Where is Ben?

Heading to St. Louis & Kansas City

I'm heading to St. Louis, MO to present my one day Photoshop for Photographers seminar. If you're interested in attending, the seminar is from 10am until 5 pm on September 21st (that's this Wednesday) at the America's Convention Center and the price is $99 for a full day of training.

I'll also be presenting the same seminar in Kansas City on September 23rd at the Kansas City Convention Center.

August Photoshop Seminars

I'll be presenting the following seminars in the month of August:

• August 29th: Photoshop for Photographers Memphis 
• August 31th: Photoshop for Photographers Nashville 

The first two events I'll be speaking at in September are:

• September 6-9: PhotoshopWorld Boston
• September 10-11: BetterPhoto Summit Seattle

There will be more dates in September, which I'll announce later.

 

Heading to Las Vegas!

I'm heading to Las Vegas, NV to present a full day session on the Essentials of Photoshop at the Creative Suite Conference  on July 19th.

If you're interested in attending, the seminar is from 9am until 5 pm on July 19th at Caesars Palace. If you use CSC05LVWIL as your coupon code when signing up, then you'll get into my class for less then 50% of the usual cost! That means you'll end up paying just $99 for a class that everyone else gets charged $200 to attend. You can also use the coupon code to save $145 on a 2 or 3 day conference pass.

Here's the basics from the promoter of the event: The Creative Suite Conference invites you to Las Vegas for the 2005 Creative Suite Conference (featuring the newly announced Creative Suite 2 (CS2)), the new gathering for Adobe Creative Suite experts, users, newbie, and anyone who needs to know how these products really work together. If you use any one of the Creative Suite products (Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat or GoLive), this will be a valuable show... if you use two or more of these applications, this is an event you cannot miss. If you have not upgraded or want to see if buying CS2 is worth it this is the conference to attend.

My Travel Alarm

I used to rely on my cell phone as my alarm clock while traveling, but after having missed a important appointment, I've recently replaced it with this. It's a 256MB MP3 player (also available with 512MB), alarm clock and serves as external speakers when I'm watching a movie via my laptop. It comes in a nice, snug fitting zippered case, has rechargeable batteries and can be purchased for around $150.

Preparing for Adventure

I've put my house up for sale and as soon as it sells, I'll be purchasing and living full-time on a bus. That's one reason this blog is called 'Where Is Ben' since it will chronicle my travels.

The idea is to drive to some of the seminars I present, take photos at national parks between events and continue to write books and develop DVD training products.

The bus will be equipped with a sleeper sofa, lounge chair, kitchen, dinette, washer/dryer, dishwasher, queen sized bed, three TV sets and satellite Internet access. I'll be able to travel over 1400 miles with out refueling. And survive for two full weeks without having to refill the tanks or plug into electricity (it has a generator, batteries and large water tanks).

Heading to San Francisco!

I'm heading to San Francisco, CA to present my one day Photoshop for Photographers seminar. If you're interested in attending, the seminar is from 10am until 5 pm on May 6th at the South San Francisco convention center and the price is $99 for a full day of training.

Heading to Boston!

I'm heading to Boston, MA to present my one day Photoshop for Photographers seminar. If you're interested in attending, the seminar is from 10am until 5 pm on April 27th at the John B. Hynes Convention Center and the price is $99 for a full day of training.

Classic San Francisco Shot

If you're even in San Francisco and want to capture that classic shot of downtown SF with the Victorian painted ladies in the foreground, then you'll want to visit Alamo Square park at the corner of Hayes & Steiner streets (which is where all those photos are taken from). If you want to capture a good sunset shot, then consider staying at the Archbishop's Mansion which is just across the park making for easy access to this photo spot.

Heading to New York!

I'm heading to New York, NY to present my one day Photoshop for Photographers seminar. If you're interested in attending, the seminar is from 10am until 5 pm on April 14th at the Jacob Javits Convention Center and the price is $99 for a full day of training.

My Favorite Briefcase

I've been using the Pelican PCS172 soft-sided briefcase for a year or so. It's the first wheeled briefcase I've found that can simultaneously hold my laptop, my tiny projector, my Canon 20D digital SLR camera, five lenses (including my 100-400mm) and all the accessories associated with all that stuff. When packed properly it will fit under many airline seats (although many of the newer planes have video in the headrest which also adds a box under the seat which forces me to put this bag in the overhead bin).