For the purposes of this site, I simply want it to be known who helped with the site, acknowledge the tremendous value of their involvement, ensure that anyone seeing this site is able to see that there is a team effort involved and that they may engage the services of the creators separately, which may assist those creators with their business endeavours.
Below are credits to the creators of this site:
Richard Jones - Pixy
Richard Jones worked in the IT industry globally before finding himself working on the tropical island of Phuket, Thailand. Richard graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in multimedia, language, communication, programming, graphics and photography from the University of Wolverhampton in the UK, going on to be a lead programmer and Chief Technical Officer in business organisations for the subsequent 8 years. In 2006, with a few select clients, Pixy was born and started to grow. Pixy has a diverse base of clients which entrust it to provide professional development and digital services in Asia. Services include web/app design and development, digital marketing, consultancy and outsourcing.
Richard worked closely with Desmond Hughes of Hughes Krupica first on his firm’s new website project in Q1 and Q2 of 2020, at the time of the global COVID19 pandemic and second on this website www.desmondhughes.com which is designed to assist Desmond provide information to prospective clients in relation to independent arbitration services. Using his creative experience and know how, Richard selected the most suitable designs and platform for each of the sites designs. Richard then proceeded to patiently formulate an attractive, balanced and innovative presentation of Hughes Krupica’s firm alongside a demanding and persistent content creating client. Richard tempered and artfully reconfigured images and put together in a structured manner the elements that Desmond had in his vision but did not have the skills to produce himself without Richard’s lead.
Richard even came back for seconds and assisted Desmond with another endeavour, www.desmondhughes.com but in keeping with principles of progress, a decent template for artistic creation had been formed to assist.
I highly recommend the services of Richard and Pixy based on the exceptional service delivery provided on the projects to date.
James Stewart – Vertigo Video Productions
James Stewart is the founder and owner of Vertigo Video Productions which is a creative company that can deliver video and photography production for a wide range of industries comprising a team with broadcast television and production roots in the UK and Thailand.
The portfolio of videos, at the time of writing July 2020, can be found here: https://www.vertigovideoproductions.com/portfolio and includes some amazing drone and video footage of the beaches of Phuket during the COVID19 lockdown period when many of the beaches and roads in Phuket were almost empty, thereby highlighting the beauty of the island at that time. This video was then featured on national Thai television and media channels.
James’ team was a pleasure to work with and professionally assisted on what for them was a small job but treated as importantly as all other works. The Team worked on professional photos for mein the context of my law firm first, and from such portfolio some of the professional photos you see on www.desmondhughes.com are from this selection.
The photos were taken along Kamala Beach, alongside the Twinpalms MontAzure condominium, near HQ Beachclub on a wet season day in June 2020. The photos were selected, polished and sent promptly and the results were very pleasing given the challenges of the subject matter.
Bruce Rolff
Many of the surreal and graphical images you see on www.desmondhughes.com and also my law firm’s website were created by Bruce Rolff and licenses were purchased through Shutterstock.
Bruce Rolff is an artist, graphic design professional and a photographer who graduated from the Ramapo College of New Jersey in Art/Art Studies and also in Literature. He is part of the Bergen Community College Alumni and has operated as self-employed operating through a limited liability company from April 2004 to date – 2020. Bruce’s images are available through his own site, and also through partner sites such as iStockphoto and Shutterstock.
Bruce describes his styles as “Ethereal, conceptual, magical, fantastical, surreal, contemporary. Yes I think I have a look of sorts, or maybe several types of looks. Its always evolving I suppose. One of my styles that I have created, and have been repeated by some folk, is the spiritual, ethereal, cosmic look that is laced through a tremendous amount of my work”.
I saw Bruce’s work and was immediately struck by its depth of multi-layered surrealism with connections to real life objects and themes. When thinking about how to present the activities of people and provision of services in a law firm, cliché and obviousness does not have a place in the minds of those that are supposed to innovate to solve problems for others. Therefore, it became apparent to my mind at least, that many of Bruce’s images had hidden potential meanings and implications that could be connected to the themes set out in the Hughes Krupica website. It seemed appropriate to design the feel of my own personal site in keeping with this given my admiration for this art. Clearly, the same images will as in all artistic works, have different meanings and provoke different feelings in any who view them. Part of the beauty of this type of imagery and art is that it is complex and diverse enough to foster a diverse spectrum of emotion and feeling.
After realizing that my law firm’s website had licensed a large number of images from Bruce’s portfolio on Shutterstock, and in keeping with the beliefs and values of credit and intellectual property, I contacted Bruce and provided sample pages of that site, seeking feedback and/or approval. Bruce confirmed he was happy with the use, provided the correct licenses had been obtained and responded quickly and politely to the communication.
Browsing through Bruce’s images, often late into the night fueled by Earl Grey tea, I thoroughly enjoyed the experience of different feelings and perspectives which emanated. The existence and appreciation of art is not or rather should not be an elite exclusive experience, and if there is any opportunity or desire by others to view and experience Bruce’s works, I strongly endorse and encourage that.
Dmitriy Rybin
I enjoyed using many of the two and three dimensional light based designs in abstract form designed by Dimitriy Rybin on this site and my law firm’s site and licenses were purchased through Shutterstock. Technology, light, flares and optics form a strong part of Dimitriy’s works with microchips, cells and other physical objects restructured into abstract and strikingly created well lit photographic-like creations.
There is not much information available in the public domain regarding Dimitriy in English, who is originally from St Petersburg, Russia. However, I highly recommend anyone who has enjoyed these images to take a look and see how they might fit into a presentation of works or other creations.
Personal Photography
I deliberately decided to differentiate my independent personal website from my firm’s website through the extensive use of images from my own photography. This carries certain risks of presentation, because I am by no means a professional photographer. However, with some clever crafting, image standaridisation, duotone application and placement, the outcome is that the feel of the site is very personal to me and my life, and therefore is designed to connect personally to anybody considering me for an appointment.
