbeth’s character. At the end of the movie, its uncomfortable for me to see her being entertained by the same things the entertained the people she investigated.
Lisbeth’s character should have evolved. What lessons have we learned from the film? Did she not learn anything from Mikael? What should have happened in my eyes is that after she let the murderer burn and have Mikael give his thoughts on the matter, there should have been another opportunity for Lisbeth to make a mends as a person.
This would have substantiated her theory of “everyone has the same chance and make their choices in life”. It would have been nice to see her face the same situation between saving someone bad or letting them burn, and to see her make that decision to not be the “punisher” in life.
To have a final scene of her walking away with money as a result of a corporation profiting from third-world drug cartels was a big disappointment and didn’t do her powerful role justice. She did not learn anything, and it leaves us sitting there in discomfort as we being dealt the ridiculous lesson of “If someone does you bad, then you should do the same or worse back”.
I actually think it would have been nice also to have been given more detail as to why she burnt her own father. We know why, but there was so much detail in her subsequent actions in life that we can’t compare it to much about how bad she was treated.
The scene with the mother could have been more powerful, and would have been a great opportunity to flash back to the horrors of abusive husband. The balance wasn’t there, we know more about HER horrific behavior than that of her father. It was too imbalanced.
If this movie ends up having sequels, then a better ending would have been Lisbeth handing over her medical file instead of the corporate file and have Mikael learn about her OR still have her give her investigation of the corporate file but end with the start of Mikael typing on his laptop. We don’t need to be dragged into another story and then they rush through scenes of another investigation.
It so unfortunate that everything else was so good, but the movie failed so horribly in it’s ability to teach us anything good. But, it was definitely an entertaining 2 1/2 hours but its sad I can walk away with hope for myself and others.
8/10