Thursday Stuff

• Scott Kelby


• 12 Mar 2009

First, before we get into today’s stuff; a big thanks to Bob Krist for his excellent guest blog post yesterday. His images were amazing, and his article got a lot of people thinking, and I’m both grateful and honored to have had Bob share this images and message yesterday. Very cool stuff. Now, onto the stuff:

• This Week’s D-Town TV Show Is Up Live!
  Our third episode of D-Town TV, the weekly show for Nikon DSLR users is up live, and I hope you’ll check it out (note: we were able to incorporate answers to some of your questions in this episode, and your feedback has really been invaluable). Here’s the link to this week’s show.
• Having a Coke and a Smile
  This doesn’t have anything to do with Photoshop, but I had something fun happen last night at our house. Somehow or another, my son and I got into a conversation about certain foods that taste unbelievable when you get them at just the right time (like Krispy Kreme donuts when you get them when the “Hot Now” sign is on), or in just the right way (like Coca Cola in glass bottles, rather than aluminum cans). Well, my son was surprised about the whole glass bottle thing, and told me he’d never had a “bottle of coke” that wasn’t plastic. So, I set out to find some, and a search on the Web had me stumped, but my assistant Brad Moore was able to find some the very same day, (at Walmart of all places), and last night we put them at the fridge to get them nice and cold, and tonight he had the ceremonial “first use a bottle opener” moment, and his first real bottle of coke. As expected—he absolutely loved it!!! Of course, that’s not good, because we really limited his soda consumption (which is not easy to do for a pre-teen), but I felt having Coke in a glass bottle was just one of those things every man has to experience for himself, and well….it was just a lot of smiles and laughs (especially when he asked me to take a picture of him posing with the empty bottle).
• Interview with the Bostonist
  I did an interview with the Bostonist blog, and it went live yesterday. We discussed a little of everything, but since Photoshop World is coming to Boston in a couple of weeks, we covered some of that, too. If you’ve got a moment, you can read the short interview right here.
  
• David’ Ziser’s 2009 Tour Kicks Off
  Our friend, famous wedding photographer, and instructor David Ziser is kicking off his “Digital Wake-up Call” nationwide tour, and if you’ve never had the chance to catch David live—he is absolutely amazing. I attended one of David’s pre-conference sessions at Photoshop World a few years back, and when I got back, a friend asked me how it was, and here’s exactly how I described it, “It was like David was walking about and stuffing money into his student’s pockets. That’s how valuable it was!” He does talk about technique, and equipment, but more importantly he shows you how to make a real living as a wedding photographer, and his advice is just brilliant. I highly recommend catching his tour if you can. Here’s a link with a list of upcoming cities.
• The Photoshop World Blog Lives!
  A couple of months ago, Social Media Ninja Nancy Massé helped us launch our first ever Photoshop World blog, and she’s been putting all sorts of cool stuff there, including tips for people attending the conference for the first time, and insights into classes, and interviews with instructors and stuff. Anyway, if you haven’t checked it out yet, here’s the link.

That’s it for today everybody. We’ll see ya back here for our weekend wrap-up! :)