College of Southern Nevada and Photo Educational Community Suffers a Loss
Sadly, last Friday, I was informed of the passing of Tom Myers. Tom was the Department Chair at the College of Southern Nevada, and dedicated educator. Some of you may have had the good fortune to have met Tom at our Digital Summer Camp for Educators, or The Adobe Educators Summit in Santa Fe, or [...]
An incredible opportunity for you and your students to get involved in a worth while cause
Perhaps one of the most interesting and worth while causes that I ‘ve heard about in a while is this Help -Portrait movement. As someone in the photography field, if you spend any time on the internet or Facebook you’ve probably heard something about this. It is the brainchild of celebrity photographer Jeremy Cowart, Help-Portrait [...]
ColorChecker Passport- so convenient and portable you’ll want to take it with you to every shoot!
For the last couple of months I have been playing with a very cool new color control tool from X-Rite. I even gave a sneak preview of it to some of you while in Santa Fe at the Adobe Educators Summit this summer. Well, I’ve got to tell you, I’ve gotten very fond of this [...]
New ColorMunki Photo Software V 1.1 available
Just a quick note to let you know that there is a software update for the Colormunki Photo color management device. Version 1.1 offers a significant improvement over previous versions. This free upgrade offers: New display profiling workflow which adds more advanced options, simplified process, and improved results Palette Synchronization support for Adobe CS4 Palette [...]
Creative Light- Professional modifiers that are impressive and affordable
MAC Group is proud to announce the distribution of a new brand line of outstanding light shaping tools. The Creative Light products are designed by a team of photographers to provide simple hardware solutions to creative lighting ideas, enabling photographers to execute their lighting designs quickly, easily and effectively. The Creative Light gear is designed [...]
A $25,000 Opportunity For You and Your Students
The MAC Group is proud to be a sponsor of Blurb’s Photography.Book.Now international juried competition. Photography.Book.Now is a celebration of the most creative, most innovative, and finest photography books – and the people behind them. There are three categories in which you can enter — Fine Art, Editorial and Commercial. You may enter in one [...]
What Happens To Your Photo Students When They Leave?
Photo District News (PDN) recently published a very interesting feature entitled, “How Photographers Are Launching Their Careers.” It includes the results of survey of 200 “emerging photographers”. While, there appear to be some fundamental flaws in the survey and its procedures, I think that there is some very interesting and valuable information contained within the [...]