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As of today, I've been living on a bus for exactly one year and two weeks. Many folks have been curious about my life as a nomad, so I thought I'd take a moment to share my experiences after this 12 month milestone. Click the link below for all the details.
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I'm heading back to the states and have an 18+ hour layover in London. I spent the evening exploring London with Chris Hurtt and Charlie Borland who also spoke at the Dubai conference.
Click here to view a PDF of an article I wrote for Photoshop User
magazine that shows how to fix odd behaviors you can fun into in Photoshop.
I'm currently in Dubai speaking at the Gulf Photo Plus conference. In my brief time off, I visited a mosque and two shopping malls. One of the malls featured a huge indoor ski run complete with full-sized chair lift. There are more active construction projects in this town than I have ever seen. Construction cranes fill the skyline. The people are rather friendly and it's very easy to get around when you only speak English.
Click here to view a PDF of an article I wrote for Photoshop User
magazine that covers more uses for Photoshop CS2s Smart Objects feature.
I'm heading to Dubai today (with a 12 hour layover in London) to speak at the Gulf Photo Plus conference.
Interesting Tidbit: I had to re-schedule an event that was scheduled in Maui for next week in order to make this tip. What's funny is that the one person who was already signed up for the Maui event (he signed up right when it was announced) has decided to make the trip to Dubai to attend the event I'll be speaking at!
The bus will remain parked in Stuart, Florida until I return.
I just returned from Los Angeles where I presented my Photoshop for Photographers seminar to a crowd of over 1,000 people. I'm amazed at the number of people who are showing up for these events and cannot recall one that has not been sold out. Below is a shot of Jeff Limbok who was on stage while I was taking a break.
I also met with photographer Jeff Dunas while I was in town and agreed to present a special session at his upcoming Palm Springs Photo Festival. In this $75 three-hour session, I'll demonstrate how I have changed the way I shoot when I know the image will be adjusted in Photoshop. Techniques covered will include:
• How to slow down water without slow shutter speeds
• Learn to reduce or eliminate environmental mist and fog
• Combine a bracket of exposures into a single full-range image
• Processing a RAW file twice using smart objects and masks
• Changing background colors by filtering the subject’s light
• Simulating graduated neutral density filters
• Learn about the three essential on-camera filters for digital
• Creative light painting & car streak photos with a difference
• Shooting techniques that ensure accurate color & skin tones
• Combining two less than ideal shots to produce an acceptable result
• Hand held extreme panoramas that will blow your mind
• Simulating Infrared
• Learn a two shot process for making flash look natural
• Digital cross processing techniques
• Eliminating sunburn and blotchy skin
• Simulating sunrise or sunset light
Click here to view a PDF of an article I wrote for Photoshop User
magazine that covers special uses for Smart Objects in Photoshop CS2.
David Arnold from the Lane Country Oregon's Camera Club interviewed me back when I was in Oregon. You can read the review by downloading their "The Bellows" newsletter as a pdf.
Click here to view a PDF of an article I wrote for Photoshop User
magazine that covers how to be most effective when using the Lasso tool.
