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For those of you who understand photography, know your exposures and never “chimp”,  reading the rest of this blog this morning is probably a waste of time.  However, for those of you who photograph with a no-big-deal-I’ll-fix-it-in-Photoshop mentality it’s time to wake up!
If you’re fixing it in Photoshop later, then you’re wasting valuable time you could [...]

Okay gang – get yourself over to PDN’s Virtual Expo – it’s FREE, it’s all on line and there are some great webinars later this morning and tomorrow.  Plus a bunch of great exhibitors and sponsors with some special offers.  See you there! 
But you’ve got to register to get in the door!

It’s Spring Fever in more ways than just cleaning off the porch furniture!  It just might be the right time to do a little ”spring cleaning” on your skill set.   There are a lot of programs to choose from, but here’s a suggestion.  Instead of worrying about which one might be the best one to attend, try and attend [...]

Here’s a great opportunity for additional support with CS5.  Check out Digital Wedding Forum.

DWF has managed to score 6 exclusive video tutorials for the new Adobe Creative Suite 5, which was officially released into the wilds earlier yesterday morning.  In these terrific tutorials,  DWF member and Photoshop expert, Ray Prevost, shows practical applications for some [...]

Yesterday there was an incredible launch of a new concept in education – creativeLIVE!  The brain child of Chase Jarvis, creativeLIVE will offer FREE online workshops in virtually every aspect of photography.  Chase hit the ground running with an all star lineup with Vincent LaForet, Scott Bourne, Art Wolf and Zack Arias – and that’s [...]

Moving?   Yuck…sorry, it’s an expression used by six year olds who hate eating vegetables, but it sure applies.  We’re only moving 1.4 miles away, but that doesn’t change the work involved.  Years ago I read, “moving is the second highest stress producing situation, second only to death of a loved one!”  Moving challenges every aspect of a [...]

I know I’m going to sound old with my blog this morning, but I can live with it if you can!
How many times have you been stumbling around technology and found yourself amazed at what kids are learning in school today?  I remember years ago,  my 15 year old niece teaching me a few short cuts in Power [...]

For the past 10-15 years I’ve been fascinated by many of the images submitted for the various print competitions.   I’ve judged 8×10 print competition and viewed literally thousands of prints each year, including portfolio reviews.   It’s that time of year when many of you are scurrying around at the last minute trying to get your [...]

Here’s a win-win workshop virtually guaranteed to give you ideas you can implement immediately.
Internationally recognized wedding photographer, Bambi Cantrell, is conducting a three day intensive workshop in her Benicia Studio from January 31-February 2nd!   She’ll cover many of the aspects it takes to create fabulous wedding images, demonstrated through the use of models and covering lighting and posing concepts [...]

Sooner or later I was bound to share at least one “it’s a small world” story.  A few years ago Barbara Smith was having dinner at a friend’s house and was talking about a book she’d just read, “The Art of Wedding Photography” by Bambi Cantrell and Skip Cohen.   Her neighbor started laughing and walked her [...]