Monday News Update
Dec. 15
2:19 am
Howdy. Hope everybody had a great weekend. Here’s what’s up!
- You’ve heard me talk about photographer/retoucher David Cuerdon numerous times here on the blog. Right after Photoshop World Las Vegas I got to talk to him about a new “Retouching Kit” he had put together, with included not only more advanced retouching techniques, but a specialized set of brushes, actions, textures, shapes, and color swatches for retouching that he uses together in a very clever way in his everyday work. Well, I’m happy to announce that not only were we able to convince David that he needs to be a part of KelbyTraining, but his Beauty & Retouching Kit online class (along with all the downloadable actions, brushes, and more) is now up online at KelbyTraining.com! (here’s the link to see his sessions).
- I just saw somewhere that Amazon.com keeps a running list of their bestselling digital cameras, and their #1 selling camera (at only $110.95) might make a great stocking-stuffer for someone on your holiday list. It’s the Canon PowerShot A590IS 8-megapixel point-and-shoot with 4x optical image-stabilized zoom. Here’s the link.
- My humble thanks to everyone who not only donated on Friday to help build the Springs of Hope Orphanage. You can’t imagine what a difference your donations will make. For example, I was really touched by what Melody from Let it Shine Candle Supplies is doing. She wrote, “My family business has decided to have this be our highlighted charity of the month and will be donating 10% of our December sales to the cause.” That’s really amazing! So, if you’re planning on buying any candle supplies this holiday season—by all means, send your business to Let it Shine (here’s the link to their site). Also, thanks to those who wanted to donate but couldn’t because Springs of Hope Kenya can’t accept PayPal or credit cards. I’ll be working with them this week to work on the Paypal/Credit Card issue, and I’m sure we’ll get that addressed.
- My thanks to Photo.net for including my “Lightroom 2 Book for Digital Photographers” in their 2008 Holiday Gift Guide (here’s the link).
- We’ll end this post with a chuckle; remember I mentioned photographer Scott Diussa’s shots of Big Electric Cat on Friday? Well, it seems like Scott has a secret—he was in a 80s band as well, and posted some shots on his blog. Here’s the link (way to take the heat, Scott!).
Have a great week everybody!
Scott,
Thanks for mentioning the Springs of Hope charity project again. I missed out on the signed book fundraiser you did a while back. Would you consider a repeat using the new CS4 for Digital Photographers? Heck, maybe the donor (s) could have their choice: spiral bound or regular! Just a thought. If you do, I’m in!
I enjoyed David Cuerdon’s class a lot – he’s a great teacher…
That David Cuerdon guy sure is a handsome guy!
Enjoying working through David Cuerdon’s class. Taking it slow and practicing on some of my own shots. The provided actions, brushes, etc. are really beneficial. The action that takes you through step-by-step is great when you don’t do retouching on a regular basis. It makes a good guide & reminder to the workflow.
Thanks David.
Tom
Dave,
Wow- your brushes and tools that you created are so cool. Thank you for donating them to us, it really is a tremendous help for me to have such pro stuff to use in my retouching, which is what I mostly do. You could have charged $$ for them but…too late!
Your online tutorail was also very very helpful and fun. I hope that you will be doing more of them in the near future. Thanks again for the help. Cheers, -Matt
P.S. – Now I feel like I have to shut down my website, toss my portfolio and go back and re-retouch every one of my closeup shots. Not cool!
J/K, -M
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