Month: November 2007

News lag

It’s been a quiet few days as some home tasks have been taking up a lot of my time.  Over the course of the weekend, I began an electrical project (replacing outlets with GFCI), a plumbing project (replacing faucets in…

A special “Thanks”…

Today we honor all veterans of the Armed Forces of the U.S.A. I would like to take a moment to thank each and every one of those that have and those who continue to serve to protect our country. Our…

Selections tutorial is finished

Just under the wire…the selections tutorial production has been completed and has been posted for viewing. At a total of just over 8 minutes, it shows three different selection techniques, that when used in concert with one another, can select…

Video Podcast promises

I hope the video podcast lives up to it’s promises….it’s in post production now and should be finished and uploaded before I go to bed tonight. In the meantime, I’d like to share a great dialog that has been going…

Podcast update

I know I had said that I woud be putting out a tutorial today showing the benefits of god quality gear (i.e. my new Samson condensor Mic), but since my typical date for release is Thursday, I dediced to hold…

Ready and raring to go…

The new mic has been set up and all accessory components are also in place.  I recorded a test podcast tonight to basically do a sound check and hear the audio quality.  I must say that a condensor microphone has…

Creative Presentations

The aforementioned tutorial is now recorded and up for your viewing pleasure. Lots of content here including multiple layers, layer masks, gradients, keyboard shortcuts, and marquee selections in place, so hopefully a helpful tutorial all around. In the interests of…

An amateur audio adieu and adios

Funny store I thought would be worthy of sharing on the blog today… As a blogger about photography, the last position I thought I would do is find myself in is spending my hobby monies on audio equipment, but… since…

Centering Objects

Just a quick video podcast today, I ahd a few ideas on what to do, but the hours in the day ran short on me yet again, so, in time for the weekend, here is one on how to center…