Photo & Printing Workshops, plus Photoshop Tips from David Saffir

I’ve known David Saffir for years, and I recently received his newsletter with information about his Advanced Photography and Printing Workshops coming up in the Central Coast (Morro Bay and points north), California, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Zion, Utah.

Click here to see details for all the workshops. The images I’ve seen from some of the locations, photographed by David, are stunning. He has also created a new productivity tool for Photoshop, and other free Photoshop tutorials can be accessed on his website here.

David Saffir is also the author of Mastering Digital Color: A Photographer’s and Artist’s Guide to Controlling Color. I think it’s an extremely well-written and easy to understand book all about color management and workflow. I would recommend this book for anyone who wants to better understand color management and image reproduction from capture to print.

Photoshop CS3 Power Tour in New York City-11/6/2007

Scott Kelby will be returning to New York City on Tuesday 11/6/2007 for the Photoshop CS3 Power Tour. I’ve attended many of Scott’s sessions, and I’ve always learned valuable tips and tricks. He is a fantastic presenter, and based on the schedule of topics, it looks to be a great day of Photoshop learning. The event will run a full day (10am-5pm), and is being held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City.

Here is an outline of the main topics that will be covered throughout the day:

Digital Photo Correction Secrets
Photoshop “Photo-Finishing” Techniques
Yet Even More Down & Dirty Tricks
Photoshop Speed Clinic
How to Show Your Work Like a Pro

The cost is $99.00 for the full day event ($79.00 for NAPP Members)

For more info or to register, visit this page.

Adorama’s 100 Photography Tips in 100 Days

I had seen an announcement a few weeks back on imaginginsider.com about Adorama’s “100 in 100” 100 Photography Tips in 100 Days. But I just got a chance to look over the 54 tips that are posted as of today, and I’m very impressed.

There are many great tips from a number of talented photographers that cover everything from testing if your sensor is dusty, to what a high-key histogram looks like. I highly recommend checking it out, and I think all levels of photographers can benefit from many of the tips. In some cases, if specific products are mentioned, they are linked to products in Adorama’s online catalog. Here’s one example: One of the most useful tips that I read had info about securing model releases. A 50 sheet model release form pad was then linked to at the end of the tip.

You can find Adorama’s 100 Photography Tips in 100 Days here.

There are also hundreds of other helpful and well-written tips and articles on the AIRC (Adorama Imaging Resource Center). This is the home page of the AIRC. It’s rare to see so much editorial content on a store’s website (reviews are far more common), but I think that it’s great for photographers to have so many ways to learn more about taking, processing, storing and printing images.

Though a bit different, Amazon.com has an extensive blog-like feature called “Amazon Daily” that highlights a lot of great content across the web. In some cases, like with Adorama’s AIRC, products mentioned will be linked to in Amazon.com’s catalog. You can even customize your Amazon Daily content by choosing from a long list of topics. Stories can then be accessed from your home page at Amazon.com when you log in, or by using an RSS news reader.