Photo Matting Creations

Make your vacation pictures even better with photo matting from Matte Watch

Digital Calendars

A custom calendar can help you use your photos for beautiful creations.

Digital Awards

We make all kinds of cool awards for any occasion.

Inspirational and Humorous Plaques

Got some inspirations? Don't hog them to yourself let me help you spread them around.

Custom Greeting Cards

Who needs to hear from you today?

Custom Promotional Products

We would love to help you brag about your company.

Commemorative Photo Treatments

Got good photos? We have nice matting, so let's put the two together.

If you want me to create a unique or custom design from your photos or specifications, just send an email to jdir@bhotechnologists.com and tell me what you have in mind.  Please do not attach photos to your email.  I will tell you everything you need to know about how to start getting the most from your digital picture frame content.  If you want to use any of the work posted on this site, just pay $3 per image at how to buy matting services and then send me an email to let me know what you use or want to download.

Thanks for visiting, and come back often.  If you like what you see, tell your friends.  If you don’t, then keep coming back until you find something you do like.  Your comments are welcome, especially if they are good ones.

Inspirational plaques from photos.

Hypnotic Inspiration

Imagination makes a difference.

Looking ahead.

Autumn inspiration.

If you want me to create a unique design from your photos or specifications, just send an email to jdir@bhotechnologists.com and tell me what you have in mind.  Please do not attach photos to your email.  I will tell you everything you need to know about how to start getting the most from your digital picture frame content.  If you want to use any of the work posted on this site, just pay $3 per image at how to buy matting services and then send me an email to let me know what you use or want to download.

Thanks for visiting, and come back often.  If you like what you see, tell your friends.  If you don’t, then keep coming back until you find something you do like.  Your comments are welcome, especially if they are good ones.

A new month begins with the continuation of last week’s theme of images created from pictures of famous and valuable art works transformed into new ideas.  Many thanks to the Nelson Museum of Art in Kansas City for allowing visitors to take non-flash photos of the beautiful works of art displayed on the site.

My first presentation was put together as a commemorative birthday digital plaque greeting, using a photo from the modern gallery at Nelson.  Although my composition seemed to underwhelm the recipient, I will just have to try harder next year I guess. 

Digital plaque greetings? It can work.

This week’s digital calendar cube sports a picture of David slaying Goliath, with some nice gold tones to enrich the central theme of the painting used to adorn the image.  The work is just one variation the many possibilities you can commission me to complete from your own artistic digital photo endeavors.

Artistic compositions can make good calendar pages.

My digital matted photo of the week can be used to display in a digital picture frame with a portrait orientation, using another lively painted subject and a nice looking outer matte.  Digital photos can help bring interesting works of art into your home at a tiny fraction of the cost for purchasing and matting prints or the paintings themselves, with a prolonged life span, because these pictures can be displayed without the deterioration of their physical counterparts.

Matted photos can be displayed with a portrait orientation.

The digital award presentation for the week goes to my wife for reasons known to the both of us, that I have decided not to detail in my blog.  Let it suffice to say that this award is richly deserved on a number of levels.  I hope these weekly offerings touch your own imagination and inspire you to work with me to bring them to life.

Even unusual awards can have value to those who receive them.

If you want me to create a unique design from your photos or specifications, just send an email to jdir@bhotechnologists.com and tell me what you have in mind.  Please do not attach photos to your email.  I will tell you everything you need to know about how to start getting the most from your digital picture frame content.  If you want to use any of the work posted on this site, just pay $3 per image at how to buy photo matting services then send me an email to let me know what you use or want to download.

Thanks for visiting, and come back often to see what is new.

Over the past few postings, I have introduced some designs which take advantage of working images onto a spherical shape.  Since I personally found this technique interesting, I thought I would make all my digital creations for this week revolve around the world of spheres.  See what you think of this well rounded approach.

The first item in line is a photo digitally matted and highlighted to accentuate the decorative theme of flowers growing in wagon wheels.  The composition came from Deanna Rose Farmstead in Overland Park.  With the added lighting accents and shadows, the original photo took on new interest and focus for me.  This looks great in a digital picture frame, and will get your friends talking.

Digital photo matting gives your composition extra punch.

Having experimented with another picture, I decided to create a spherical gold tone digital calendar to see how that would look.  I got mixed reviews on this design, but gave a copy of this to a friend to help commemorate his starting a new job.  He thanked me for the sentiment, but I have not seen it on his computer wallpaper yet.  My wife also perked up a bit more than usual to comment on this particular piece as one of her favorites.

