Comments on: It’s “Guest Blog Wednesday” featuring Scott Kelby

By: Wolf45

Wolf45 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:00:41 +0000

What am I to Think about Easter? ,

By: JXL93

JXL93 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:06:21 +0000

Second, he equates psychologist with inters in dysfunction. ,

By: Tony Bridge

Tony Bridge — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 08:34:02 +0000

Hi Scott: not sure if you will ever read this, but…
I teach my own workshops down here in New Zealand and believe me, I have had more than my fair share of wannabe instructors….
If it is OK with you, I want to hand this out the night before we start….
Many thanks. get that guest blogger back…
Better still, can I borrow him for my next workshop?

By: P&P Weekly « CanonBlogger

P&P Weekly « CanonBlogger — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:01:26 +0000

[...] Photoshop Insider â€“ With all the hubbub surrounding the worldwide photowalk this last Saturday, make it a point to read Scottâ€™s post from last Wednesday. If you ever take a seminar, workshop, college class, or any other form of instructionâ€¦try not to be the guy/gal he is describing! [...]

By: emonome | Dave Piazza’s Class at B&H

emonome | Dave Piazza’s Class at B&H — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:14:17 +0000

[...] one who was there to simply point out what a great fucking artist (s)he is. [Incidentally, Scott Kelby wrote a post about this couple of days ago that I’d missed]. And assholes like that in classes across the [...]

By: Scotty Graham

Scotty Graham — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:50:27 +0000

Hi Scott,

As far as I am concerned, you can have that Scott Kelby guy as a guest blogger any day…he is good.

You are spot on with the “bad student”….nothing more annoying than that!!…especially after paying good money to attend a workshop…I will never understand why such people pay to be in the workshop to begin with.

Looking forward to tomorrow’s photowalk in Jakarta…and hope to meet you in person at Photoshop World in a couple of weeks….

Cheers,
Scotty

By: Diane

Diane — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:35:05 +0000

Interesting comments . . . what wasn’t covered in this post by Scott is the instructor that puts down the student(s) that do not have the same laptop computer as the instructor. Too many seminars find it appropriate for the instructor to publicly ridicule the students that aren’t using a Mac. I stopped going to those seminars; instructor put-downs like that are counter-productive to the learning process of using PS. Scott should know!

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:33:18 +0000

Scott….

Good points… all of them.

I think as a paying student we owe it to other students to keep our instructor the center of the educational process.

I will say however that I recently attended a seminar… actually a lecture more than a seminar… from a “name” photographer. A name everyone here would recognize.

I was astounded at the poor quality of the presentation and the information contained therein.

I certainly didn’t feel it was my job to police the lecture… so I sat quietly for 60 minutes and left. Left disappointed that a photographer with a good reputation did such a poor job…and that so much bad, and in some cases incorrect information was disseminated to students eager to learn.

It would seem that the lecture/seminar circuit is filling up with instructors as fast as it is students…. and it’s becoming more and more important for students to vet their instructors…. to make sure the great photographer you want to meet with is equally skilled at teaching and presenting the information you want to learn

Teach and shooting are two unique skill sets… and not common to all photographer.

Michael

By: Cholas

Cholas — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:59:10 +0000

I like to refer to these people as “classholes”. =)

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:16:55 +0000

Right on the money! Amen Scott!

By: Chuck Vosburgh, good student

Chuck Vosburgh, good student — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:54:17 +0000

Scott:

Another great post and a real service to class-taking humanity!

People can clearly see what a person is all about when it’s time to sit down and pay attention.

There’s a saying that teachers are the worst students, and you’re an exception. Thanks for the interesting post.

By: Andre

Andre — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:18:13 +0000

Scott,

that was a great Guest Blog Wednesday Entry. You should give this guy more space on your website…