• From Industrial Operator to Award-Winning Visual Creative

    From Industrial Operator to Award-Winning Visual Creative

    Photographer for Hire in Sequim, Port Angeles, and the Olympic Peninsula Some people discover their direction early. I found mine by paying attention to what I was naturally good at and then building something real around it. I am Tom Buscher, founder and creative director of Cedar & Shore Studio LLC in Sequim, Washington. I work as a photographer, multimedia designer, brand strategist, and web designer serving businesses, organizations, and professionals across the Olympic Peninsula and beyond. My studio delivers premium visual…


  • Reflection: Measuring My Growth as a Digital Citizen and Creator

    Reflection: Measuring My Growth as a Digital Citizen and Creator

    My Responsibility as a Digital Citizen Over the past few months, I have learned more about my online presence, my responsibility as a digital citizen, and the role social media plays in building community than I expected when this course began. What started as simple posting assignments turned into a deeper understanding of how Cedar & Shore Studio can grow through intentional content, meaningful engagement, and a strong WordPress foundation. I learned that digital citizenship is active, not passive. Every post, comment,…


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  • Virtual Collaboration

    In today’s world there are many ways to work on projects with a team virtually such as these ones featured on this blog site 6 Best Collaboration Tools for Remote Teams [Tested in 2025] or even the ones listed on this blog site 15 Best Remote Collaboration Tools in 2025 (Free & Paid). Of course,…

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    Metropolis

    The movie Metropolis continues to influence generations after its release back in 1927. The movie is a silent film that tells a story of a rich kid with a big heart who is lured by love to go explore the lower working class in search of the beautiful woman he seen. While he is exploring…

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  • Uncanny Valley

    The “Uncanny Valley” phenomenon is a psychological sense of uneasy, empathetic or repulsive, feeling a person has when seeing an object that resembles a human appearance and motion. The effect is determined by how realistic the movement and appearance are. This phenomenon can be felt when viewing man made lifelike animations, robots, dolls, or mannequins.…

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  • Sax and Violins Audio for Media

    Why audio is half of the production in creating videos  Would the movie “Guardians of the Galaxy” have the same vibe if they used different music? No. For me the music in the movie truly gave personality to Peter Quill and overall life to the movie. Watching the guardians rock, especially baby Groot, out as…

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  • Color Storytelling

    After doing some research on color storytelling in films, I am in awe of the complexity of understanding in the simple use of colors. The use of color to evoke different emotions, draw attention, and signify change is completely mind blowing. What is more earth shattering to me is the fact that I have never…

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  • Copyright “Kruger” Violation

    The lawsuit in this case is most definitely complicated. Kruger did use a photograph from public domain that was created by someone else and made a profit from it. Kruger also claimed the work by signing it and gave no reference to the original creator. Despite the technicality of time lapse in copyright laws, this…

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