When I was in Los Angeles in late 2010 I caught up with ICEMILK, an up and coming rapper originally from the Ukraine. ICEMILK’s music is just hilarious and in some cases quite explicit and not for the kiddies. You need to have a good sense of humour to like his material which you might compare to the likes of Lonely Island and Weird Al Yankovic but with his own twist.
This shot was taken just after the filming of his debut Music Video on location in Las Vegas….
Check out this old school Macintosh Classic II with a working version of Adobe Photoshop 1.0! At the Photoshop World Expo Adobe had a working version of every single Photoshop release since the beginning and each one was running on the appropriate Macintosh hardware of that time. It was very interesting to see the progression of the technology in both hardware and software and I think it was a clever way to celebrate their 20th anniversary.
Day two and three were filled with plenty more classes offering a wealth of information not just on photoshop, but some of the other applications in the Adobe suite, as well as some generic photography classes. All of which, were being taught by the worlds leading professionals in each field. It was a huge learning experience and I only hope I can make it back for another one next year.
Here are some pictures from the event…
So my brain is hurting from the information overload but by the time I get back to Australia I should be on top of things and I think I will have a lot more to bring to my own workshops back home. I will reveal the dates of my upcoming workshops soon.
I didn’t get much of a chance to check out all of Vegas, but I’m heading back there soon so I will take some cool pictures then.
B.
What a huge first day, and it isn’t even over yet! The training has finished for the day but there are still some activities to take part in. Personally, I am going to be attending the After Party @ the House of Blues located in the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino which is also where I’m staying. Before we get to that though, you can probably notice from the photo above there was a KISS theme for the opening keynote and it was hilarious. The entire keynote presentation was really well done and it was good to hear from some Adobe head-honchos.
Attended some really good classes including Calvin Hollywood and Russell Brown’s presentation where I was also napping a few Behind The Scenes pictures for Calvin. The classroom was packed out which was great! I took a bunch of pictures which I will post probably tomorrow in another blog post.
So the after party looks to be a very interesting night with some food and drink provided and a chance to meet a few more people from this great event. I’ll check back in and finish this post when I get back…
…. few hours go by…. then a few more ….
Well I was going to finish this post off once I returned from the after party to wrap up day one, however things didn’t quite go to plan. I just got back to my hotel room and its 6:30am the following day, but what a night! I guess that’s the effect of Vegas for you! So with my travel buddy Natalie, and Calvin Hollywood we attended the after party as planned and it was great! The food was actually pretty tasty and we were able to get a few free drinks! Plus Scott Kelby and the gang put on a fun performance with their band that rocked the house. It was really interesting to meet a few more people such as the great Wacoom staff, which by the way sold me on a new Wacom Intuos4 tablet. Met some other great folks including a young budding photographer Jake Peterson (yes, son of legendary wildlife photographer; Moose) and Im really enjoying some of his aviation photography work, check out his blog here. Also had a nice chat with photoshop guru Matt Kloskowski and I met Nick Saglimbeni from Slickforce Studios too. So after the after party, lets just say things started getting a little bit messy and i’ll leave it at that. Now when is the best time to gamble? When you’re completely intoxicated of course! So a couple of us were off to the Luxor poker tables to have a bit of a gamble. Against all odds and what you might think, it actually turned out to be a good idea! I doubled up on my money!
More from me in the coming days direct from Photoshop World in Las vegas.
B.
Well my bags are packed and I’m about to fall asleep on my very own bed for the last time before I wake up tomorrow and take on Hollywood with my partner in L.A. Crime and PerthsBestGirls founder; Natalie! You know… right after that painful 21 hour journey across the Pacific. I am heading over to L.A. to catch up with my buddy (psst…and recent award winning director!) A.J. Carter and to celebrate his upcoming birthday which might have to entail a trip to Vegas. Speaking of Vegas one of the other main reasons for me hiking across the globe is to attend Photoshop World. If you’re now asking yourself “What’s Photoshop World?” then you need a kick in the butt and need to do some research. Here’s something to get you started: http://photoshopworld.com. It’s basically the biggest Photoshop conference in the world, and its more than just an expo. Photoshop World is 3 days of intense training and workshops, learning from all the worlds best which includes the likes of Joe McNally, Scott Kelby, Dave Cross and more. Its heavily based around photography. Anyway, its a real massive opportunity for me to go and I’m so fortunate that my bank account has been able to withstand the violent beating it received to actually do it.
So I will touch down in Los Angeles this afternoon at 5:10pm L.A. time, which will be well into Tuesday for you Aussies. I will be keeping my blog up to date and my facebook and twitter will be going ballistic with updates and photos, and I rekon I’ll manage a few videos too.
I have some amazing fun photohoots lined up on my trip which I cant wait for you all to see, including one lucky spot helping alongside the talented Calvin Hollywood who is actually an insturctor at Photoshop World this year. It will be a great experience to meet Calvin and everyone else at the event and I look forward to soaking up as much as I can because there will be a serious amount of talent there. It’s going to be so much fun.
Once I’m done in L.A and Vegas I will be heading back down under to Sydney where I have some more hot photoshoots planned! Then come the end of September, its back to Perth, and back to work.
Stay tuned folks and Happy Shooting.
B.
A day with local Perth singer Johnny Ruffo
Today I wanted to share a couple of images I did for Johhny Ruffo, a seriously talented Perth singer who's in the middle of putting his first album together. I've been lucky enough to score a preview of a few of the tracks and I think Johnny will be someone to watch out for!
Getting Accurate Colours using ColorChecker Passport and Lightroom
Now using a grey card can help you achieve a correct white balance, and will also help remove any colour casts that may be present in an image. However, what if you want to go one step further and take full control over all your colours in your image? Make sure your RAW files are converted accurately. Well let me show you how I do it. I use the X-Rite ColorChecker Passport.
Testing my HDSLR Car Rig for video
I've always wanted to strap my 5DMKII camera to a car and record something. Well my new car rig enables me to do exactly that! I recently put together a rig for taking still images of a car at low walking speeds (more on that later), but I wanted to step things up a bit and build a rig that was more secure and could handle filming while driving around!
