Great Weekend of Teaching at the Precision Camera University

I had the great pleasure of teaching my Digital Photography Lighting and Workflow Session at the Precision Camera University this past weekend. I went into this weekend with quite a bit of trepidation. I was worried that I wouldn't have enough material to fill an 8 hour day (3 days in a row).

Part of my day was spent showing various lighting setups using the NEW Westcott Spiderlite TD6's and the rest of my day was spent showing my workflow from start to finish including everything from signing model releases with Easy Release on the iPad, importing images into Adobe Lightroom 3 and managing them, delivery of the web proofing gallery via the TTG Highslide Gallery Pro plug-in and retouching in Adobe Photoshop CS5. Needless to say by the time I did all of this and allowed time for the students to shoot using the various setups that I did each day flew by.

prepping for a group shot with all the attendees, I stole this opportunity to grab one using my iPhone 4.

It was an honor presenting along side Michele Celentano, Tony Corbell and David Guy Maynard at this event. Also I have to thank the staff at Precision Camera for all the hard work that went into coordinating this 3 day event with multiple simultaneous tracks, location scouting and model/makeup/wardrobe setup.

 

John Williamson was on hand from Westcott

It was a pleasant surprise to walk in and see my buddy John from Westcott. Westcott was one of the sponsors of the event and I was there on their behalf as well as Adobe's behalf. While it was great seeing John again, he was a huge help in my classes acting as photographer assistent and I imposed upon him to kick each day off explaining the six styles of lighting. I've never heard anyone explain it the way he does and I didn't want my class to miss that opportunity. John also made for a very handsome male model 🙂

 

Briana, Cheryl-Rose, Jennifer & Sarah

    

 

Without the great models this workshop would have been a lot harder to teach!

 

Thanks!

A Special Thanks goes out to all of my students over the 3 day period. You had a choice in instructors and you chose my class. So I thank you for spending a day with me and hearing what I had to say.

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5 Things You May Not Know About InDesign CS5

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In this episode I'll show you 5 features that you may not know about InDesign CS5. These are just 5 of the many little productivity features that are under the hood in InDesign CS5 to make life easier for InDesign users each and every time they use the application.

 

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5 Things You May Not Know About Photoshop CS5

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In this episode I'll show you 5 features that you may not know about in Photoshop CS5. These are just 5 of the many JDI (Just Do It) features that the Photoshop Team worked into Photoshop CS5 to make life easier for Photoshop users each and every time they use the application.

 

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How To Get Started With Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3

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In this episode I show you how to get started with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3. Sure there are tons of videos and sites dedicated to Lightroom and showing tips and tricks, but this time I'm specifically aiming at Lightroom beginners. Learn how to get started the right way with Lightroom 3 no matter where you're coming from in terms of image management.

 

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How to Work With Images in Adobe InDesign CS5

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In this episode I take on one of the most fundamental challenges for NEW InDesign users as well as Photographers who are tired of trying to do layouts in Photoshop (right tool for the wrong job 🙂 ). After watching this video you should have a good handle on not only how to bring images into InDesign, but also how to sizes them and display them the way you want.

 

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Great Night of Digital Publishing to the iPad

I wanted to take a few moments to thank everyone who attended last night's InDesign Users Group Meeting in Livonia MI. I had a blast presenting Adobe's NEW Digital Publishing Suite to you all. It was great having a meeting with enough time to give you an in-depth look at the tools and how they work from start to finish. Thanks for the great interactions and questions. It was also a pleasure giving you guys some sneak peeks into what's on the horizon.

If you are an inDesign/Creative Suite User, you should definitely check out your local InDesign Users Group

5 Tips on Drawing in Illustrator CS5 with Special Guest Mordy Golding

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In this episode special guest Mordy Golding shows us 5 Tips for Drawing in Adobe Illustrator CS5. These tips are great for beginners and even experienced AI users that may be new to CS5.
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What Do You Want To Publish To Tablet Devices (iPad)?

Adobe's Digital Publishing Suite (currently in beta) is being well received by the Magazine Publishing industry. However, I've heard time and time again from customers as I present it, "what about us?" Usually this means that they have a project in mind that goes beyond a magazine and they don't have to budget to pay a relatively high monthly hosting cost. Also at the same time these customers don't have the resources to build their own custom Apps and distribution model.

Maybe it's an interactive brochure, a portfolio, a newsletter, a company dossier, etc.? We're entering a world that is moving beyond "static" content and desktop computers. Adobe PDF revolutionized the way companies distributed documents in the 1990s. While it's still a great solution, let's look forward for a moment. What's next?

 

This is your chance to tell me (us) how you would use a tablet based document creation/delivery solution

First of all there has to be a universal way of getting the document onto tablets. With PDF you can be pretty sure that over 90% of the world has the Free Adobe Reader or ways of viewing a PDF. With Tablets/iPad, not everyone is going to want to or need to build a custom App. The current Adobe Preview Tool in the App Store is great because anyone can download it and view your Adobe .ISSUE files. However, loading documents into it currently requires iTunes and syncing if you're not using our hosted solution. Clearly there is a need to make this better and easier. Once we get past the "App" need, what do you want?

Give me some examples of how you would use a solution like this. What kind of documents would you publish? 

Sound off in the comment section and make your case as to "what" you want to publish to the iPad?

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How to Work with Layers in InDesign and Photoshop CS5

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Once again I'm addressing a question from my Facebook Fan Page. In this episode I'll show you how to work with both object layers and pixel layers in the various Adobe Creative Suite 5 products. See how to use layers in InDesign CS5 and then see how to composite with Layers in Photoshop CS5.

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