Vintage Camera Mobile -- holiday gift idea

  
Vintage Camera Mobile

Cameras are our favorite kind of eye candy.

Handmade and intricately detailed, the Vintage Camera Mobile satisfies your old-school camera lust. Without costing you a pretty penny!

Vintage Camera Mobile
$35 at the Photojojo Store

Stockbridge holiday photo op

The town of Stockbridge, made famous by Norman Rockwell's painting of the village during the holidays, becomes a magical New England setting decorated with holiday wreaths and festive lights, as the town celebrates the 21st annual Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas, December 3rd and 4th.

Sponsored by the Stockbridge Chamber of Commerce, the holiday celebration offers a full range of activities, with highlights including a holiday house tours, caroling, and a holiday concert. Capping off the weekend is a re-creation on Sunday of the scene depicted in Main Street at Christmas, complete with vintage automobiles parked in the spots occupied in the painting. The day's activities include horse drawn rides, a visit from Santa, Roger the Jester, lunch at the Christmas Food Booth and much more.

For more information check out the official event website at: http://www.stockbridgechamber.org/christmas.html

Photography & Photoshop: A Creative Fusion workshop by Ben Willmore

I heard Ben present at a CT-PPA meeting and learned a LOT from him! Lisa

 

 

 

Ben Willmore

Photography & Photoshop: A Creative Fusion 

December 7-11, 2011 

5 days with Ben's world famous expertise to make you more creative and efficient in the field and in Photoshop. Don't miss out on this incredible course! Less than a week left to register.

Hunt's Specials

Hello,

Hope all is well. Here are my latest specials, if you could please pass this on to camera club members, students and meet-up groups that would be great. Talk with you soon.

Thanks.

 Gary

http://wbhunt.com/specials

27 Bright and Colourful Macro Flower Photographs

By Light Stalking


Click Here: 27 Bright and Colourful Macro Flower Photographs


Ladybird on Dahlia- Best viewed large by aussiegall, on Flickr

Click Here: 27 Bright and Colourful Macro Flower Photographs


Chicory Flower by aussiegall, on Flickr

How Jason Groupp Set a World Record With 300 Flashes and a Single Photo

How Jason Groupp Set a World Record With 300 Flashes and a Single Photo

A new benchmark has been set in lighting excess.

By Stan Horaczek
1NYC-based photographer, Jason Groupp is serious about off-camera flash. He uses it every day when shooting, teaches seminars about it and, well, even dreams about it. So, it doesn't really surprise us that he's in the Guinness Book of World Records for firing the most flashes to make a single photograph. What does it take to fire 300 flashes at the same time? A lot of work.

The iPhone Lens Dial

The iPhone Lens Dial

FREE SHIPPING! A complete three-lens optical system for the iPhoneographer that's got it all.

  
Made from aircraft-grade aluminium and high quality glass, these Fisheye, Wide Angle and Telephoto Lenses are top notch.

Just twist the dial to choose your lens of choice!

The iPhone Lens Dial
$249 at the Photojojo Store

Photographs of Centipedes to Make Your Skin Crawl

Photographs of Centipedes to Make Your Skin CrawlBy Light Stalking

Click Here: Photographs of Centipedes to Make Your Skin Crawl


Scutigère véloce by JR Guillaumin, on Flickr

HDR (High Dynamic Range) Workshop Dec 10th

HDR (High Dynamic Range) Workshop

with Branch Watkins and Nancy Ori

December 10, 10-4pm

  

Get rid of those blown out white skies.  

Bring more detail into shadow areas.

Photograph interiors without complex lighting equipment.

Create dramatic night shots.

Improve the contrast of black and white conversions.

Add drama and mystery to mundane scenes.

This workshop will demonstrate how to make a range of exposures to capture details in both highlights and shadows and then use software and your judgment to process them into a single image. Included: a review of the camera work needed and techniques necessary to do a series of images with a variety of exposures. Some questions answered: when and why do you want to use HDR, how do you deal with image capture and metering, will auto bracketing work or do you need manual, and how can I do HDR with a single image?

Once you have captured the images, what's the best way to process them to get the results you want?  The HDR approach can be used conservatively to produce realistic images or aggressively to push images into the fantasy world.  We will discuss the pros and cons of several of software options and compare results: Photoshop CS4, Photoshop CS5, Bracketeer, Photomatix, as well as some newer software.  

Space is limited so there is a lot of one-on-one attention. 

Location: Berkeley Heights.

Laptops are not necessary.

Fee:  $175

REGISTER 

Branch Watkins is an experienced Photoshop user, fine art exhibitor and instructor.  He has been affiliated with the New Jersey Media Center LLC for over three years, where he participates regularly as one of Nancy Ori's Wizards, a team of artists brought together because of their creative and technical expertise to support NJMC's efforts in fine art exhibiting, freelance photography and teaching workshops.

Call For Artists!

Thanks Jan for passing this along!

Call For Artists!

Festive Christmas

Art Exhibit and Wine Tasting

Pine Orchard Yacht & Country Club

December 11, 2011 3 - 7 p.m.

