SubscribeIt bums me out that this year will be the first year that I miss Photoshop World. My schedule does not allow me to make it down south to Las Vegas this year, but I wanted to share a few tips for those of you who are going for your first time to Photoshop World or to Las Vegas itself. I personally make the trip to Vegas over a half dozen times a year for work, so I know a few secrets about where to go and how to get around America’s Playground.
Aug
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Yearning to Learn
I jump between two roles in my day-to-day life, a creative professional and an instructor/teacher. One thing I have learned from both roles is the importance of learning and what it can do for my productivity and creativity. While the economy is not doing that well, there is great value in the market for workshops, DVDs, and training. If you are looking to add to your current skill set or looking to start a new career, you are in luck.
This fall offers a ton of options for your educational needs. To start with, you have Photoshop World in Las Vegas on October 1st-3rd. This is must have for the person who is either wanting to learn all things Adobe, specifically Photoshop and Lightroom, but also the photographer/designer learning everything her or she needs to conquer the digital realm. There are also great sessions on print, web and video design, perfect to cover all your bases in training.
Jul
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My High Speed Sync Saga
Over a year ago, I started playing with High Speed Sync on my Canon cameras and Speedlites. I was trying my own hand at what I had seen Joe McNally and David Hobby out to the dessert of Dubai with multiple Speedlights on something that I can only describe as Satan’s light stand.
My first attempt at high speed sync. Shutter is at 1/8000 of a second and I am using two 430EX Speedlites just to camera left.
In the year since, I have worked with Syl Arena, in Radio Popper/High Speed Sync shoot, as well as crawling on the ground with Joe McNally, holding his Nikon Speedlights during a shoot. There is something about the quality of light when you shoot at 1/2000 of a second or higher.
May
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The week in review
Going to try and start a regular post here on the blog that reviews what happened in the blog world as well as my world for the week. This was as good of a week as any to start this tradition, so here we go.
This time last week I was working with 7 hours total sleep over three days and waiting for my plane to take me from Vegas to my home in Reno. Because I was out of town for the week, I missed posting a few images of the Reno River Festival from the previous weekend. I can’t give enough praise to the people of Downtown Reno and the events they host. 10 years ago, you wouldn’t really imagine hosting an event like this, but now it brings in thousands of people and it is a good time had by all. With events like Artown and the Tour de Nez coming up, downtown Reno is going to be a busy place.
Reno River Festival
Many of your know from a previous blog post about my girlfriend getting into a car accident on Monday. Many comments have come back on that post, which is the most I have had for the blog so far. Crazy that insurance on your house or car is getting so much feedback.
Apr
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Fear and Loathing in Paso Robles, Day 4
(Editors note: I have been so busy this post is a bit late, but I don’t think you would hold it against me.)
So day 4 in the Paso Robles Workshops has wrapped up and the students are working on their images for the critic for the next day. Just when you think the locations and the models can’t get any better, Syl pulls day 4 out of the hat and the students, myself, and Joe were very impressed.
The first part of the day began as always, with a critique of the previous days work. I haven’t really talk much about the process, but each student brings in 5-10 images from their work from the day before. Their work is presented in front of class and Joe’s gives his thoughts and opinions, as well as the students. This is not really a time to shine, as much as it is a time to work through problems and talk about successes. Joe encourages the students to bring in failures as much as the great images that they are shooting. When I took my first workshop from Joe, I didn’t really understand the logic behind showing the failed images, but now I do. There is so much more to learn by what went wrong than what went right. Even though I didn’t get to shoot that much, because I am working, I found that I may have learned more than if I was in the workshop myself.
