Instructor • Photographer • Life Enthusiast
Earlier this week I discovered my YouTube channel passed the one million views mark. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Over a year ago I committed to the idea of sharing my knowledge & responding to community questions with videos. Your support has grown the channel from a party of one to nearly ten thousand [...]
Despite what you may have heard President Obama did not kill SOPA. SOPA & it’s sibling PIPA are still very much alive. Don’t know what I’m talking about? Put simply, it’s NOT about piracy, it’s about censoring content on the Internet. Despite what Hollywood, and other media moguls might tell you, their failing business practices [...]
Keith Anderson was hospitalized on November 3, 2011 for pancreatitis. It’s been a difficult & emotional time for his family, as Keith had been in ICU after suffering complications. He was resuscitated on two different occasions and is slowly taking steps towards recovery. Big(D)esign is helping to raise money to offset Keith’s medical costs and [...]
Later afternoon post today. You’ll note I’m not my usual spunky self in this episode as my brother-in-law had two mild strokes this week. Please keep his family in your thoughts & prayers. For our Photoshop tip, I answer a viewer question regarding Auto-Align features in Photoshop to fix faces in group photos and create [...]
It’s Monday, and I’m back in the studio. I had a great time last week at both Photo Pro Summer School & the D2WC conference. Met a lot of great people, hungout with some kickass industry professionals. Today I have a quick tip on using Lightroom’s Adjustment Brush. Check it out, and remember – RATE! [...]
Alrighty, it’s the first official day of D2WC and I’m looking forward to all the presentations that will be delivered throughout the day. I’m speaking tomorrow on InDesign Interactive Media, so today I’ll be on the show floor answering questions and helping out. Wednesday’s video prompted the question, “When do I use Snapshots vs Virtual [...]
I know this post is coming out late, but I spent yesterday bouncing around airports trying to get to Kansas City for the D2WC conference. If you’re local, then you’ll see me on NBC this morning promoting the event with Kevin Stohlmeyer. Alrighty, I have a quick Lightroom tutorial demonstrating how you create virtual copies [...]
Good morning my dear readers. Hope you’re weekend was relaxing, fun or whatever you needed it to be. Yesterday, I had the privilege of presenting “Social Media for Photographers” at the Photo Pro Summer School in Lexington, KY. I just finished delivering a Lightroom presentation for Day Two of the conference, and I am now [...]
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