Hosted by St. Therese Parish, Branford CT

Open to all artists working in:

Oil, Acrylic, Pastel and Watercolor, as well as Glass Designers, Potters, Photographers and Sculptors

Great opportunity to display, discuss and sell artwork for the holidays

$65 fee/no commission

Space Limited Reserve your 10x10 display area

Over 1,000 invitations to be issued

Press releases to area newspapers, television stations

and online publications

Questions and Reservations:

Call St. Therese Parish Office 203-488-2998

How to Write (and Read) Licenses

How to Write (and Read) Licenses


December 14, 2011
1:00pm - 1:30pm ET

Click Register Now! Space is limited!

Upon completion of your registration, you will receive a confirmation email from Copyright Clearance Center. The day before the event you will receive an email with log-in instructions for the audio and visual portions of the online seminar.

Need more information:
OnCopyright Education
education@copyright.com 
1-800-982-3887 x2808

NEW: Topaz Adjust v5

I LOVE Topaz -- Adjust, simplify, noise reduction -- awesome! If you do not own this software you should definitely add it to your Holiday wish list! Lisa

NEW: Topaz Adjust v5 ™

Topaz Adjust just got better! The new V5 features 107 new presets, an intuitive selective adjustments brush, preset stacking and much more!

In our ongoing efforts to provide you with valuable software and resources, we are offering
the new Adjust™ 5 as a FREE upgrade to current Adjust™ owners. Already own Adjust™?

Enjoy a special 30% savings on your upgrade to the complete Topaz Collection.

Complete Your Topaz Collection

For those that are new to Topaz and are ready to see how the new Adjust™ 5 can enhance your workflow, we would like to offer you a special 30% discount. Just enter coupon code:  "ADJUSTME" when purchasing. Offer ends 11/30/11.

The limited-time 30% discount can be used towards the bundle or any bundle upgrade as well. You can also try before you buy with our FREE, fully-functional, 30-day trial. Click to get started!

One Year of NAPP and KelbyTraining.com for $199

One Year of NAPP and KelbyTraining.com for $199

NAPP and KelbyTraining.com. One gives you the best Photoshop training and the other gives you unsurpassed photography and lighting training – together – you get the best both worlds.

Use code CYBERUNIVERSE to get them both for only $199.

NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professional) and KelbyTraining.com have put together some unbelievable one-day only deals for Cyber Monday*, but take advantage now because on Tuesday, they’ll be gone. Order online or by phone at 800-738-8513.

SAVE 30% OFF Books, DVDs and Bundles KelbyTraining.com

SAVE 30% OFF Books, DVDs and Bundles

KelbyTraining.com is where you’ll find all of the latest titles from Scott Kelby, NAPP’s Photoshop Guys and other Kelby Training instructors. Books and DVDs are written in an easy to understand format so you can learn what you need to and get on with your projects. Some items are bundled together to offer you exclusive content that is available only at KelbyTraining.com. Get 30% off your entire order of books, DVDs and bundles.

Use the code CYBER30 at checkout.

NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professional) and KelbyTraining.com have put together some unbelievable one-day only deals for Cyber Monday*, but take advantage now because on Tuesday, they’ll be gone. Order online or by phone at 800-738-8513.

Join NAPP & Get 6 Months Extra

Join NAPP and Get 6 Months Extra
You don’t have to be a Photoshop pro to join NAPP, but you’ll become one when you do. As a member of NAPP, you’ll have access to hundreds of online tutorials 24/7, a subscription to Photoshop User magazine (10 issues), exclusive industry discounts, and online Help Desks for questions about Photoshop, Lightroom, and gear and equipment. NAPP is led by Scott Kelby and the Photoshop Guys, and is the world’s best Photoshop training resource.

Use the code CYBERSIX to join NAPP (or renew) today and get 6 extra months added to your membership free!

NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professional) and KelbyTraining.com have put together some unbelievable one-day only deals for Cyber Monday*, but take advantage now because on Tuesday, they’ll be gone. Order online or by phone at 800-738-8513.

Photography in Connecticut

This was in the ConneCT Fall Edition--CT ASMP Newsletter

Photography in Connecticut

Wadsworth Atheneum   Patti Smith:  Camera Solo October 21-February 19 The pioneering artist, musician, and poet, Patti Smith has made her mark on the American cultural landscape throughout her 40-year career, from her earliest explorations of artistic expression with friend and vanguard photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the 1960s and 70s to her profound influence on the nascent punk rock scene in the late 1970s and 80s.Patti Smith: Camera Solo will be the first museum exhibition of her photography in the United States. The exhibition will include seventy photographs, one multi-media installation and one video work. Also on view will be a number of objects depicted in the photographs along with a selection of original Polaroids. More...       Claire Beckett / MATRIX 163 November 3, 2011 - March 4, 2012  Claire Beckett's large-scale, color photographic series "Simulating Iraq" investigates the American military training sites where soldiers participate in role-playing exercises in preparation for deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan. In makeshift simulations of Middle Eastern villages, military personnel and hired civilians assume the various "parts"-from Iraqi villagers and medical workers to Taliban fighters-dressed in approximations of traditional clothing, including head scarves, tunics, and robes. Although the military activities are intended to familiarize troops with a foreign culture and unknown terrain, Beckett's "documentary" photographs present the viewer with a fascinating and false alternate reality--through a straightforward but problematic account of cultural simulation charged with genuine humanity.       Westport Arts Center On Duty: Wegee Metinides Odermatt  From the Andrew and Christine Hall Collection November 18 - January 15 Opening Reception: Friday, November 18, 6 - 8pm This exhibition will feature 45 photographs by three important historic photographers - a Swiss policeman, Arnold Odermatt; a Mexican photojournalist, Enrique Metinides; and New York's Arthur Fellig, known as "Weegee." All three, while on duty in their respective professions, crossed the line of simply documenting accidents and day-to-day mayhem. The content of the imagery, often tragic, transcends the rawness of the event and moves into the realm of a modernist aesthetic that is both profound and thought provoking.  More...

