Mini Update

As I write this, I'm on the Flyaway bus service to LAX airport. I'm flying to Miami to present my Photoshop for Photographers seminar. While I'm there, I'll be meeting up with a few friends before I fly to Columbus, OH to look at a 1947 Greyhound Bus that I'm thinking of purchasing.

Here's an update on what I've been up to since my June 1st post:

• Drove from Los Osos, CA to San Francisco
• Parked the bus in Berkeley, CA and met with my publisher
• Did a quick tour of Canada (Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto) to present my Photoshop for Photographers seminar. 
• Replaced my 15" MacBook Pro with a 17" model that has a much higher resolution screen
• Presented my Photoshop for Photographers seminar in San Francisco
• Shot some models in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco
• Met up with Bill Atkinson (inventor of the drop down menu, creator of MacPaint and a good photographer) and Charlie Cramer
• Was a guest on Bert Monroy's Pixel Perfect podcast (I don't think they're available yet, but I'll post here with a download link once I hear that they're live.
• Drove to Healdsburg, CA to visit a friend
• Went to lunch with a bunch of people from Adobe
• Drove to Los Angeles and parked the bus in Venice Beach
• Test drove a 1950's Flxible Clipper Bus... the same kind that was seen in the movie "RV"
• Did a bunch of light painting with a few friends and got together with a bunch of people I met during my last visit to Maui
• Spent the 4th of July at a party in Malibu right on the water
• Had a friend from Maui drop by for two five day visits (one in June and one in July)
• Completed a new biography, artists statement and price list for my photography site. I haven't posted them yet, but should get them up there within the next week or so.
• Did some light painting at a rehearsal studio
• Met up with a at least a dozen individual friends in between all the stuff I did above

The photo above is a composite of about 15 photographs. It's a light painted self portrait using two flashlights... one in each hand.

Comments

[Lou Adzima]

What are you going to do with the 47 bus?

[Ben Willmore]

I'd use the old bus to promote my Route 66 photography and eventually live in.

-Ben

[Michael S.]

Hey Ben,

Great class in Miami today! I thought I understood curves until today when I realized that I have just been muddling thru without knowing what I was doing at all! I loved the last part of the day, especially the talk thru of the last image. Stellar work!

Thanks again!

Michael S.
mdsimages.com

[John Ebey]

Hi Ben,

I just posted the following comment on Matt K..ski's blog re: PS World's PreCon sessions.

John Ebey said,

on July 11th, 2008 at 4:04 pm

I am most pysched-up about Ben Willmore’s “Shooting for Photoshop” because he will address shooting in areas with mist and fog. I hope his tips will also be applicable to shooting in areas plagued by industrial haze. I love photographing in Hong Kong; the increase in industrial haze over the past 10 years has adversely affected landscape photography. Thus I am axiously awaiting “tips” on shooting under those situations.