Couple of quick learning opp notes. 1) Took a class at PPSOP with Cheryl Machat Dorskind -- the color class -- I thought her material was top notch compared to some of the other online classes (not bashing other classes at PPSOP, just saying that she jumped a really high bar). There is a bit of overlap with some of the other intro PPSOP courses, but that just means she's reinforcing the good techniques. In general, that class was a good kick in the butt and reason to get up and stretch the shooting routine and skills.
2) I read David Nightingale's chromasia blog, but never considered any of the tutorials -- they were always a bit too much on the the photoshop / digital manipulations side of things. However, I've come around a bit on photo manipulation / enhancement (the dangerous path of HDR leads here), so this type of stuff interests me a bit more lately. David's stuff is a bargain -- 5 pounds per tutorial -- for decent material pulled together in a single place. The real bargain to me is the lifetime subscription. Regularly 75 pounds, discounted to 67 pound now (about 107 US) for all his current and future tutorials seems like a really good deal for that type of training and continuing education.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Learning opps
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I really, REALLY love David Nightingale's photos, and I think I've read through just about everything that he's put up for free (blog, sample tutorial pages, etc.). The only reason I haven't pulled the trigger on the tutorial subscription is that I'm too cheap to buy Photoshop, and you never know for sure how much of a Photoshop tutorial will move smoothly over to GIMP. I'm betting that Nightingale is pretty heavy into adjustment layers, which is the one big shortcoming on the GIMP side.
If I can ever figure out how to make any money on this photography stuff, then maybe I can step up on the software front!
I think you are right about the adjustment layers... I've been through 2 of these tutorials now, and there is definite push in that direction.
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