What Everyone Should Know About Licensing

What Everyone Should Know About Licensing

December 7, 2011
1:00pm - 1:30pm ET

Click Register Now! Space is limited!

Upon completion of your registration, you will receive a confirmation email from Copyright Clearance Center. The day before the event you will receive an email with log-in instructions for the audio and visual portions of the online seminar.

Need more information:
OnCopyright Education
education@copyright.com 
1-800-982-3887 x2808

An Open Letter To Adobe Systems

An Open Letter To Adobe Systems from Scott Kelby

The following was copied/pasted from the first few paragraphs of Scott Kelby's Blog.. read the entire letter here (I urge you to read it as the impact is BIG) Lisa

Dear Adobe:

As president of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) I represent more than 70,000 Photoshop users around the world. However as I’m writing this open letter to you today, I would say that most of our 70,000 members have no idea about the upgrade policy changes you just announced, or about how these changes will affect them.

From the information I’ve gathered, it appears to me that this new upgrade policy for the next version of Adobe Photoshop and the Creative Suite (presumably called CS6) will leave a significant number of your customers with no affordable upgrade path to Photoshop CS6 or the Creative Suite.
It’s my understanding that when the next version of Photoshop and the Creative Suite is released, if you do not already own Photoshop version CS5 or CS5.5 (or the 5 or 5.5 Creative Suite):

(a) You will not be eligible to upgrade to Photoshop CS6 (or the CS6 Creative Suite). Instead the only way to get Photoshop CS6 at that point will be to repurchase the entire product again at its full price (presumably $699 US). If you’re a CS4 Creative Suite User, you’ll have to buy the entire suite all over again to move to CS6.

(b) For Photoshop CS4, or CS3 users, their only real option is to pay to upgrade now to CS5.5 (though you are offering a 20% upgrade discount upgrade until the end of the year), and then to pay again to upgrade when Photoshop CS6 is released, or sign up for your new monthly subscription plan.

While I understand that Adobe needs to make business decisions based on how it sees market conditions, I feel the timing of this new pricing structure is patently unfair to your customers (and our members). Here’s why: You didn’t tell us up front. You didn’t tell us until nearly the end of the product’s life cycle, and now you’re making us buy CS5.5 for just a few months on the chance that we might want to buy CS6 at a discount when it’s released. Otherwise, we have to pay the full price as if we were never Adobe customers at all.

Those users who didn’t upgrade to CS5 or 5.5, either couldn’t afford the upgrade, or couldn’t justify the upgrade, or they would already be on CS5 or 5.5. But now you’re kind of holding us hostage—–you’re making us buy something we don’t need now, just so we will still have the option to get something that we may want (CS6) when it is released without buying it all over again from scratch. You’re playing hardball with your customers—either upgrade twice or you’re out. That’s not the Adobe we know.

I have always felt that Adobe was very customer centric, and that their decisions were based on what’s best for their customers, but in this particular instance I can’t see how cutting off CS4 and CS3 users, and making them either pay two upgrades in a row, or pay the full retail price to get CS6, benefits anybody but Adobe.

With that said, here’s my plea to Adobe:

Corel: Shop early, save big! Black Friday Sale starts today

Corel: Shop early, save big! Black Friday Sale starts today,
sale ends 11/25

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Photograph Alaska with Hal, Marc Muench and Rick Sammon

Alaska
Photograph and learn from the Masters

Visit our Website for cabin availability and pricing

Epic Eagle and Whale Adventure Photography Cruise  Sitka to Petersburg
April 18-25, 2012
Hal Schmitt and Rick Sammon! 

Epic Eagle and Whale Adventure Photography Cruise  Petersburg Round Trip
April 27 - May 4, 2012
Hal Schmitt and Marc Muench

Whales, Glaciers and Wildlife Photography Cruise

Petersburg Round Trip

July 5 - 12, 2012

Hal Schmitt

 and Victoria Schmitt

 

 

 

 

 

 

Each trip includes fine dining, up-close and personal photographic opportunities and hands-on learning and instruction where you need and want improvement. Whether on your photography or digital process we will be there to help you get incredible and once in a life time photography.  

 

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