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Digital Photography Tips, Tricks and Classes
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What’s In It For You:
| Latest Articles & Tips | Article archives (registration required) | Workshops |
| Digital cameras & gear | Photo Editing | Composition |
Workshops & Classes:
Photoshop Elements for Digital Photographers – Webinar, 6 weeks
Learn Photoshop Elements (PSE) in 6 lessons. Each lesson is one hour and covers a specific skill and the associated tools/techniques. This is NOT a “cookie cutter” class where we assume “1 size fits all”. You learn by watching me demonstrate PSE on my desktop which is displayed on your computer monitor. Whenever you have a question, simple ask, just like a regular classroom.
Class start May 5 and runs through June 9. Classes are from 7PM to 8PM (PDT) Wednesday evening. Click here for more info.
Learn Photoshop Elements in 3 Hours, 1st Saturday of each month
Any digital photo can be improved and enhanced with just a few editing tips. Lee Otsubo, The Digital Photo Guy, has taught thousands of people how to apply 3 basic techniques to make photos “pop” with intensity, color and clarity. We’ll also touch on some intermediate tools & techniques such as retouching skin and reducing or eliminating wrinkles. Knowing the fundamentals of digital editing will make it easier for you to learn more on your own.
This is a 3 hour webinar that covers the basics of photo editing with Photoshop Elements. Students will watch me demo PSE on my desktop and ask questions in real-time. A recording is available for 60 days after the class to review as often as you wish. A DVD is available for $24.95. Click to register
Click here for all Workshops & Classes
Discounts, Freebies & Goodies:
| Topaz Labs – 15% discount code “digitalphotoguy” | BlackRapid – The best new innovation in camera straps |
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Why You Need RSS and How to Get It:
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) won’t help you lose weight, get rich or increase sex appeal but it will make you smarter and more efficient. If the Wikipedia article made your eyes glaze over, not to worry. Just as you don’t need to be an automotive engineer to drive your car to the grocery store, you don’t need to be a geek nerd to put RSS to work for you.
Think of RSS as your own personal newspaper, filled with just the news you want. Even better, the news is delivered as soon as it’s posted, so you never miss a thing. If you’re busy, don’t bother reading it, it’ll still be there when you get around to it later.
To set up your own RSS feed, read the following two articles. The first article shows you step-by-step, how to set up an RSS feed using Google or Yahoo! since most people already have an e-mail account with one or the other.
The second article shows you how to do all this “automagically”. It also shows how to automatically receive e-mail or text notifications so you don’t have to check your G-mail or Yahoo! accounts.
Best of all, once you set up your RSS feed, you can subscribe to any site that offers RSS feeds. Let’s suppose you follow your local newspaper, a macrame site, NASCAR and BollywoodStars.com. Instead of logging into each site to see what’s new, you can simply wait for an e-mail telling you that a site has been updated with new information.