This unusual digital calendar design could brighten your days.

Next, I wanted to go spherical with the digital awards idea to see how that worked.  In the past, I used globes on digital plaques for an award, but this time I made the whole thing round.  As I gaze into the depths of this piece of digital magic, I think this is an attention getting award.  Although it is more of a change up piece than a staple, I could see variations on this design appearing in my crystal ball.  The photos for the next two items came from around Overland Park, Kansas.

This eye catching digital award gets attention.

For my weekly inspirational digital plaque design, I finished the last item with another play on light and shadows, and an embedded message reminding myself not to think too much.  It strikes me that these rounded objects might be nice around the Christmas season as virtual ornaments or unusual seasonal greeting themes.  How do these ideas inspire your own creativity? 

You do not find digital plaques in stores, so get one here.

If you want me to create a unique design from your photos or specifications, just send an email to jdir@bhotechnologists.com and tell me what you have in mind.  Please do not attach photos to your email.  I will tell you everything you need to know about how to start getting the most from your digital picture frame content.  If you want to use any of the work posted on this site, just donate $3 per image used.  Thanks for visiting.

In this first July posting, I am not so much talking about the Independence Day celebrations, as I am the freedom to find new ways to express yourself with digital creations from Matte Watch.  My first selection for the week is a notable digital plaque creation that reminds people to celebrate their ability to be different.  The photo used in the composition was taken at a Johnson County Kansas softball complex entrance, where this interesting bit of landscaping stood out in its summer glory, posing like a peacock for the picture.  It was the only one of its kind in the area.  The inscription on the plaque was inspired by the shot, proving that it does not matter whether you hunt for a picture to match an inspiration, or an idea to match an image.

Is this bush smiling?

My matted photo for the week was a beautiful little bloom from the Master Gardener display at the Deanna Rose Farmstead in Overland Park, KS.  It is no small wonder why so many people fall in love with flowers as the subject for their photographs.  Flowers are a universal favorite, which have the power to mesmerize viewers.  With digital photo treatments, their beauty need not fade so quickly.

This flower does not need water to stay fresh.

During his recent visit to Kansas, the Vice President was covered by the press for his speech regarding an economic stimulus allotment.  What the press did not cover was Joe Biden’s award winning performance in accomplishing a more obscure “hidden” agenda as evidenced by the following digital award presentation.  Way to go Joe.

A secret energy policy negotiation?

My final offering of the week comes as a result of an inquiry about creating a specific type of digital calendar design.  This graphic is based primarily on functional utility and information, while also offering a pleasant esthetic theme without incorporating digital photos.  The 3-up calendar page also reduces the amount of page turning and costs associated with building a year’s worth of information on fewer pages.  Using this design in a digital picture frame is a nice way to display a calendar that will capture attention, and provide a lot of information at a glance.  Users only have to turn the page once every 3 months.

Better picture frame calendars are available from Matte Watch

If you want me to create a unique design from your photos or specifications, just send an email to jdir@bhotechnologists.com and tell me what you have in mind.  Please do not attach photos to your email.  I will tell you everything you need to know about how to start getting the most from your digital picture frame content.

Starting off the line up for this week is the final June 2009 digital calendar page offering before we begin presenting July pages.  This design was spawned from one of my favorite spots in Overland Park, Kansas.  This shot of the happy little girl statue makes a nice summer calendar composition.  These calendars look great in a digital picture frame or as a screen wallpaper. 

Get in on June before it is gone.

A friend of mine remarked that he does not like to keep track of too many calendars, so he did not want his pictures made into this kind of beautiful calendar page.  All right Mr. Utility, save your picture money for something else, and I will enjoy some of my own pictures this way.

The second item on this week’s boat ride is a nice screen wallpaper or digitally matted photo treatment of a picture I took at Brush Creek on the Plaza in Kansas City, MO.  My wife said this composition looked like the Earth springing a leak.  Maybe it has sprung a leak from all the rain we have been having this year.  This is just one of many digital matting techniques available from us for your photographic enjoyment.

Sometimes pictures are more fun with the right matting and effects.

My third piece is something from the digital plaque revelation realms that make me reflect on how much time I spent looking up at lofty corporate heights and wondering why I was not seeming to reach them.  This plaque represents how often we are told about that upward mobility which never quite seems to arrive.  Oh well, at least the clouds are pretty up there.

Limitation or inspiration; you decide.

The last offering for the week is a rarely talked about award which understandably few people ever have a chance to receive.  For those who qualify for this digital award honor, you now have an excuse you can use for why people seem uninterested in staying at your house for long.  If you can make a rooster duck his head, you may need to think about using some Fabreeze.

