July 2009

And Now a Word from My Sponsors…

July 28, 2009

I am incredibly excited to announce that I have my first two Photoshop World sponsors, AdoramaPix and Red River Paper! I have now booked a room and am checking out airline prices; I couldn’t be more excited. Thanks to their generosity, Photoshop World will be a reality for me. Let me introduce them to you: [...]

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Putting She Speaks in Perspective

July 26, 2009

Somewhere during the past 48 hours my excitement about the She Speaks conference next week has morphed into panic. It is settling in that I am speaking in two sessions—three if you count Saturday’s Ultimate Blogging Q&A—in a conference where most of the sessions are conducted by professional speakers. The only two things helping me [...]

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Notable NAPP Links for the Week of July 19, 2009

July 26, 2009

Exclusive interview with David Jay about Showit Scott Kelby’s Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 book for Digital Photographers Book Review Photo Walk Stuff (and a quick Q & A) from Scott Kelby What to Look For in the Background – Angle Matters Sign up for Photoshop World newsletter Have you joined NAPP? (Don’t forget promo code DAWN [...]

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9 Days of NAPP Day 8: Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk

July 23, 2009

This past Saturday over 32,000 registered walkers in over 900 walks participated in a history making event: Scott Kelby’s second annual Worldwide Photo Walk. I participated in a 6-hour walk in Atlantic Station, a picturesque community of shops, hotels, and residences at the edge of downtown Atlanta. Last year I missed the walk due to [...]

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Notable NAPP Links: Worldwide Photo Walk Edition

July 20, 2009

Before You Shoot Checklist Worldwide Photo Walk website (for participants: see how to upload your Photo Walk pictures and get one month free subscription to Kelby Training) Scott Kelby: Making Photographic History Saturday PhotoWalk in Vancouver A.J. Wood’s Fort Worth Photo Walk pics History Roswell, GA, Photo Walk pics I Went on a Photo Walk [...]

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I ♥ Faces: gasp Feet (week 28)

July 20, 2009

iHeartFaces is switching to a one-theme-per-week format beginning now and this week’s theme doesn’t even involve faces! Rachel Durik at The Adventures of an American Mum is a brand new site contributor and she is also this week’s guest judge. I’m really tickled for the chance to use this photo here on my blog, and [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Jellyfish x2

July 14, 2009

We went to the Georgia Aquarium recently. I was standing behind my oldest son when he pulled out his phone to take a picture of this jellyfish. I said, “Hold still a minute,” and took this shot. I love it straight out of camera. I’m a NAPP Evangelist (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) – see [...]

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I ♥ Faces: Sports in Action (week 27)

July 12, 2009

One of this week’s themes at iHeartFaces is “Sports in Action” and the guest judge is Rog Ellsworth of EPlove! This is a photo I took of my son running toward the finish line in a cross country meet last fall. I missed the bottom of his feet, but I love that the pan actually [...]

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Vertus Fluid Mask 3

July 12, 2009

Earlier this year when I reviewed a fun photo editing program from Vertus called Play with Pictures, one commenter said, “It does all the things I wish I could do with Photoshop.” I’m happy to tell you that Vertus has a plugin called Fluid Mask 3 that helps put easier selections in Photoshop within your [...]