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It’s time for one of my favorite conferences and once I again I get to teach some of my favorite subjects. If you’re coming to Photoshop World 2018 in Orlando Florida I’ll be happy to see you in my classes:
On Thursday, May 31 you can join me in the Partner Pavilion – Adobe Theater for “Seven Ways to Improve Your Photos with Lightroom Classic CC”
Continue reading “What I’m Teaching This Week at Photoshop World 2018”
Hey everyone, if you’re going to be at PhotoPlus Expo 2017 in New York this week, stop by and say hello!
My very busy schedule is below:
Visit the Adobe Show Floor Theater for free 20-minute educational seminars all three days of the show from industry leaders in photography and filmmaking. The Adobe Show Floor Theater, located at the rear of the PhotoPlus Expo hall, is designed for attendees to get more tips and tricks to take their craft to the next level.
| Thursday, Oct. 26 | Presenter | ||
| 10:15 AM | Bring out the best in outdoor shots | Nick Pappagallo | |
| 10:45 AM | Make people look their best | Lindsay Adler | |
| 11:15 AM | Add stock photography to your income stream | Terry White | |
| 11:45 AM | Powerful mobile photography | Matt Kloskowski | |
| 12:15 PM | What’s new in Lightroom | Julieanne Kost | |
| 12:45 PM | Lightroom for beginners | Terry White | |
| 3:30 PM | Tell your story with Adobe Spark | Terry White | |
| 4:00 PM | Solve exposure challenges | Serge Ramelli | |
| 4:30 PM | Explore the Lightroom Develop Module | Terry White | |
| Friday, Oct. 27 | |||
| 10:15 AM | Lightroom for beginners | Terry White | |
| 10:45 AM | Compositing techniques | Katrin Eismann | |
| 11:15 AM | Make people look their best | Lindsay Adler | |
| 11:45 AM | Remove distracting elements | Matt Kloskowski | |
| 12:15 PM | What’s new in Lightroom | Julieanne Kost | |
| 12:45 PM | Add stock photography to your income stream | Terry White | |
| 1:15 PM | Tell your story with Adobe Spark | Al Rossin | |
| 1:45 PM | Powerful mobile photography | Katrin Eismann | |
| 2:15 PM | Bring out the best in outdoor shots | Nick Pappagallo | |
| 2:45 PM | Explore the Lightroom Develop Module | Terry White | |
| 3:15 PM | Easy landscape and archtictural edits | Serge Ramelli | |
| 3:45 PM | Powerful mobile photography | Terry White | |
| 4:15 PM | Add stock photography to your income stream | Terry White | |
| Saturday, Oct. 28 | |||
| 10:15 AM | What’s new in Lightroom | Terry White | |
| 10:45 AM | Solve exposure challenges | Serge Ramelli | |
| 11:15 AM | Compositing techniques | Katrin Eismann | |
| 11:45 AM | Remove distracting elements | Matt Kloskowski | |
| 12:15 PM | Add stock photography to your income stream | Terry White | |
| 12:45 PM | Bring out the best in outdoor shots | Nick Pappagallo | |
| 1:15 PM | Lightroom for beginners | Terry White | |
| 1:45 PM | Easy landscape and archtictural edits | Serge Ramelli | |
| 2:15 PM | Powerful mobile photography | Terry White | |
| 2:45 PM | Solve exposure challenges | Serge Ramelli | |
| 3:15 PM | Tell your story with Adobe Spark | Terry White | |
I look forward to seeing you all there!
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It’s almost time for one my favorite Adobe conferences of the year! Yep, Photoshop World is just around the corner and as usual I’ve got more than a few classes. For those of you who have never been to Photoshop World, you should definitely check it out at least once in your life. You are pretty much guaranteed to walk away knowing a lot more about Photoshop and the rest of the Adobe Creative Cloud products and services. This year’s conference takes place July 19-21 in Las Vegas NV. As a matter of fact, this is the last week to save $100 (register before June 10th here).
Continue reading “What I’m Teaching At Photoshop World 2016”
I’ve been into gadgets and technology since I was a kid. Yet believe it or not CES 2016 was my 1st CES (Consumer Electronics Show). It was always something that I said, “I’m going to the next one!” and then it would always sneak up on me and be too late to plan a trip. Well this time I made plans early and took off work to go. I expected a gigantic tradeshow with lots of cool gear to look at, but what I actually got was a little different…
You might remember my post a couple of weeks ago comparing the NEW Live from Facebook Mentions to Periscope. After doing a few more broadcasts to both services I quickly realized that I usually have a larger number of views on Facebook. I thought that it would be great to be able to stream to both services simultaneously. That way I could finally address both my large Twitter/Periscope following as well as my large Facebook following at the same time. This would of course require streaming from two devices. I could use my iPhone 6 Plus and an iPod touch. The real question was, how would I hold both devices at the same time and keep them steady? I went in search of a “dual tripod head mount” and I found this one on Amazon. I ordered it, but when it arrived I wasn’t that happy with it. For one it was bigger and heavier than I hoped and the bigger problem was that the devices were spaced out too far apart for broadcasting the same thing up close.
That’s when I challenged my friends over at Arkon Mounts to make something better! Not only did they accept the challenge, they showed a mock up the very next day.