Some awards might be rare for a reason.

As one of our readers, perhaps you have not yet discovered that if you would like to use any of the offerings you find on this site, just donate $3 to the buy page for each item you use.  This will keep the designs coming, and help us pay the bills for doing all the work. Send us an email if you want us to work with your photos, or create something special for you.  When you ask us questions, there is no obligation or charge for information.   Obviously, due to our low prices, we prefer not to talk over long distance unless you want to pick up the tab for that.  If you use our stuff without paying, you could find yourself becoming more radioactive with each day that passes.  Please do not cheat, it just is not worth it.

The lead item for June release is this digital inspirational plaque that reminds us of the synergy between our creativity and God’s role in making it all work out as intended.  My wife used this as a screen wallpaper on her work PC for a time, and received some notice.

Digital plaques provide inspiration and pleasant decor

Next up is another slightly quirky digitally matted photo observation made about this spontaneous shot taken over Memorial Day weekend.  Looking up at the sky, I noticed the contrail from a high flying jet making this frame look like someone was lowering clouds on a string.  Since I often go around looking up rather than staring straight ahead, I sometimes get shots that do not result in bumping into things or falling into pools of water.

Who is holding the string?

Carrying the same photo forward into a digitally designed calendar page, I added another nice sky laden photo to create this airy and light result to help induce an appropriate amount of day dreaming at home or in the office.  It is also just the sort of image you need to cool you down on a hot June day.

Use this calendar page to get your mind in the clouds.

The last item for this week is a long overdue acknowledgement by King Pitt to a most loyal member of the Pitt Army.  This should be a good source of nostalgia for anyone who remembers the glory days of Pitt activities and the benevolence of our beloved King Pitt.  The digital award provides a design that will keep this milestone reminder fresh for a long time to come.  Are there any other ranking Pitts still out there?  Onward and upward to one and all as we lift our arms to Paula in an honorary salute.

A tribute to a long time friend

If you would like to use any of the offerings you find on this site, just donate $3 to the buy page for each item you use.  This will keep the designs coming, and help us pay the bills for doing all the work.  Send us an email if you want us to work with your photos, or create something special for you.  When you ask us questions, there is no obligation or charge for information.  All unique designs cost $3, so take advantage while the price is still too good to be true.  All our digital designs will help to make your photos look like a million.

In addition to the open invitation for our visitors to submit their entries in our friendly photo contests, I will continue to post some of the creations that I personally enjoy.  There appear to be a lot of online photo contests, so if you are not tired of getting a free offering, we think ours is worth the effort to enter. 

My first favorite offering is a decorative plaque suggesting a possible rate schedule for men to present to their wives as fair return for going above and beyond their normal sensibilities.

Men should use this to clarify the value of their services.

Biff Boff award from the moon.

Unique textures compliment the photo in this calendar page.

The last item is this week’s favorite matted photo of a brightly colored tree captured on one of my walks around the neighborhood here in beautiful Oz.  I put this photo to various applications of personal use, and felt like this little tree had a lot to say as I passed it by. 

This little tree smiled for its picture.

If you would like to use any of the offerings you find on this site, just donate $3 to the buy page for each item you use.  This will keep the designs coming, and help us pay the bills for doing all the work.  Send us an email if you want us to work with your photos, or create something special for you.  When you ask us questions, there is no obligation or charge for information.  All unique designs cost $3, so take advantage while the price is still too good to be true.  All our digital designs will help to make your photos look like a million.

When you are thinking about what to get your mother for Mothers Day, you can accomplish something unique and thoughtful without looking all over the planet to get the job done.  If you can think of a nice thought using your own words and photographs, this can be one of the best ways possible to celebrate the moment.

If you need a little help putting some polish on your creation, let us put together a nice digital composition for you that will tell your story and last longer than the last card you bought.  Here are three more unique creations that we have put together ourselves.  If you want us to personalize an item with your mother’s name or your digital signature, we can do it.  Just send us an email with what you want.  At $3 per item we cannot afford to return non-local calls, so your email requests are appreciated.  If you want to use an item you see on our site, just download the picture and donate $3 for using it.  If you like what we post, let us know what you can use, and what you are looking for.

Keep your eyes open for more original creations to come, and tell your friends about us.  Thank you for your interest.

Simple sentiments can be personalized with digital plaques.

Make you digital photographs come alive with digital matting creations.

We can help make your thoughts even more special with digital designs.