I’ve been a bit remiss in posting the past couple of weeks. We moved our office to a new location and, as usual, it takes more time to get settled than one plans.  But, we are settled and the view from my new office window is much better. I can look out the window and see the skyline of downtown Minneapolis in the distance over the Minnesota River Valley. I do have to look over the roofs of a couple of warehouses, but it is certainly a better view than seeing cars parked from the small window in my previous office. When spring arrives in Minnesota and the leaves are on the trees I will post a photo or two of the new view. Right now it is still to wintery and we are really tired of winter.  It has been a very cold and snowy one in Minnesota so the natives are getting restless.

David Ziser’s New Digital Wakeup Call Tour.
My guess is that most of you reading this blog do not know who David Ziser (www.davidziser.com) is. David is a well known wedding photographer who shares his knowledge and experience with others through his web site, blogs, seminars, and training classes. In 2006 David and his wife, LaDawn, conducted the Digital Wakeup Call 2006, a training seminar they took to over 35 cities and more than 6000 photographers and photo enthusiasts attended. PictoColor was one of the tour sponsors (David is a fan of iCorrect Portrait) and Craig and I attended the Minneapolis seminar. Neither Craig nor I are wedding photographers but we thoroughly enjoyed the evening and learned a lot about taking better pictures. I can recommend David’s seminar to any digital photographer.  You don’t have to be a wedding photographer to learn from David.  Well, David and LaDawn are doing it again with the Digital Wake Up Call Tour 2009–A New Dawn. They will give the seminar in 58 cities beginning in Jacksonville, FL on March 30th. (I am tempted to go just to get away from winter.)

David Ziser's Digital Wake Up Tour 2009--A New Dawn

The cost for this information and fun filled evening is only $59.00 (advance registration) and it is well worth the price.  Plus, there are over $2,500 in prizes given away at each seminar.  One of the prizes is iCorrect Portrait Color Correction Photoshop Plug-in with PictoColor’s Beautiful Skin Tone Technology. 

Check out when David and LaDawn will be in your city or one near you and sign up.  You will be glad you did.

Wayne http://www.correctphoto.com  

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Digital Photography School-A Resource for Digital Photographers

Digital Photography School is a website with simple tips to help digital photographers get the most out of their digital cameras. Darren Rowse, a digital photography enthusiast,  is the guy behind DPS.  DPS is not a formal school by any means. There are not classes,  no teachers, no exams-rather it’s a learning environment where Darren thinks out loud about what he knows and there is a forum for sharing what the participants are learning by showing photos and ask and answer each other questions. Also, unlike most schools the information is FREE.

I found DPS by accident earlier this week and was impressed by the information, format and professionalism of this website. Regardless of your experience level in digital photography you will find the tips, articles, and other digital photography information helpful. And, if you have tips to share Darren invites you to write an article.  To check it out for yourself go http://digital-photography-school.com .

Wayne  http://www.correctphoto.com 

PhotographyBLOG started life in January 2003 with the sole purpose of being a weblog about photography. PhotographyBLOG is run by professional photographerMark Goldstein and the site has several key aims:

• to report on the latest photography news, both film and digital, both global and UK-based
• to offer opinion on that news from the unique perspective of Mark Goldstein, and to allow you to add your comments on that news and opinion
• to review digital cameras, printers, scanners, software and books
• to provide a meeting place for photographers of all abilities

I suggest you take a look visit PhotographyBLOG (http://www.photographyBLOG.com) and sign up for his newsletter.  Regardless of your experience level you will find something of interest. Check out the photo gallery for examples of outstanding photography submitted by amateurs and professionals and those in between. Sometimes those Brits spell words a little funny (like “colour”) but you will get used to it. Mark and his associates really do know what they are talking about.

PhotographyBLOG is one of the biggest UK photography blogs

Periodically, I will recommend a blog or website that I think might be of interest to you. If you have a recommendation don’t hesitate to send it to me. Just click on Comment at the bottom of a post.

Wayne http://www.correctphoto.com