The mock up was night and day better than the one that I had put together and even better they would bring it to Photoshop World and hand it to me to try. After I used it for a day I was thrilled with it. It was everything I wanted, but that wasn’t good enough for Aaron. Aaron was concerned that the devices could possibly pop out. He had his company overnight their better smartphone grips (the ones used on their motorcycle mounts) and replaced the ones on mine with the stronger ones.
Check out this video review that I recorded over the weekend:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbslnsl41_I
I did several simultaneous live broadcasts to Periscope and Facebook Mentions Live. As I was walking around the show I got lots of double takes as people assumed I must be shooting 3D video.
Even if I wasn’t streaming to both Periscope and Facebook at the same time, I’d still use this to broadcast to Periscope in it’s current vertical video format and use the second device to record standard 16:9 wide video.
This mount is just freaking awesome with lots of uses. Of course it can be mounted on a tripod too.
It’s also versatile enough to be converted into a single mount (the TW Broadcaster) for those times when you only need to mount one mobile device.
I’m thrilled to have this new product which perfectly fits my broadcasting and recording needs. I’m deeply honored to have it named after me as well. Even if you’re not interested in this particular solution you should definitely check out the mounting solutions at www.arkon.com. If you have a need to mount a mobile device, camera, etc, on to something they’ve likely already built a solution for you. If you are interested in the TW Broadcaster Pro you can order it here. Or if you’re interested in the single mount (also great for selfies) TW Broadcaster model you can order it here. You can even take 10% off anything you order from their site with my discount code “twhite”.
It’s almost time for my favorite conference, Photoshop World! It’s time to head back to Las Vegas and I’m really looking forward to it. Not only do I get to see so many of you, but I’m psyched about teaching some updated classes.
First up I’m teaching an updated “Intro to Adobe Muse CC” class. I did this class at Photoshop World in Atlanta and it went over great. This time I get to teach it on the brand new rewritten, 64bit native Mac/Win version. If you’ve always wanted to be able to create your own website, but don’t want to write code you’ll leave this class knowing how.
Also back by popular demand is my “Lightroom 5 Workflow” class. In this class I’ll take you through my Lightroom workflow from start to finish.
I’m also teaching a brand new “How to Edit Video with Adobe Premiere Pro CC”. This class is aimed at Photographers rather than videographers. I aim to cut through all the jargon and the interface to get right to the basics of how to edit video from your DSLR or other video cameras, smartphones, etc.
I’m also going to be doing short presentations in the Adobe booth on the trade show floor. I’ll be showing “Introduction to Creative Cloud”, “Photoshop CC Tips”, “New Tools for Designers” and “Lightroom 5 and Lightroom Mobile”,
Be sure to stop by and say that you read my blog and watch my videos, you never know what small giveaways I may have in my pocket. 😉
Get the Photoshop World App here:
There’s nothing like showing up to do a session at a conference and seeing 400+ empty chairs. Your first thought is “Oh my God, I hope people attend this thing!” Well I must say that not only did have close to 400 people in my session yesterday at HOW Design Live, but it was the right 400 people. Like most presenters I draw my energy from the crowd. The better the crowd responds the more it will help me to do a better presentation. I had an hour to show: “Create Cutting Edge Websites. No Code. No Kidding”. Of course this session was all about Adobe Muse CC.
Judging by the number of mentions on Twitter, the crowd LOVED IT!
Thanks again to all who attended and I’ll see you again today same time for “Adobe Creative Cloud Time Saving Tips and Tricks.” If you didn’t get a chance to attend my session here at HOW Design Live 2014 in Boston, you can check out my getting started video on Adobe Muse CC here:
My favorite training conference and expo is coming up soon! Photoshop World is coming April 8-10 in Atlanta Georgia. I’ll be there doing a series of classes. What makes this Photoshop World even better is that I get to give you $50 off your Full Conference Pass! That’s right, just register for Photoshop World here and enter promo code TWHPSW414 and $50 will be knocked off your price right on the spot. I look forward to seeing you all there!
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Let’s do it again. Time for me to head to Photoshop World West, which takes place this week in Las Vegas Nevada. I’m looking forward to seeing you all there and I’ve got some new classes on tap that I’m excited about. I’ll be teaching two classes on the conference track. The 1st is my usual “Intro to InDesign” and I’m doing a new class on my “Lightroom Workflow from Start to Finish”. I’m also doing a new class that is being added as we speak called “Easy Website Creation”, which is focused around Adobe Muse CC and as usual I’ll be in the Adobe booth from time to time giving sessions on Creative Cloud (Wednesday thru Friday). Based on the huge success of my “How To Create Websites with Adobe Muse” from the Orlando show, they’re repeating it this year again on the show flow in the Kelby Theater on Thursday at 4PM.
I’ll also be in the Westcott booth from time to time. So I’ve got a pretty packed schedule, but it’s one of the few conferences each year that I really really look forward to. Be sure to stop by and say hello. Also be sure to grab the newly redesigned Photoshop World iOS App for your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch complete with iCloud syncing.
Continue reading “What I’m Teaching Next Week at Photoshop World Vegas”
I’m looking forward to seeing many of you next week at Adobe MAX – The Creativity Conference in Los Angeles. The show kicks off Monday for me with the Day 1 Keynote and sessions.
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