2009 in New Jersey

After giving a few seminars at libraries and at Alfa Art Gallery in New Brunswick, NJ over the last few months, I realized how much interest there is in seminars that cover basic and intermediate photo techniques. With my show, East + West, finishing up this Wednesday, I decided to conduct a seminar Tuesday evening [...]

The Aperture Users Network Launches MacCreate.com

The Aperture Users Network just announced the launch their new sister site: MacCreate.com. According to a recent e-mail I received, MacCreate is “dedicated to providing information and resources for the creative Mac user…MacCreate.com provides instruction on programs in Apple’s iLife and iWork suites, pro applications as well as third party programs.”
After taking a look at [...]

Adobe Extends Creative Suite 4 Introductory Pricing Offer

I just received an e-mail regarding a decision by Adobe to extend its introductory pricing offer for Adobe Creative Suite 4 until April 30, 2009 (it was to expire February 28, 2009). Basically, that means that if you have a validly licensed version of Adobe Creative Suite 1, Creative Suite 2, Macromedia Studio or [...]

ImagingBuffet.com Named a Top 100 Photography Blog

First, I’d like to wish all of our readers a very happy new year. This is my first post of 2009. A nice holiday present came in the form of recognition by the folks at photography-colleges.org. ImagingBuffet.com was named to their list of “Top 100 Photography Blogs.” I’d like to thank them for putting The [...]

Lightroom 2.2 Update Released

I just received this announcement about Lightroom 2.2 being released. One of the best features I noticed is that Adobe Camera Profiles are now provided in the application, eliminating the need to install them manually. Below are excerpts from the announcement:
Adobe has released an update to its Photoshop Lightroom software, available immediately as a free [...]

Take Control E-Books 50% Off Sale Ends Tuesday 10/14/2008

I just received my weekly TidBITS e-mail in my in-box with this announcement. TidBITS is a great newsletter published by TidBITS Publishing Inc. I’ve purchased a few of the Take Control e-books over the years and I’ve listened to many of the authors discuss their e-books on one of my favorite Podcasts: MacVoices with Chuck [...]

Another Very Good Review of the Canon EOS Rebel XSi

I just logged onto CreativePro.com and came across a new review of the Canon EOS Rebel XSi by Ben Long. One of the most interesting parts of the review is when Long covers the XSi’s live view features, including a photo from an event shot at 1600ISO. The article can be found here.
Ben Long is [...]

Very Cool Free Word Counter and More at ma.tt

I am a huge fan of WordPress. This site, as well as my book’s companion site, inkjettips.com, uses Wordpress as the content management system. The founder of the software, Matt Mullenweg has a website called ma.tt, which is filled with a lot of great photos taken by Matt (like this cool jellyfish shot) as well [...]

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