Pressing Matters — Posing People

My formal training was for illustration. I had never dreamed that 4 years of figure drawing would help me as a photographer who photographs a lot of people. We did study the textbook Gray’s Anatomy for Artists. The human skeleton is the supporting framework for the attached muscles. Skin and clothing cover muscles, lending shape [...]

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Nikon D-Town 100 percent magnification

Let’s zoom in to another freebie. Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski of KelbyTraining.com have a new TV series! If you love shooting Nikon, this is very specific to Nikon users. Manuals only go so far. Episodes are 10-12 minutes so if you have a short attention span, you’ll still be able to digest content. I [...]

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Bonus—Free Color Management webinar is coming

I honestly am excited about the free Photoshop webinar 10 week class being offered by CreativeTechs. The next class is tomorrow. It runs 60 minutes but the Q&A 30 minute time following the webinar is actually productive too. Jason Hoppe (the trainer) is doing a good job. Make sure you sign up for Twitter if [...]

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A week to go. Nikon rebates ending soon.

Nikon rebates end in a week. If you haven’t laid hands on a D300 or D700  by now, maybe time to push the economy forward with a purchase. Get that body at a discount if you’ve been waiting. Rebates end March 28.

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Good Webinar

I attended the free CreativeTechs webinar on Photoshop today. A  few stumbles with the audio portion in the beginning but once that was solved, rolling along. Kudos to Jason Hoppe for the Q&A answer session as well as extending the webinar timeframe to cover the topics since delays caused by the audio. Lots of fun [...]

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Free Photoshop 10 week course

I’m loving these webinars. Not only is technology speeding ahead, but software development of the applications that we use is too. I began my transition to digital tools in design in 1988 after training traditionally in the ’70′s.  Mastery is accomplished by training and practice. You ask yourself “Who has time to learn all this [...]

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Bogen Webinar Follow Up

Valuable educational resources exist online for those who 1) don’t have the time to read lots of books and 2) want to familiarize themselves with some of the gear out there that is current. More and more YouTube videos, podcasts and webinars abound.  I signed up and attended Bogen Imaging’s free lighting webinar last Friday.Will [...]

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SanDisk Deals—catching a break

Since digital photography has been in the mainstream for a while, most consumers don’t consider that photography at a professional level costs money. I think this misconception is due to how the general public relates to the equipment that they can buy for their needs. You can pick up a point and shoot compact camera [...]

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Speedlights, grid and softbox

After shooting with other modifiers so much, I decided I need to use my softbox(es) more often. These images are illuminated by two speedlights. Softbox—camera right, one SB800 with a grid spot on it—camera left, to make the light travel in a straight direction for the spotlight/hair light. It was also good to see how [...]

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Land of the Snow

We live in such a comprehensive digital world of technology that it’s good to get outside and experience nature in the real world with friends in person. I have many cyber friends and often long for them to join me in person. One of the best ways that I can bring my world to them [...]

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