Digital Workshop by New York-Based Food Photographer/Author

New York photographer and author Lou Manna (www.loumanna.com) will conduct an all-day digital food photography workshop at his studio in New York City on Sunday, November 18, 2007 (10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.). The program, presented in association with Workshops@Adorama, takes a hands-on approach for all attendees and explores how effective lighting, composition and [...]

A great collection of tips on CreativeBLVD.com

I just came across about 10 tips that cover a range of different graphics applications, including Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Illustrator CS3, QuarkXPress 7, and Adobe Bridge. News and reviews covering selected graphics books and DVDs are also covered. The CreativeBLVD website has a lot of other good content related to graphics arts and [...]

Fine Art Photo Show Call for Entries: Deadline 10/30/2007

About a year ago, I juried a show for The Center for Fine Art Photography entitled People, Places Things, and it was a fantastic experience. There were so many great photographs submitted, and those that I chose for exhibition can be found in this online gallery. I also had a chance to visit The Center [...]

Exhibition of Fine Art in Oahu, Hawaii

A new exhibition of Digital Fine Art will be opening on 10/26/2007 in Oahu, Hawaii at Gallery I’olani at Windward Community College. The exhibition is in conjunction with the Digital Art Society of Hawai’i and includes the following: digital motion graphics; mixed-media digital animations; digital and digitally mixed-media printmaking; digitally manipulated photography and digital painting.
The [...]

Amazon.com now allowing video reviews on many items

I just took a look at a product page for the book I recently completed, and noticed that Amazon is now allowing people to upload video reviews of products (including books, as far as I can tell). I didn’t see the option for DVDs though (I can envision the fans of sci-fi flicks dressing up [...]

APA New York Assistants’ Hexathlon (Sun. 10/28/07)

I’ve been a member of the APA (Advertising Photographers of America, New York Chapter) for many years, and I’ve learned a lot from attending many of their sponsored events. They are having a Hexathlon this Sunday, October 28, 2007. The event is a competition with the following events: “Pack the Right Equipment!” (memory challenge); Reflector [...]

How to make your handwriting into a font

I was just listening to TMUPLive (Typical Mac User Live) with the show’s host Victor Cajiao and his guest Chris Christensen. During the show, Victor and Chris discuss some very interesting history about Apple Computer in the 1990’s. After I read the show notes on TypicalMacUser.com, I checked out Chris Christensen’s personal blog, http://chris2x.com, and [...]

Upcoming PhotoPlus Expo Seminars and Book Signings

Fall is here, and that means one of the world’s largest photo shows-PDN PhotoPlus International Conference + Expo 2007 (a.k.a. PhotoPlus Expo) is coming to New York City from October 18-20, 2007.
First, I’d like to announce that I’ll be signing copies of my new book, 301 Inkjet Tips and Techniques: An Essential Printing Resource for [...]

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