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 the site, I’m very impressed by the content that’s already there, including:

• Facebook posting from iPhoto in just a few steps;
• Assigning a place in iPhoto; and
• How to make Quick Keywords in iPhoto

The site’s home page can be found at MacCreate.com.

Video Coverage from PMA 2009 by Imaging-Resource.com

I just had a chance to take a look at many of the videos created by the folks at Imaging-Resource.com during the PMA trade show in Las Vegas. I think that they are very well done and offer a quick look at products as if you were there walking through the aisles. It takes a lot of effort to produce videos like these (including the B-roll that shows close-ups), and I look forward to testing some of the products featured.

Below is a partial list of the products that were introduced and/or featured:

Leica’s New System Flash and Wide-Angle Lens
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1
Kodak EasyShare Z915
Video: Olympus E-620 DSLR
Casio EX-FC100 & EX-FS10
Sony Cyber-shot HX1
Datacolor Spyder Cube
Lowepro Pro Roller X
Delkin Devices Fat Gecko
Western Digital ShareSpace (8 Terabyte NAS)
Canon PIXMA Pro 9500 MKII

All the videos can be viewed from this page on imaging-resource.com.

And for an overview with many press releases and a great list of links to PMA coverage by other websites (look in the bottom right), visit this page.

Photography and Other Workshops to be Held in Cape May, NJ in the Summer of 2009

Nancy Ori of the New Jersey Media Center, LLC is conducting a number of Photography, Painting and Other Creative Workshops this summer in beautiful Cape May, NJ. Some of the workshop titles and instructors include:

– April 26-29_Getting Up To Speed With Photoshop and Inkjet Printing with Don Polzo;

– April 26-29_Natural Light with Nancy Ori;

– April 29– May 3 _Cape May Masters Photography Workshop with Chip Forelli;

– May 6 – 9_Photographing People and Places with Harvey Stein;

– April 29- May 3 _Painting in Watercolor with Mindy Lighthipe; and

– May 6- 9_Oil Painting in the Landscape with Gerry Heydt.

This workshop series looks to be an outstanding opportunity both for photographers and for those who want to further explore painting and drawing. I’ve conducted a number of workshops at Nancy Ori Studios over the past year, and I think that she does a great job with everything related to the entire process.

For more information, or to register for a workshop, visit www.nancyoriphotography.com.

Nancy Ori can be reached at 908-790-882 or via-mail: nancyori@comcast.net